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Governor & Vice President Debut Plans For New LaGuardia Airport, East Elmhurst

12:30 pm on July 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Governor Cuomo and Vice President Biden announced plans calling for the complete reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport, in East Elmhurst, Crain’s reports. The $4 billion project will have four connected terminals and will wrap around the Grand Central Parkway. There will also be 24-hour ferry service and an AirTrain linking the airport to the 7 train’s Willets Point stop. Approval from the Port Authority is required, and the terminal portion is expected to break ground in 2016 for a 2018 completion. The AirTrain link will take roughly five years to build.

JFK Airport’s TWA Flight Center To Be Converted Into 505-Key Hotel

6:00 am on July 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Advanced talks were underway earlier this spring to convert JFK Airport’s vacant TWA Flight Center into a hotel, and now the project appears to be happening, according to Curbed. A 505-key hotel is expected, which will be accompanied by 40,000 square feet of meeting space, six to eight dining options, an observation deck, and a museum.

World Trade Center Transit Hub Receiving Finishing Touches, Financial District

6:00 am on June 23, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Last October, construction was making quick progress at the World Trade Center Transit Hub, dubbed the Oculus, and the structure is now receiving its finishing touches. Platform B of the PATH’s WTC station has now opened to the public, and Platform C is currently being reconstructed. According to Curbed, glass installation for the structure’s skylight is also underway.

21st Century Fox, News Corp. Close to Signing Leases at Two World Trade Center

6:30 am on June 3, 2015 By Reid Wilson

News Corp. and 21st Century Fox have signed a letter of intent to lease a combined 1.3 million square feet at Larry Silverstein’s planned 2 World Trade Center, located at 200 Greenwich Street, in the Financial District, according to the New York Post. A deal has yet to be finalized, but the move would jump-start construction of the 2.8 million square-foot, 80-plus-story tower, which is being redesigned by Bjarke Ingels Group.

News Corp, Fox Could Anchor Two World Trade Center

4:00 pm on April 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The New York Times revealed that News Corporation and 21st Century Fox are in talks with the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein to relocate the companies’ headquarters downtown into 200 Greenwich Street, also known as 2 World Trade Center. If they commit, the media companies would propel the 88-story, 3.1 million square-foot office tower into vertical construction.

Existing New Jersey Transit station at Newark Liberty, image by Joseph Barillari from Wikimedia

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