One Vanderbilt
| One Vanderbilt | |
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Rendering of the tower's roof
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| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Type | Supertall skyscraper |
| Location | Midtown Manhattan |
| Address | One Vanderbilt Avenue New York, NY 10017 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′11″N 73°58′43″W / 40.7530°N 73.9785°WCoordinates: 40°45′11″N 73°58′43″W / 40.7530°N 73.9785°W |
| Construction started | 2016 |
| Estimated completion | 2020 |
| Owner | SL Green Realty |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 1,401 feet (427 m) |
| Roof | 1,301 feet (397 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 57 |
| Floor area | 1,750,212 sq ft (162,600.0 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Structural engineer | Severud Associates |
| Main contractor | Tishman Construction |
One Vanderbilt (also One Vanderbilt Place) is a skyscraper under construction in New York City on the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Proposed by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and developer SL Green Realty as part of a planned Midtown East rezoning, the tower would stand next to Grand Central Terminal.
When completed in 2020, the 57-floor, 1,600,000-square-foot (150,000 m2) skyscraper's roof will be 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire will be 1,401 feet (427 m), making it the city's (pending the finished construction of Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street) fourth-tallest building.
In the early 2000s, SL Green Realty began looking at sites in Midtown Manhattan to build a new skyscraper for office use. This request for office space would become part of a general trend where Manhattan office space increased 10% from 2000 to 2016. It began buying buildings on the block bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue, 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and 43rd Street (known as Terminal City).
As part of the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the area around Grand Central Terminal was to be redeveloped, with multiple skyscrapers built in eastern Midtown. This entailed rezoning the 73 blocks of the neighborhood directly around the terminal. However, Bloomberg's plans for a district of new high-rises were rejected in November 2013 because of concerns from residents, preservationists, and local politicians that the influx of office workers to the area could disrupt the area's quality. The area was rezoned anyway in September 2013. Plans for the One Vanderbilt skyscraper were released in May 2014. The skyscraper was initially to be 65 stories high, and the proposal came with transit improvements to Grand Central as well as a new 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) pedestrian area on Vanderbilt Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets.
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