The vacant, five-story brick building holding down the northwest corner of West Broadway and Warren Street in Tribeca is living on borrowed time. Demolition work is clearing the way for a 14-story, COOKFOX-designed mixed-use tower that would bring roughly two dozen condominium residences and a hefty chunk of ground-floor commercial space to the block. Wooden fencing wrapped around the corner and stripped-out storefronts already tell the story: this long-empty site is shifting from limbo to full-on construction staging.
Permits and project numbers
Permits filed in December call for a 145-foot-tall building spanning about 90,147 square feet, with 25 condominium units that average roughly 2,973 square feet each and around 15,813 square feet of commercial space, according to New York YIMBY. COOKFOX is listed as architect of record, and the plans show a cellar level and a rooftop terrace on top of the new structure. The filings name Joseph Roubeni as the owner of the project site.
Who bought the lot
Astral Weeks, the SoHo-based developer co-founded by Raymond and Joseph Roubeni, bought the corner property in December 2024 for roughly $27.4 million, according to a press notice from the law firm that represented the buyer. Project documents submitted to the Department of Buildings were reviewed by PincusCo, which highlights an initial DOB filing under job number M01290581 describing a 13-story submission.
Signs on the street
Neighbors and passersby have watched the corner morph from quiet vacancy to active prep site, with a wooden construction fence now enclosing the lot and storefront windows on the first level removed so the interiors sit exposed to the street. Tribeca Citizen reported when the fence went up and quoted the developer saying demolition work started in September 2025, even as permit records and marketing materials continued to shift behind the scenes.
Design and renderings
Marketing materials in a JLL property brochure show a contemporary façade with floor-to-ceiling glass framed in gray concrete, beveled columns, cantilevered portions, a midpoint setback lined with glass railings and recessed loggias, visuals that New York YIMBY reported from the brochure. The renderings depict a building that slots into the L-shaped parcel next door while pushing much of its mass upward above the streetscape.
Timeline and what's unknown
Even with permits in play and glossy marketing circulating, the developer has not released a firm construction timeline or a target completion date. Filings reviewed by PincusCo confirm the DOB job number for the project as M01290581, but any schedule for vertical construction has not been made public.
Why neighbors will watch
On a compact block that still shows off traces of 19th-century Tribeca, the existing five-story brick corner building carries lingering hints of the old College Street, a detail that Tribeca Citizen has noted. Swapping that backdrop for a 14-story glass-and-concrete tower will be hard to miss and may once again stir debate over scale and preservation in the neighborhood. We will keep an eye on permit activity and on-site work as the project shifts from demolition into full construction and will update readers as new information surfaces.
