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Manhattan West

Manhattan West Tower 1
General information
Status Under construction
Type Office
Estimated completion 2019
Height
Roof 995 ft (303 m)
Technical details
Floor count 67
Floor area 171,000 m2 (1,840,600 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Manhattan West Tower 2
General information
Status Approved
Type Office
Estimated completion 2020
Height
Roof 303 m (994 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 60
Floor area 171,000 m2 (1,840,600 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer Brookfield Properties
Structural engineer Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Manhattan West Tower 3
General information
Status Topped-out
Type Residential
Completed July 2017
Height
Roof 214 m (702 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 62
Floor area 70,297 m2 (756,670 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Manhattan West is a 5,400,000-square-foot (500,000 m2) mixed-use development by Brookfield Properties. The project consists of two large office towers and two smaller residential towers, as well as a 1.5-acre (0.6-hectare) public park. The towers will be built on a platform over Penn Station storage tracks along Ninth Avenue. The buildings will be built close to the developing Hudson Yards region between 31st and 33rd streets. These two buildings have been proposed as of 2010. Upon its completion the taller west tower will extend 995 feet (303 m) up to its roof and will be one of the tallest buildings in New York City and the world.

Ground was broken for the site in January 2013. As of May 21, 2014, a permit for the Manhattan West building complex has been submitted and approved. Under the updated 2014 plan, the complex is set to be completed by 2020. By the end of 2014, a US$680,000,000 platform over Long Island Rail Road tracks between Tenth and Dyer Avenues, atop which will be the Manhattan West development, was completed.

In October 2015, the Qatar Investment Authority invested in a 44% stake in the $4.5 billion mixed-use development project. The deal included the formation of a joint venture between Brookfield Property Partners and QIA for the development of 7 million square feet (650,000 m2) of residential and office space in five buildings, including 62-story and 67-story skyscrapers, that Brookfield said would be worth $8.6 billion upon completion.

According to reports, the development project is part of a larger plan to redevelop the Hudson Yards area and will extend from the west of Pennsylvania Station towards the Hudson River. The QIA was referred to as an "early bird" for their investment in an area that has not yet come under widespread development. This strategy assumes taking on more development risk in the hope of better returns.


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