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Neri Oxman is building a massive new lab in Manhattan

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A massive life science hub is coming to 787 11th Avenue in Manhattan, a former Albert Kahn-designed car showroom and assembly of auto shops now being converted to offices by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Developer Georgetown Company announced the news yesterday, March 4, and confirmed that it had secured two anchor tenants to build out the hub: The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, which will develop a new 165,000-square-foot healthcare facility, and architect, designer, and inventor Neri Oxman, who will build a 36,000-square-foot research and design lab. The ten-story 787 11th Avenue, sited between West 54th and 55th Street on Manhattan’s far west side at the edge of the Hudson River, was purchased by Georgetown and hedge fund billionaire and founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, (and Oxman’s husband) Bill Ackman, in 2015 and the conversion is finally coming to a close. In addition to restoring the 1927 art deco building, Vinoly Architects has gutted the interior t

787 11th Avenue. The 94-year-old building was purchased in 2015 and converted into offices by Rafael Viñoly Architects, although the first five floors are still automobile showrooms. (Courtesy Rafael Viñoly Architects/Provided by Georgetown Company) A massive life science hub is coming to 787 11th Avenue in Manhattan , a former Albert Kahn -designed car showroom and assembly of auto shops now being converted to offices by Rafael Viñoly Architects . Developer Georgetown Company announced the news yesterday, March 4, and confirmed that it had secured two anchor tenants to build out the hub: The

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