Work is underway on the re-cladding and renovation of 111 Wall Street, a 25-story commercial building in the Financial District. Designed by STUDIOS Architecture and developed by Wafra Capital Partners and The Nightingale Group, LLC, the project will also refresh the roughly 1.5-million-square-foot structure’s Class A office space, overhaul the infrastructure, expand its lobby, and add amenities designed by URBN Playground. Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC is the general contractor and JLL is handling leasing for the property, which is bound by Wall Street and Mannahatta Park to the northeast, Front Street to the northwest, Gouverneur Lane to the southwest, and South Street and the FDR Drive to the southeast. 111 Wall Street’s 21st century makeover is expected to cost $100 million.
The photograph below was taken this past summer just as construction was beginning to mobilize and not much change was visible.
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
Now we can see large portions of the antiquated curtain wall already removed, as indicated by the white squares where the old spandrels were once attached.
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
111 Wall Street. Photo by Michael Young
Renderings show the new exterior featuring a copper-colored surface with floor-to-ceiling glass for better transparency and daylight exposure. There will also be a revamped outdoor plaza.
The lobby will feature 170 feet of frontage facing Wall Street, a dedicated reception desk, storage for up to 170 bicycles and 20 electric scooters with charging stations and 80 lockers, and a barista bar that can be converted into a cocktail bar for evenings and special events.
The lobby frontage facing Wall Street. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
The main lobby entrance. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
The main lobby. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
Main lobby access to the cellar amenities. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
Dedicated reception desk. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
Main lobby barista br. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
Amenities will be housed in the cellar and include the building’s own food and retail service called The Parlour. This will offer a curated mix of food and beverage vendors and allow tenants to gain access to advanced ordering through the 111 Wall app.
The Parlour. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
On the same floor is The Forum, a 152-seat conference center split into two conference rooms with 76 seats per room, a boardroom with 20 seats and eight extra overflow seats, and two abutting rooms laid out with lecture-style seating collectively totaling 100 seats. The Forum will sit adjacent to The Parlour.
The Forum. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
111 Well is the building’s fitness center, which will be available to office tenants for free. The facility will be equipped with full-service locker rooms with showers, Peloton bikes, and a rotating group class program featuring fitness trends such as HIIT, boxing, training, TRX, free weights, and more.
111 Well. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
Office levels will be surrounded by nine-foot-tall smart glass windows. Floors two through 12 are grouped together as the podium floors, while floors 14 through 24 will be known as the tower floors. The only inaccessible level is the 13th floor, which is all mechanical. Slab heights range from 12 to 15.5 feet tall. The bathrooms and elevator lobbies will also be modernized, and occupants will get panoramic views of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights, and Downtown Brooklyn across the East River, along with sunrises and aerial vantage points of ferries and boats traveling below the Brooklyn Bridge. Floor plans are flexible and adjustable for tenants.
An office floor. Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
The smallest floor plate size will be on the second floor measuring 36,476 rentable square feet, while the largest is the 23rd floor, spanning 49,321 rentable square feet.
111 Wall Street floor stack diagram.Rendering from 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
The MEP infrastructure overhaul is projected to be done by next March, followed by the completion of the lobby in May 2022, the full façade removal by July 2022, fully modernized elevators by November 2022, and the finished installation of the new curtain wall by December 2022. The East River ferry service is found directly across from 111 Wall Street at Pier 11, while nearby subways to the north include the 2, 3, 4, 5, and J trains.
111 Wall Street’s renovations and upgrades are slated for total completion in January 2023 as indicated in 111 Wall Street’s brochure.
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The surface of glass panes, outside the building is already outstanding. The interior is beautiful, according to the purpose of use: Thanks to Michael Young.
The rendering looks better, but all in all, a nice remodel.
I worked at Citibank’s operations center in ’72 and ’73 located here. No amenities other than a corporate cafeteria.
I worked in temporary space here in 2006 for about six months. It was not a pleasant space. The HVAC system needed a thorough overhaul. There was visible shmutz coming out of the ceiling vents. It was a really tired, second-rate back-office building.
I heard anecdotally that during Sandy the basement cafeteria completely flooded, as did the hermetically sealed ground floor. I hope they have found a way to avoid that scenario going forward. It’s very close to the East River.
Yes, Ken I worked at Citibank for almost 10 years the cafeteria was the only amenity. Good job done
This looks much better so far.
“Barista bar”?
Barista literally means barman.
So a barman’s bar. As opposed to an astronaut’s bar?
All of those East River boxes should be removed.
I’m not a huge fan of Mies/International style boxes, but this is indeed a nice looking refresh. The interior renderings suggest a much more current work-space design which should be a big improvement.
Would be interesting to know whether structurally the tower could have additional floors added. A wedding cake of about 20 floors wouldnt look half bad at all.