Construction has reached street level at 1710 Broadway, the site of a 54-story hotel skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Moss Architects and developed by RIU Hotels and Resorts, the 633-foot-tall structure will yield 673 hotel rooms, as well as two 300-seat restaurants and a lounge bar. The 8,848-square-foot development site has 129 feet of frontage at the corner of Broadway and West 54th Street.
Foundation work concluded since our last update in July, when excavation was still progressing below street level behind the wraparound sidewalk fencing. The substructure has now reached the street, and steel rebar protrudes across the site at the locations of the forthcoming perimeter and interior walls. Formwork and metal shoring were seen arriving on flatbeds in preparation for the imminent concrete pouring. YIMBY expects the podium levels to finish formation before the end of the year, with a topping out sometime later in 2026.
1710 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young.
1710 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young.
1710 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young.
1710 Broadway. Photo by Michael Young.
The renderings in the main photo and show 1710 Broadway beginning with a multistory podium clad in glass and light gray metal paneling. Above, the tower rises with a series of shallow setbacks leading up to a flat roof, and features a contrasting envelope with darker gray paneling. Illuminated RIU signage is shown at the top of the skyscraper, and a tall billboard will be positioned near the base of the narrower southern elevation.
Rendering courtesy of Moss Architects.
Rendering courtesy of Moss Architects.
The property was formerly occupied by a six-story commercial building, as seen in the below Google Street View image from before its demolition in 2024. The structure previously housed the offices of disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ company Bad Boy Entertainment.
1710 Broadway, via Google Maps
Multiple proposals have been put forth for 1710 Broadway over the years, including scrapped plans for a supertall in 2014 and a 60-story residential and hotel skyscraper in 2015. After acquiring the property and 360,000 of air rights for $268 million in 2017, Extell Development sold it to the Spanish hotel chain for $173 million in 2023.
The nearest subways from the development 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.
1710 Broadway’s anticipated completion date is slated for 2027, as noted on site.
Source: NewYork Yimby
