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Pfizer Building Collapse Stabilized as Metro Loft, David Werner Assess Damage
Workers managed to stabilize the former Pfizer headquarters building at 235 East 42nd Street and 219 East 42nd Street overnight after columns buckled under the weight of added floors early Tuesday. The near-disaster put the surrounding blocks of Midtown East on high alert as city authorities evacuated the area and suspended activity in neighboring buildings. []
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Commercial Observer
· Jul 9, 2026
Metro Loft, David Werner to Rebuild Collapsed Portion of Former Pfizer HQ
Nathan Berman’s Metro Loft has a plan to rebuild the expanded portion of the former Pfizer headquarters building that caused an alarming structural collapse on Tuesday and drew national attention. Berman and his partner, David Werner Real Estate Investments, had been in the middle of converting the former Pfizer HQ at 235 East 42nd Street []
NBC News
· Jul 8, 2026
Manhattan Building Remains Unstable; Officials Warn of Collapse
Crews at the former Pfizer headquarters in New York City have been working round-the-clock in an effort to stabilize the building after it was deemed structurally unsafe when some support columns started buckling. Now, video from construction workers 21 floors up shows steel bending inside the high-rise and drone footage appears to capture a slight lean to the building. NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports for TODAY.
Hindustan Times
· Jul 7, 2026
Why was Pfizer building NYC evacuated? Here's what happened at 235 east 42nd street today
Former Pfizer HQ at 235 E. 42nd St. in NYC was evacuated after falling bricks led crews to discover buckling support beams on the 21st floor.
DNyuz
· Jul 8, 2026
NYC buildings commissioner confident buckling Midtown building is ‘stabilizing’ after emergency work
City buildings department officials are confident the buckling Midtown high-rise at risk of collapse is “stabilizing” after emergency crews worked overnight to shore up the structure. Workers were able to successfully shore up the under-construction 37-story former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street near Second Avenue — enough to shrink the evacuated “frozen zone” to []
The Real Deal
· Jul 7, 2026
David Werner, Metro Loft’s Pfizer HQ at risk of collapse
Concerns of a collapse of the old Pfizer headquarters in Midtown Manhattan arose Tuesday morning after reports of falling bricks and buckling columns. The FDNY was called to the scene at 235 East 42nd Street before 8 a.m., according to Fire Department officials. Officials discovered several sagging floors on the upper levels, as well as two support columns that were buckling. The discoveries prompted the evacuation of construction workers at the office-to-residential conversion, led by David Werner and Nathan Berman’s Metro Loft Management. Gensler is the architect of the project, one of the largest conversions in the city. Officials also []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
ArcaMax
· Jul 8, 2026
NYC high-rise threatening to collapse stabilized, but what's next for structure unclear
NEW YORK — The sagging upper floors of a Midtown Manhattan building under construction that threatened to collapse and caused a massive evacuation of the area have been stabilized with galvanized steel beams and emergency jacks, city officials ...
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Related coverage for "Pfizer Building Collapse Stabilized as Metro Loft, David Werner Assess Damage": Commercial Observer — Metro Loft, David Werner to Rebuild Collapsed Portion of Former Pfizer HQ. NBC News — Manhattan Building Remains Unstable; Officials Warn of Collapse. Hindustan Times — Why was Pfizer building NYC evacuated? Here's what happened at 235 east 42nd street today. DNyuz — NYC buildings commissioner confident buckling Midtown building is ‘stabilizing’ after emergency work. The Real Deal — David Werner, Metro Loft’s Pfizer HQ at risk of collapse. ArcaMax — NYC high-rise threatening to collapse stabilized, but what's next for structure unclear