247 Cherry Street
247 Cherry Street, New York, NY 10002
JDS will help fund Lower East Side resiliency efforts if Two Bridges megatower moves forward
If the project is approved, two nearby buildings will get flood barriers and other small improvements.
Proposed bill seeks greater power for pols in stopping large development
The bill is targeting three waterfront developments poised to rise in Two Bridges.
Two Bridges residents rally for full review of waterfront skyscrapers
At a rally on Tuesday, neighborhood residents and pols continued to advocate for a ULURP at the site of three proposed developments to rise over 700 feet.
Lower East Side community deliberates impacts of proposed waterfront towers
Council member Margaret Chin spoke out vehemently against the developments.
Lower East Side waterfront towers’ community impacts weighed
A community board subcommittee gets to the nitty-gritty of how these developments will affect their neighborhood.
Lawsuit to stop JDS’s Lower East Side skyscraper is dismissed
Little Cherry LLC alleged that it was cheated out of the development site, but an appellate court found on Tuesday that the group’s loss of control over the land is their own doing.
Two Bridges residents want to delay spate of waterfront skyscrapers
Community members and the developers poised to build four skyscrapers along its waterfront met again to discuss community concerns over the new development. Neighborhood residents came with one major request: slow the approvals timeline down.
Two Bridges residents voice anxieties over spate of new skyscrapers
Developers JDS, L+M Development Partners and CIM Group, and Starrett met with the community to explain their vision and elicit feedback for three 700-foot-plus waterfront developments planned for the neighborhood.
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JDS presents plans for LES tower to skeptical community
Developer Michael Stern appeared in front of the Lower East Side’s community board on Tuesday to present 247 Cherry Street, the 77-story tower Stern’s JDS Development Group plans on erecting in the neighborhood.
JDS's Lower East Side tower will be reviewed by City Planning
DCP initially refused to review the application, citing lawsuits over the site, but apparently the department had a change of heart.
JDS’s LES skyscraper hit with a lawsuit over adjacent site
Bad news for JDS Development: A month after progress on the firm’s Lower East Side skyscraper was halted due to a lawsuit over an adjacent site, it’s been hit with a lawsuit of its own over the same parcel of land.
JDS's LES skyscraper halted pending lawsuit over adjacent site
The Department of City Planning wrote a letter to JDS chief Michael Stern saying the project would not be able to move forward until warring parties had come to an agreement over the sale of an adjacent property.
JDS's 77-story Lower East Side tower may reach supertall status
Plans currently call for 600 apartments, of which 150 will be permanently affordable. A community center at 247 Cherry Street will be demolished to make way for the tower and a portion of it will cantilever above the existing senior housing building.
JDS Unveils Plans For a Gigantic 77-Story Lower East Side Tower
Developer of supertall towers JDS has identified their next project: a 77-story tower on the Lower East Side. The building will rise alongside Extell's equally tall condo and bring with it 600 apartments, 150 of which will be permanently affordable.