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NYC Tower Owner Prepares To Rebuild 15 Floors After I-Beam Failure

NYC Tower Owner Prepares To Rebuild 15 Floors After I-Beam Failure Fears of a possible collapse at a condo tower under construction near Grand Central Terminal had abated by the end of the week, but the incident only signals the massive engineering challenges tied to Manhattan's office-to-apartment conversion boom. The former Pfizer headquarters at 235 East 42nd Street, being converted by David Werner and Nathan Berman's Metro Loft Management into more than 1,600 residential units, has become a high-profile example of the risks of repurposing aging office towers into housing at...
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