Demolition is finishing up at 1710 Broadway, the site of a proposed 54-story, 673-unit hotel in Midtown, Manhattan. The project is being developed by Riu Hotels and Resorts, which purchased the parcel from Extell Development for $173 million in 2023 after the latter had acquired 360,000 of air rights for the property shortly before purchasing it for $268 million in 2017. The site has 129 feet of street frontage and is located at the corner of Broadway and West 54th Street.
Recent photographs show former six-story occupant fully razed with rubble and mangled steel beams piled up as crews work to clear the 8,848-square-foot lot with an excavator. YIMBY predicts the whole site to be cleared and cleaned up by the end of this summer.
Photo by Michael Young
The former occupant of the property was an office building that was most recently occupied by Bad Boy Entertainment, which leased the entire structure in 2004.
1710 Broadway, via Google Maps
No finalized plans have been revealed for 1710 Broadway. The site has seen multiple proposals over the years, including for a supertall in 2014, a 60-story residential and hotel skyscraper in 2015 co-developed by Extell and C&K Properties, and a 50-story residential tower and possible property sale by Extell in 2018. The latest proposal has yet to be approved by the New York Department of Buildings.
The nearest subways from the property are the N, Q, R, and W trains at the 57th Street-7th Avenue station to the northeast and the B, D, and E trains at the 7th Avenue station to the south at West 53rd Street.
An architect, construction timetable, and renderings for 1710 Broadway have not been disclosed.
