Leasing launches at SVEN, eco-friendly LIC tower with customizable crown
One of the benefits of outer-borough apartments are the views of the iconic Manhattan skyline, but Long Island City is on the road to a dramatic skyline of its own. The gracefully curved Sven is a new entrant making a statement with both its soaring height and eye-catching crown. Details on a lottery for 288 rent-stabilized units were teased earlier this summer, and The Durst Organization has launched leasing on the market-rate units Current availabilities posted on the building's official website start at $2,922/month for studios, $3,642/month for one-beds, $5,545/month for two-beds, and $6,048/month for three-beds. All prices are net…
Author City Realty
New Queens apartment allows tenants to control the colors of Manhattan skyscrapers
A new apartment complex in Long Island City comes with one unique perk — the ability to change the colors of Manhattan skyscrapers The 958-unit building — called Sven — is slated to be the second-tallest skyscraper in Queens. Amenities include luxury standards like a terrace, swimming pool and fitness center, but one other perk stands out: Access to the mobile app Spireworks. Sven residents will be able to light up the New York City skyline with just a tap of their finger, according to a press release from The Durst Organization, which owns the building. With the app, tenants…
Author PIX 11
New tower gives residents app to controls NYC spire colors
Residents of a new Queens rental can soon light up the city that never sleeps Sven, a 958-unit Durst Organization property in Long Island City — where 288 apartments are income-restricted — will offer a dazzling amenity far beyond the typical luxury-market trappings of a screening room, a gym and a pool. When leasing soft-launches on Monday, Sven will become the first building in New York where residents can illuminate the tippy tops of city towers — such as the 300-foot spire at One Bryant Park in Midtown — with just the tap of a finger. Every tenant will receive…
Author Tales Buzz
Here's how some New Yorkers get to control the color of the city's skyscrapers
A new building in Long Island City is providing an amenity to tenants that may have you do a double take. In addition to having access to the on-premise gym, movie room and pool, tenants at the Sven, a 958-unit skyscraper in Queens, will have the ability to control the color displays atop certain Manhattan buildings. That's right, they'll be able to change the New York skyline from their phones The residents will be given access to Spireworks, a mobile app that allows users to control various lights on some of the local buildings owned by the Durst Organization, the…
Date 2021-11-24
Author Anna Rahmanan
Rental Building Lets Tenants Control Manhattan City Skyline
Residents of a new luxury building in Queens will be able to control the city’s skyline with the touch of a button The Durst Organization’s 958-unit residential apartment building at 29-59 Northern Boulevard, dubbed Sven, in Long Island City is offering residents the chance to illuminate the tops of some of the city’s tallest towers — like 1 World Trade Center — through an app called Spireworks. The app was founded by Mark Domino, the son-in-law of Douglas Durst, whose real estate portfolio’s lights could be controlled by Spireworks. These include the 300-foot spire at One Bryant Park in Midtown,…
Date 2021-11-24
Author Celia Young