Financial District

111 Wall Street’s New Curtain Wall Reaches Upper Levels in Financial District, Manhattan

Renovation work is moving along on 111 Wall Street, a 25-story commercial building in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by STUDIOS Architecture and developed by Wafra Capital Partners and The Nightingale Group, the $100 million project involves the replacement of the structure’s midcentury façade with a modern glass curtain wall and the full gut renovation of its 1.5 million square feet of office space, as well as the construction of an expanded lobby and amenity spaces designed by URBN Playground on the lower floors. Hunter Roberts Construction Group 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, South Street and the FDR Drive to the southeast, and Gouverneur Lane to the southwest.

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3 World Trade Center, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

StubHub Relocates Headquarters to 3 World Trade Center in Financial District, Manhattan

StubHub, one of the world’s largest online destinations for ticketed live events, will establish its new headquarters at 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan’s Financial District. In an effort to consolidate its commercial footprint, the company will close multiple locations in Midtown, and instead occupy 44,000 square feet of 3 World Trade Center’s 59th floor.

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Redesign Revealed for 45 Broad Street in Manhattan’s Financial District

YIMBY spotted a series of new exterior renderings for 45 Broad Street, a long-stalled site located in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Originally designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Madison Equities and Gemdale Properties, the formerly planned 1,115-foot supertall residential skyscraper appears to have a new and shorter undisclosed architectural height with a completely new design by Handel Architects. Lendlease will be the general contractor and take over from Pizzarotti LLC for the ground-up development, which will have 221,000 square feet of rentable space, 302 units most likely being condominiums, and 52 floors built atop a narrow interior lot between Exchange Place and Beaver Street.

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Aerial view of The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Museum of Jewish Heritage Reviews Plans for Genealogy Research Center in Battery Park City, Manhattan

The Museum of Jewish Heritage is currently reviewing plans to build a new genealogy research center at its facility at 36 Battery Place in Battery Park City. Named the Peter and Mary Kalikow Genealogy Research Center, the waterfront expansion will provide visitors with Jewish genealogy resources through JewishGen, a non-profit organization and affiliate of the museum.

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Hotel Indigo Completes Construction at 50 Trinity Place in Financial District, Manhattan 

Construction is complete on 50 Trinity Place, a 28-story Hotel Indigo in the Financial District. Designed by Peter Poon Architects and developed by FIT Investment Corporation, the 311-foot-tall structure yields 77,310 square feet and 173 guest rooms. Cauldwell Wingate was the general contractor for the Lower Manhattan project, which is located at the southwest corner of Trinity Place and Rector Street, diagonally across from Trinity Church.

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