Exterior work is starting to wrap up on the The Spiral, a 66-story commercial supertall at 66 Hudson Boulevard in Hudson Yards. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 1,041-foot-tall tower will yield 2.85 million square feet of office space and is expected to cost nearly $3.7 billion. Turner Construction Company is the general contractor, Banker Steel provided the steel work, R&R Scaffolding Ltd. provided the BMU equipment, and Permasteelisa is the contractor for the reflective floor-to-ceiling glass panels on the building, which occupies an entire city block between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues and 34th and 35th Streets.
At the time of our last update in December, the construction elevator on the southern elevation had just begun to be disassembled. Now the assembly has been completely removed, leaving a gap in the curtain wall that will soon be filled in.
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The secondary hoist on the northern side should be taken down in the near future once interior work is far enough along.
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
More metal railings have been installed across the spiraling outdoor terraces, while landscaping and shrubbery for each of these spaces should arrive in the warmer months.
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
More of the floor-to-ceiling glass panels have also been added around the ground floor. Those in the below photograph are along the corner of Tenth Avenue and West 35th Street. The six-story full-block podium will house a lobby with ceiling heights reaching up to 28 feet and entrances along Hudson Boulevard East and Tenth Avenue, as well as 18,000 square feet of retail space.
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
The Spiral is currently more than 50 percent leased, with CBRE recently assisting Turner Construction Company close a 13-year, 75,000-square-foot lease. The general contractor is expected to relocate its global headquarters from its current office location at 375 Hudson Street to Hudson Yards. Other committed tenants include Pfizer at 746,000 square feet, Alliance Bernstein at 166,000 square feet, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP at 531,000 square feet.
The Spiral. Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY last reported that The Spiral will likely finish construction in the second half of 2022.
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Wrapping the very top perimeter in plantings would be a nice finish, but who knows if the plants can handle the wind.
That will be a challenge. The plantings always look nice on renderings, but the real plants/trees are unfortunately hard (and often too expensive) to maintain . We shall see.
Maybe some Alpine greenery? Something used to cold and wind? I’m cautiously optimistic that someone knows more about this that us!
I’m sure someone thought of this, given it is a critical element of a $3.7B development. Axing the landscape architect was probably not on the VE list for this project.
3.7 billion…that money could have been used in so many better ways.
I have to agree…
I didn’t expect the finished building to be so dull. Maybe the greenery will help break up the enormous expanses of gray glass.
Looks pretty great, honestly, can’t wait to see what it looks like after the greenery!
Very anti-climatic. Plantings at such a high level on all exposures will be difficult to keep healthy.
Another situation of renderings not translating into reality?
My name wanita alison-konteh I am a senior citizen looking for a one bedroom thank you
You can say all you want about The Spiral, but it is quite impressive.
I’m a señior citizen looking for a 1 bedroom apt. Preferably the SPIRAL, I have a citipfeps voucher for 1,945,PLEASE E-MAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW WHERE I CAN GET AN APPLICATION. THANKYOU!
We the people of Hudson Square will surely miss The Turner Construction Company who have been a valuable, friendly and generous component to the development of our area area. We wish them much luck in their new digs.
COVID-19 Tower, that should be the name since Pfizer is the main tenant. Then add a big sign that read, “Tax Payers Paid for This”.
Actual, sign should read, “Get Your Boosters Ever 4 Months to Pay The Rent”… LOL
Just another dumb high rise office building among a collection of equally dumb high rises. A money maker for sure! Planted terraces inserted in this buildings glass curtainwall facade are nothing more than an architectural gimmic to break up the banal monotary of the curtainwall. What nonsense!
Just another dumb high rise office building among a collection of equally dumb high rises. A money maker for sure! Planted terraces inserted in this buildings glass curtainwall facade are nothing more than an architectural gimmic to break up the banal repetitiveness of the curtainwall. What total nonsense!