Midtown Collapse Scare: Violations at NYC’s Largest Office-to-Residential Conversion

Developer of NYC building that sparked fear of collapse says danger overblown, plans to move forward

NEW YORK — With uncertainty surrounding the future of a Midtown high rise that sparked fear of collapsing, a developer behind the conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters into apartments dismissed concerns of imminent danger and said he plans to…

NYC office conversions face scrutiny after Pfizer HQ incident

Buckling columns at the former Pfizer headquarters this week forced evacuations across seven Midtown East blocks. The incident raises new questions about office-to-residential conversion, one of several tools the city has used to add housing. It is also a tool Mayor Zohran Mamdani leaned into because it fit his affordability narrative. Mamdani has framed housing as his central promise. He has paired headline-grabbing ideas like reviving the Sunn…

Crews work to prop up Midtown NYC high-rise that suddenly buckled — as cause remains a mystery

Crews are set to work all Wednesday propping up a Manhattan high-rise with buckling support beams as four nearby buildings remain under evacuation orders, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

NYC high-rise in danger of collapse faced complaints including falling debris

Emergency teams that responded to prior complaints on the high-rise dismissed many of the complaints

Midtown collapse scare: Violations at NYC’s largest office-to-residential conversion

As city engineers work to understand why a massive Midtown redevelopment project suddenly threatened to collapse on Tuesday, attention is rapidly shifting to the building's paperwork.

Engineering failure likely behind Pfizer project scare

Experts said the Pfizer building collapse likely stemmed from an engineering failure, not from the building's conversion from offices to apartments.