Lincoln Center permitted for $106M renovation of David Geffen Hall, part of $550M project

Lincoln Center, on February 23, was given a permit for a $105.8 rehabilitation of the 193,803-square-foot David Geffen Hall at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza in Lincoln Square. The plans are part of a $550 million initiative to renovate and expand the famous performing arts center headed by Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic. Peter Flamm filed the plans.

At the time of the filing, the plans were the 13th most expensive single application filed with the city’s Department of Buildings since the start of 2014.

The plans, pre-filed on July 20, 2020, call for the increase in the size of the building to a 74-foot tall, five-story, 193,803-square-foot building.

The project is described in the filings as: filing herewith alteration type i for Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall. Alteration type I proposes change in use, egress and occupancy. Alteration type 1 filed in conjunction with approved CCD1 control #66472. The initial cost as reported in the DOB filing for the work described in this permit application is $105,830,206.

Diamond Schmitt Architects is the architect for the project.

The developer also filed plans for a $27.1 million rehab of the David Geffen Hall in September of 2020.

The Lincoln Center structure itself recently underwent a $1.2 billion redevelopment, completed in 2012. However, the David Geffen Hall, formerly known as Avery Fisher Hall, remained the same.

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