Façade installation is progressing on 262 Fifth Avenue, a slender 56-story residential skyscraper in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project LLC, the 860-foot-tall structure will yield 26 condominium units with an average scope of 3,200 square feet, including at least one quadruplex unit. The project stands on a 5,000-square-foot plot at the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street.

The most notable change in the building since our last update in early April is the assembly of the steel-framed crown that sits atop the highest level of the skyscraper. A dense network of metal scaffolding has been erected to allow crews to reach each section and prepare for its eventual cladding. The ground floor will eventually be built out to the sidewalk with a low-rise base, but this should occur much later in the construction timeline.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Recent photographs show the triple-pane floor-to-ceiling windows, extruded aluminum panels, and thin horizontal aluminum strips are continuing to enclose the northern and eastern sides of the skinny reinforced concrete superstructure.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photographs also show workers having begun to hang the first sections of the curtain wall on the southern elevation several floors above street level. The façade will also incorporate photovoltaic panels.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Meanwhile, the eastern elevation’s set of circular window cutouts continues to be surrounded by a layer of black paint and the metal framework that will hold up the exterior cladding.

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

Photo by Michael Young

The rear western elevation maintains the attached hoist, and will be the last side to see the facade go up.

Photo by Michael Young

No list of residential amenities, finalized interior or exterior renderings, or pricing for the upcoming condominium units have been announced. Previous renderings have shown the original supertall height of over 1,000 feet, but the project was moderately scaled down to the current 860-foot-tall architectural height that the building topped out at earlier this year.

The nearest subways from the property are the R and W trains at the 28th Street station along Broadway.

It’s estimated that 262 Fifth Avenue will complete construction sometime in 2025.

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