The stoppage marks the second Manhattan office tower conversion shut down this month as New York pushes to turn older commercial buildings into housing.
New York City building officials halted construction last week at 222 Broadway in lower Manhattan, where a former office tower is being converted into a 32-story residential building. The stop-work action, carried out Thursday, is the second shutdown this month involving a Manhattan office-to-apartment conversion and was tied to structural concerns. The project would turn a building once occupied by financial firms into nearly 800 housing units, alongside amenities including a rooftop pool, spa and co-working spaces.