Construction is nearing completion on 50 Hudson Yards, a 58-story commercial supertall in Hudson Yards. Designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the 1,011-foot-tall skyscraper will yield 2.9 million square feet of office space, making it the largest building by volume in the first phase of Related’s Hudson Yards complex. ArcelorMittal provided the steel, Langan Engineering is the civil and environmental engineer, and WSP is the structural and MEP engineer for the project, which occupies a full-block parcel bound by West 34th Street to the north, Tenth Avenue to the east, West 33rd Street to the south, and Hudson Boulevard to the west.
Little outward change is visible since our last update in December, when the glass and marble cladding had recently reached the pinnacle of the tower. Nearly all of the façade is in place, with the exception of the gap where the construction elevator remains attached to the northern elevation. Sidewalk scaffolding will gradually be removed in the near future, while finishing touches to the entrance and sidewalks progress in the spring and summer months.
50 Hudson Yards (center). Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards (center). Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards (center). Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
Several prominent tenants are slated to occupy the building including BlackRock and Facebook, which will take up a combined 1.2 million square feet. Facebook is also planning to lease an additional 300,000 square feet across Kohn Pedersen Fox‘s 30 and 55 Hudson Yards. In recent news, Verizon announced that it will build a private 5G network for BlackRock’s new global headquarters in areas where high speed and low latency are put to optimal use.
The southern entrance for the 34th Street-Hudson Yards station that services the 7 train sits right across from the main lobby, while to the east are the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, NJ Transit, and Amtrak trains at Pennsylvania Station and Moynihan Train Hall. A little to the north is the Lincoln Tunnel and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
YIMBY expects 50 Hudson Yards to open within the second half of 2022.
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BlackRock, wow. They have $4.8 Trillion in assets so rent will be paid.
Good to know, because in other news they just took a $17 billion hit due to Russian exposure.
It is so bulky it looks short in the context of the surrounding towers. Can we add a few floors to make it taller?
The access to subways, commuter trains, and Amtrak mentioned to the east left out the LIRR at Penn – the largest and most heavily traveled commuter RR in the country.
Wanita alison-konteh I am a senior citizen looking for a one-bedroom apartment thank you
Amazing how similar the curtain walls of 30 HY and the Spiral are in these photos. So glad they are separated by 50 HY.
I like the squares—like you said, it’s a textural break!