Crews work to keep NYC high-rise stabilized — but that’s just the beginning. Here’s what comes next

What will happen to the damaged portion? Will the building’s construction be delayed? And when can evacuees return?

Life returns to streets around damaged NYC high-rise. Here is what comes next

Crews worked through the night to shore up a massive, under-construction apartment building in Manhattan after columns ...

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

With uncertainty surrounding the future of a Midtown high rise that sparked fear of collapsing, a developer behind the ...

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.
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Pfizer Building Collapse Stabilized as Metro Loft, David Werner Assess Damage

But the high-profile nature of the development itself, as the largest ongoing office-to-residential conversion in the U.S.

July 8, 2026 - Stabilization work continues on buckled columns at NYC high-rise

Crews are making progress in their effort to stabilize an under-construction Midtown Manhattan building that was evacuated ...

New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the ...