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2 World Trade Center. Rendering courtesy of Foster + Partners.

2 World Trade Center Officially Restarts Construction with Ceremonial Groundbreaking in Financial District, Manhattan

A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday to mark the official resumption of construction on 2 World Trade Center, a 55-story commercial supertall in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Silverstein Properties, the 1,226-foot-tall skyscraper is the final component of the 16-acre World Trade Center complex and is slated to yield 2 million rentable square feet of office space. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) is the owner of the project site, which occupies a full block bounded by Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Church Street to the east, and Greenwich Street to the west.

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Rendering courtesy of DBOX.

Demolition Underway for 1,414-Foot Supertall at 350 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan

Demolition has begun at 350 Park Avenue, the site of a 1,414-foot supertall office skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Vornado Realty Trust, Rudin, and Ken Griffin, the 64-story structure will yield 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space with a capacity of 6,000 employees. Griffin’s companies Citadel and Citadel Securities will serve as the anchor tenants, occupying at least 850,000 square feet. The 53,000-square-foot property is located between East 51st and 52nd Streets.

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70 Hudson Yards. Designed by Roger Ferris + Partners and Gensler.

832-Foot Skyscraper Rises at 70 Hudson Yards in Hudson Yards, Manhattan

Construction is continuing to rise on 70 Hudson Yards, a 52-story commercial skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by Roger Ferris + Partners and Gensler and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the 832-foot-tall structure is planned to become New York’s first zero-carbon-emission skyscraper and will yield just under 1.4 million square feet of office space. The property is alternately addressed as 514 West 36th Street and located along Hudson Boulevard East between by West 35th and 36th Streets.

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Rendering of Hoboken Connect. Courtesy of LCOR

Hoboken Connect Mixed-Use Development Takes Shape in Hoboken, New Jersey

On Monday, leaders celebrated the opening of the Hudson Place public plaza in Hoboken, the first completed phase in the mixed-use Hoboken Connect master plan. Developed by LCOR, the complex will also include a 27-story residential building dubbed Charlie, as well as a new office tower and renovations to the historic Lackawanna Ferry Terminal that will convert its second story into an events venue. The development site is located east of Hudson Street and south of Observer Highway.

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Looking south at the Lower Manhattan skyline from the top of the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street. Photo by Michael Young.

Centre 360 Public Observatory Opens Atop David N. Dinkins Municipal Building At 1 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan

Centre 360, a new free public observatory, opened today atop the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan. The experience is located more than 500 feet high within the Beaux-Arts cupola of the landmarked 40-story skyscraper, and is part of a $6 million renovation by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). The property is located at the corner of Centre and Reade Streets, directly east of City Hall.

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