3D Rendering Services New York City.
The Concrete Jungle requires a higher standard of visualization. From supertall condos on Billionaires' Row to office-to-residential conversions reshaping Midtown, we deliver photorealistic CGI engineered for the world's most competitive real estate market.
Visualizing the Capital
of the World.
In New York City, real estate is more than buildings. It is a global asset class, traded at institutional scale, regulated by the most complex land-use framework in the United States, and sold to buyers sitting in Dubai, London, Singapore, and São Paulo. The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro is home to more than 20 million people, the most active development pipeline outside Manhattan is Brooklyn, and every major NYC project operates under a scrutiny that few other markets can match. Our renderings are engineered to communicate value, prestige, and regulatory defensibility to the world's most sophisticated audience simultaneously.
What Makes NYC
Visualization Different.
The Global Stage
New York City is the world's most scrutinized real estate market. Your visualizations must compete not just locally, but globally, against Hudson Yards, Billionaires' Row, and the current supertall skyline that sets the reference bar for every new launch.
Density and Air Rights
Visualizing density is an art form. We handle the interplay of light, shadow, zoning-envelope massing, and neighboring skyscrapers with the precision New York developers require for Zoning Resolution compliance and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) submissions.
Historic and Modern in Dialogue
From Landmarks-designated pre-war renovations to glass supertalls and office-to-residential conversions, we capture the unique architectural dialogue that defines the NYC streetscape across historic districts and special-purpose zones.
Driven by NYC Business Needs.
We align our visual strategy with your development goals, whether that means maximizing price per square foot on Billionaires' Row, clearing community board review in Brooklyn, or hitting the 467-m deadline on a Midtown office conversion.
Ultra-Luxury Pre-Sales
For the Billionaires' Row buyer, "good enough" is failure. We create emotional, cinematic visuals that justify record-breaking price per square foot across Manhattan's $50M+ condo market, from Central Park frontage to Hudson Yards tower penthouses.
Office-to-Residential Conversions
New York City's office-to-residential conversion wave is the defining NYC development story of the decade. We specialize in the visual language of conversion projects, showing the before/after transformation, the new amenity packages, and the residential character that convinces lenders, city planners, and future renters.
ULURP, LPC, and Community Board Approvals
Win over the neighborhood. Our verifiable accuracy helps expedite the approvals process across the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearings, and Community Board presentations that can make or break a NYC project timeline.
NYC Selected Works.
Exterior, interior, aerial, amenity, conversion, and twilight renderings for the five boroughs and metro area.
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into Marketing Assets.
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The NYC Development Market.
Active Developers and Builders Across the Five Boroughs
New York City's development ecosystem is the deepest in the country. The most active developers currently shaping the skyline include Related Companies (Hudson Yards, One Hudson Yards), Brookfield Properties (Manhattan West), Tishman Speyer (The Spiral, JPMorgan 270 Park, Morgan North), Silverstein Properties (World Trade Center, Disney Hudson Square), Extell Development (Central Park Tower, One Manhattan Square, Brooklyn Point), Vornado Realty Trust, SL Green Realty, JDS Development, Witkoff Group (One High Line), Macklowe Properties, Naftali Group, Rabsky Group, Two Trees Management (Domino Sugar), RXR Realty, TF Cornerstone, Alloy Development, Rudin Management, Fisher Brothers, Durst Organization, Rockrose Development, and Metro Loft Management. Conversion specialists now include Metro Loft, David Werner Real Estate Investments, Vanbarton Group, CSC Real Estate, GFP Real Estate, and Northwind Group.
Architectural design is led by SHoP Architects, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), Robert AM Stern Architects, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Foster + Partners, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Rafael Viñoly Architects, Jean Nouvel Ateliers, Morris Adjmi Architects, FXCollaborative, COOKFOX, Handel Architects, Marchetto Higgins Stieve, Gensler, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and CetraRuddy. Sales and marketing is concentrated across Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group, Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, Compass Development Marketing Group, Modlin Group, Nest Seekers International, and StreetEasy. We render into this ecosystem every day, and our deliverables are built to plug into CD-level architectural packages from any of these firms without friction.
Major Submarkets and Special Purpose Districts
Manhattan's Billionaires' Row (West 57th Street corridor) continues to set the global ultra-luxury benchmark. Hudson Yards remains the city's largest single mixed-use project, with Hudson Yards Phase 2 actively in planning. The Financial District (FiDi) is the epicenter of residential conversion activity. Midtown South Mixed-Use, rezoned in summer 2025, opened thousands of new residential units to a previously commercial-only zone. Midtown East is the second-largest submarket for conversions, driven heavily by Third Avenue office-tower repositioning. The Upper West Side, Upper East Side, SoHo, Tribeca, Chelsea, West Chelsea (special-purpose), and Lincoln Square each operate under distinct market dynamics.
Brooklyn's densest development corridors are Downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, DUMBO, Gowanus (recently rezoned), Brooklyn Navy Yard, Crown Heights, Long Island City-adjacent Greenpoint, and Fort Greene. Queens development is concentrated in Long Island City (one of the most active tower submarkets in the entire country), Astoria, Flushing, Jamaica, and Sunnyside-Woodside. The Bronx is seeing sustained multifamily and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) development in the South Bronx, Mott Haven, and Concourse. Staten Island's waterfront, St. George, Stapleton, New Brighton, is the least dense but growing steadily through waterfront-residential projects.
Market Conditions and Permit Activity
Manhattan's office vacancy hovers at roughly 22%, nearly double pre-pandemic levels, which is the single largest driver of the conversion wave. Residential permits across the five boroughs track at several thousand units per year, with Manhattan issuing the highest-value permits and Brooklyn and Queens issuing the highest unit counts. The Department of Buildings (DOB) processes the permits, the Department of City Planning (DCP) handles land-use review, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) governs any project within one of the city's 150+ historic districts or affecting an individual landmark.
The Office-to-Residential
Conversion Opportunity.
New York's office-to-residential conversion market is the largest adaptive-reuse opportunity in the United States. The pipeline of active and planned conversions crossed 9.5 million square feet heading into 2026, up from 4.3 million square feet in 2025, which itself was a nearly 60% jump from 2024. The NYC Department of City Planning estimates the total potential conversion space across the city at 136+ million square feet. This is not a trend. It is the most significant structural shift in NYC development since the 1920s.
What Changed: City of Yes and 467-m
Two policy shifts unlocked the conversion wave. The City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning reform, adopted in late 2024, eliminated the 12 FAR cap in Manhattan for the first time in 60 years and expanded conversion eligibility from pre-1961 buildings to buildings constructed as recently as 1990. The 467-m property tax exemption program, enacted in 2024, provides up to 35 years of tax relief for projects that include affordable housing (typically 25% of units at 80% Area Median Income). Projects starting before June 30, 2026 receive the full 35-year benefit. Projects starting by 2028 and 2031 receive progressively shorter terms. This tiered structure is creating enormous urgency across the development community.
Notable Conversion Projects Currently in Motion
The former Pfizer headquarters conversion by Metro Loft Management and David Werner Real Estate Investments is the largest office-to-residential conversion in US history, 1.6 million square feet becoming 1,602 apartments, targeting 2026 delivery, financed with a $720 million construction loan. 5 Times Square, the former Ernst & Young headquarters, is being converted by RXR Realty, Apollo Global Management, and SL Green Realty with Gensler as architect, delivering 1,250 apartments in a 38-story tower. 25 Water Street was the largest conversion when it broke ground in 2023 and is now an occupied precedent for the current wave. Tower 57 on Billionaires' Row is being converted by TF Cornerstone into 350 rental apartments. 750 Third Avenue is being redesigned by Gensler into 680 apartments for SL Green delivery by 2029. 1011 First Avenue is being converted by Vanbarton Group into 400+ housing units. 300 East 42nd Street is being converted by CSC Real Estate, with delivery targeted for November 2026.
Rendering Requirements for Conversion Projects
Conversion projects have rendering requirements that ground-up construction does not. The work starts with existing-condition analysis, accurate modeling of the existing office floor plates, structural grid, core location, and envelope, before transformation can be shown. Then the renderings need to communicate three things simultaneously: the residential reuse of the envelope (often unchanged exterior), the interior reconfiguration (light wells, notches, reconfigured cores), and the new amenity program that converts a 9-to-5 office building into a 24/7 residential address. We have produced conversion packages covering existing-condition photomontages, transformation sequences, typical residential unit interiors, amenity-floor renderings, lobby re-imaginings, and streetscape contextual views that show how the building changes in use without changing in form.
Navigating NYC's Approval
and Entitlement Process.
The Department of City Planning, CPC, and BSA
New York City's land-use framework runs through the Zoning Resolution, which is administered by the Department of City Planning (DCP). Major land-use actions, including rezonings, special permits, and Large Scale General Development (LSGD) applications, are reviewed by the City Planning Commission (CPC). Variances and special permits under existing zoning are handled by the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). Both bodies require comprehensive visual submissions, and the rendering package often needs to include context massing, shadow studies, pedestrian-level views, and comparative existing-versus-proposed compositions.
Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) and Historic Districts
Any project within one of NYC's 150+ historic districts, or affecting an individual landmark, falls under Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) jurisdiction. LPC review demands a distinct rendering vocabulary: verifiable photomontages from public vantages, precise exterior material representation, comparative streetscape studies showing the project within its historic fabric, and often before/after elevations for restoration components. Our LPC packages are built to the Commission's technical expectations, with documented vantage points, verified sun angles, and material callouts that survive detailed design review.
ULURP and Community Board Review
The Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) governs all major discretionary land-use actions including zoning map amendments, zoning text amendments, special permits, and city map changes. The process begins with Community Board review, the first public hearing where rendering quality often determines neighborhood sentiment, followed by Borough President review, City Planning Commission action, and ultimately City Council approval. The total ULURP clock runs approximately seven months from certification, and renderings are typically in play from the Community Board presentation through the Council vote.
DOB Permits and Tax Incentives (421-a, 485-x, J-51, MIH)
Department of Buildings (DOB) permits are the final gate before construction. For residential developments, the relevant tax incentive programs are 485-x (the successor to 421-a, for new construction), 467-m (for office conversions), and J-51 (for renovation of existing residential buildings). Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) requires developers in rezoned areas to include affordable units at specified AMI levels. Each program has rendering implications: affordable-unit interiors need their own visual package, and MIH-eligible projects often require shadow studies and open-space renderings for public review.
Services for the
NYC Market.
Skyscraper and Supertall Visualization
We render glass curtain walls and vertical scale with the precision NYC supertalls require, placing your tower accurately within the iconic Manhattan, Brooklyn, or LIC skyline. This includes helicopter-view aerials, skyline impact studies, reflection and view-corridor accuracy, and the specific visual vocabulary, setbacks, crowns, spire detailing, that Central Park and river-view towers depend on.
- Reflection accuracy
- Skyline impact studies
- Helicopter aerials
- View-corridor validation
Office-to-Residential Conversion Packages
The specialist service that nobody else in our tier offers. Existing-condition photomontages, transformation sequences, interior reconfiguration visuals, amenity-floor renderings, and the contextual streetscape storytelling that communicates the full conversion narrative to lenders, city planners, and future tenants.
- Existing-condition modeling
- Transformation sequences
- New amenity programs
- Lender presentation packages
High-End Interior CGI
From SoHo lofts to Central Park penthouses to Tribeca triplexes, we style interiors to match the discerning taste of New York's elite buyers. Material fidelity, atmospheric lighting, and the specific staging choices that separate Billionaires' Row pre-sales from commodity product.
- Luxury staging
- Material fidelity
- Atmospheric lighting
- $10M+ listing presentation
LPC, ULURP, and Zoning Submission Packages
Verifiable photomontages for LPC review, context-massing studies for City Planning Commission, shadow studies for Community Board hearings, and the specific technical package formats that each approval body expects. Our approval-grade work is built on documented vantage points, verified sun angles, and precision that survives design review scrutiny.
- LPC verifiable photomontage
- CPC context-massing
- Shadow studies
- Community Board visuals
Virtual Sales Galleries and Interactive Tours
Bring the sales center to the buyer's living room. Immersive 360° tours for pre-construction condos, interactive 3D viewers that let international buyers test view corridors from specific floors, and the WebVR tools that shorten sales cycles for remote buyers from São Paulo to Hong Kong.
- WebVR tours
- Interactive floor plans
- Remote sales tools
- Multi-language deployment
Featured NYC Case Studies.
Midtown Office Conversion Marketing Package
A Midtown East developer engaged SolidRender for the full marketing package on an office-to-residential conversion of a 1980s-era Class B office building seeking 467-m tax benefits ahead of the June 2026 deadline. The scope included existing-condition exterior photomontages showing the unchanged envelope, residential-conversion transformation sequences showing the interior re-configuration with new light wells and notches, sixteen residential-unit interior renderings covering typical residences plus affordable-unit equivalents, eight amenity-floor renderings covering the new fitness center, co-working lounge, and rooftop deck, and four context renderings supporting the 467-m tax-benefit narrative. The developer used the rendering package for construction loan underwriting, Community Board presentation, and pre-leasing collateral for the project's digital launch. Pre-leasing commitments crossed 40% within four months of the sales launch, which supported favorable refinancing terms after ground-breaking.
View Case StudiesUltra-Luxury Condo Pre-Sales
For an ultra-luxury condominium developer launching a 40-story tower on a Billionaires' Row parcel, SolidRender produced the full pre-sales visualization package targeting international buyers across Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. The scope included twelve exterior renderings covering podium-to-street approach, tower crown detail, Central Park-facing elevation, and skyline context, twenty-four interior renderings covering typical residences, penthouse suites, and two signature amenity spaces including a private dining room and spa, a verifiable photomontage package for LPC context review, and a fully interactive WebVR sales gallery deployed at the physical sales office plus an embedded viewer on the project website. The sales gallery opened with the rendering assets driving 85% of pre-launch marketing impressions. International pre-sales reservations exceeded the developer's six-month model, with deposits received from buyers in twelve countries before ground-breaking.
View Case StudiesBrooklyn Mixed-Use Development
A Brooklyn-focused developer commissioned SolidRender for a 51-story Downtown Brooklyn mixed-use project combining market-rate rental, affordable housing under MIH requirements, ground-floor retail, and community facility space. The package included ten exterior renderings, six amenity-floor renderings, four typical-residence interior renderings, two affordable-unit renderings, and three ULURP context massing studies required for the City Planning Commission's Large Scale General Development (LSGD) review. The renderings were used at Community Board 2 public hearings, Borough President advisory review, CPC certification, and ultimately the City Council vote. The project cleared ULURP with unanimous Community Board support, and the developer credited the rendering clarity as a material factor in neighborhood sentiment during a historically contested rezoning.
View Case StudiesWhy NYC Developers
Choose SolidRender.
NYC Context Experts
We know the difference between a Tribeca cobblestone and a Midtown pavement, between a Brooklyn brownstone cornice and a Park Avenue co-op entrance. Our localized knowledge ensures your rendering feels authentic to its specific neighborhood, whether that is SoHo's cast-iron district, the Meatpacking District, or the emerging Gowanus waterfront.
Speed of the City
New York waits for no one. With pre-sales launches tied to broker event calendars, ULURP filings tied to Community Board meeting dates, and 467-m conversion deadlines tied to June 2026, we offer expedited delivery options, including 48-hour rush, to meet the demanding schedules of NYC developers and brokerages.
Approval-Grade Accuracy
Our visuals are not just art. They are data. We adhere to zoning envelopes, FAR calculations, shadow-casting rules, and verified vantage points with the precision that LPC, CPC, and BSA reviews require. When your submission depends on technical accuracy surviving design-review scrutiny, our work holds up.
Pricing and Turnaround
for NYC Projects.
Typical Project Scope in NYC
NYC projects command premium scopes. Manhattan ultra-luxury pre-construction packages typically scope between 20 and 50 deliverables covering exterior, interior, amenity, aerial, lifestyle, and verifiable photomontage views. Supertall tower projects sit at the upper end, with Hudson Yards and Billionaires' Row packages routinely exceeding 40 assets when penthouse variants and international-buyer presentations are included. Brooklyn, Queens, and Bronx projects scope between 12 and 30 assets depending on the building typology. Office conversion packages sit in a distinct category, typically 16 to 35 assets covering existing-condition modeling, transformation sequences, and post-conversion marketing. Every NYC project is quoted as a fixed package after initial scope review, never billed hourly. Individual exterior hero renderings for NYC projects typically run $2,500 to $5,500 per image for production quality. Interior scenes run $1,500 to $3,500. Verifiable LPC photomontages run $3,000 to $6,000 per view due to technical documentation requirements. Full pre-construction packages for major towers scope between $75,000 and $300,000, with ultra-prime Billionaires' Row packages exceeding that range.
Delivery Timelines Aligned to NYC Approval Cycles
Standard delivery for NYC exterior renderings is 5 to 7 business days after final model approval. Interior scenes run 7 to 10 business days. Full pre-construction packages of 20 to 50 assets are delivered in staged waves across 6 to 10 weeks. For LPC submissions, we align production to the Commission's monthly hearing calendar. For ULURP submissions, we align to the seven-month total ULURP timeline, prioritizing Community Board presentation renderings first, then Borough President and CPC exhibits, then City Council final-vote materials. For 467-m conversion projects targeting the June 2026 full-benefit deadline, we are actively running accelerated schedules to support developers racing the clock. Rush 48-hour delivery is available for press launches, broker events, and urgent lender deadlines.
How We Work with NYC Developers.
Direct Developer vs. Brokerage Engagements
Approximately half of our NYC work is commissioned directly by the developer or development LLC, with scope, review, and approvals flowing through the internal marketing lead or project manager. The other half is commissioned through the sales and marketing brokerage, Corcoran Sunshine, Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, Compass Development Marketing Group, Modlin, or Nest Seekers, with the developer as the ultimate rights-holder. Both structures are standard. We adapt project management cadence, review-cycle format, and final delivery mechanics to match whichever channel the work flows through, and we maintain clean role-of-record documentation so licensing, credit attribution, and downstream usage rights are never ambiguous.
White-Label, NDA, and IP Ownership
Every NYC engagement begins under NDA. Full intellectual property in the final renderings transfers to the client on final payment, with SolidRender retaining only the right to display the work in our portfolio under a mutually agreed embargo window that respects pre-launch confidentiality. For brokerage-commissioned work, we support white-label delivery where the end-client developer never sees our name on any deliverable. We have executed white-label packages for projects that later received The Real Deal and Bisnow coverage without any studio attribution, which is exactly how the client wanted it.
File Formats for REBNY, StreetEasy, OLR, and Print
Standard delivery includes 4K master files (3840 x 2160) in both TIFF and JPG, plus web-optimized variants at 1920 x 1080 for StreetEasy, REBNY RLS, and Open Listing Repository (OLR) distribution. Square-format 1080 x 1080 variants are provided for Instagram and Meta paid social. For print, we deliver 300 DPI press-ready files at brochure trim sizes on request, and CMYK-converted files for offset printing. For animation and video walkthroughs, we deliver ProRes and H.264 masters with MP4 web variants. For interactive viewers, we deliver WebGL builds that run in any modern browser without plugins. Embedded EXIF metadata is included on all MLS-distributable assets.
Serving the Five Boroughs and Metro Area.
New York is a city of neighborhoods. What sells in SoHo does not work in Long Island City. What clears LPC in Greenwich Village does not apply in Downtown Brooklyn. We understand the micro-markets that make up the NYC metro area, and we tailor our atmospheric lighting, styling, and neighborhood context to reflect the specific vibe of your location.
Manhattan, NY
The world's premier skyline. Ultra-luxury condos, Billionaires' Row supertalls, Hudson Yards towers, FiDi office conversions, and Class A office trophies.
Brooklyn, NY
Creative capital. Downtown Brooklyn towers, Williamsburg mid-rises, DUMBO waterfront, Gowanus rezoning opportunities, brownstone preservation, and warehouse conversions.
Queens, NY
Rising ambition. Long Island City's skyline-altering towers, Astoria mixed-use, Jamaica transit-oriented development, and Flushing high-rise activity.
The Bronx, NY
Urban renewal. South Bronx affordable housing, Mott Haven waterfront, Concourse MIH developments, and infrastructure visualization.
Staten Island, NY
Waterfront potential. St. George, Stapleton, and New Brighton residential communities along the harbor, plus mixed-use waterfront redevelopment.
A Partner for the Entire Tri-State.
Our reach extends beyond the five boroughs to the rapidly developing Gold Coast and commuter hubs where NYC developers regularly work.
Frequently Asked Questions About
3D Rendering in NYC.
Clear answers on pricing, timelines, approvals, and working with NYC developers.
Deep-Dive NYC Rendering Resources.
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