The office tower will be on the north side.

Thanks. I wonder if Related will use the same design that it had proposed for the south side of the site.

It’ll be a larger building that won’t require a school at the base. It won’t be the same design, but it’s possiblevit coukd be somerhing similar. Keep in mind that the new version will be built on the platform.

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

I look forward to Phase II. :cheers:

70 Hudson itself is basically spoken for, so not surprising at all Related wants to get on with more office here…..

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-e...00-square-foot

Considering the ‘ground level’ where the Vessel is in phase I is about 15 feet above the road surface of 11th avenue, I would think they would want to build a pedestrian bridge to connect phase I and phase II over 11th avenue. I know pedestrian bridges in urban cores are now considered out of style and bad urban form, but I believe that would really help unite phase I with II and create a cohesive pedestrian environment along the entire campus. I believe however that new pedestrian bridges are banned or require some special approval. I also didn’t see anything on the master plan for this. Does anyone know more about this? I realize the high line will provide circulation between the two nodes but I would think Related would want to connect the phases in a better manner, especially if they plan any retail component for phase II

The Vesel level of the plaza is reached from 11th Avenue via a series of “ramps” and stairways. Both 15 and 35 Hudson are accesed directly from 11th Avenue. There will be no need for a pedestrian crossing.



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This suggests that 625 Madison will be residential. Otherwise, Blau likely would have mentioned office there. I'm very eager to see more renderings of that. Hopefully, there will be a lot of Stern-style ornamentation and not simply a limestone box sans frills.

It should be. Earlier, it was suggested that Related could switch to office, but that appears not to be the case according to recent DOB filings.

Agreed.

As far as office space goes, the office tower here is the largest in the pipeline….


https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom...december-2025/


The others…



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Assuming that a deal is, in fact, “sealed” at 175 Park, I hope that the tower at the western yards is the next to get a tenant. I’m anxious for HYW to proceed.

Isn't construction/financing not dependent on finding a tenant in this case?

I think that’s true for the platform, but I’d like to see the office and two residential towers rising simultaneously.

Correct. But Related likely has tenants lined up anyway. 70 Hudson was snatched up pretty quickly, and Related has been itching to get another office tower going.

You’re addressing the platform and residential buildings right? Since all of the buildings seem that they’ll be on the periphery of the site, can they begin construction before the platform? If so, I wonder when Related will start them.

This year, we should finally get renderings for Phase 2 of the railyard development. We have somewhat of an idea of the layout, but we haven't exactly seen it as it was approved. But we do know that the office tower will be larger than what was planned in either version we've seen to date.

As far as the residential towers go, I hope they can keep the design for tower A. It's something unique for New York, and fits in with the High Line, despite what the NIMBYs have been crying about.

In either case, we've already come a long way in Hudson Yards, with much more to go and forthcoming.



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The office tower, being located above a podium now, will likely not be a similar design to what was proposed....


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The platform in relation to the tunnel currently under construction for the Gateway project...


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Made a quick check in on the Yards...


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Work continues on the tunnel casing...


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The new 10th Avenue facade is an improvment...


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Thanks

Hopefully 11th Ave's 6 lanes will be cut down to 4 with bike lanes and a center median lined with trees. I'm sure Related would chip in.

I agree. 10th and 11th need massive road diets. Three lanes should suffice.

They're not focused on anything like that. That stretch of 11th Avenue isn't a particularly heavily pedestrian circulated area. A bike lane, maybe. I don't see a median in the future here.



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You can see the bike land on 10th here...



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NY Guy (or any architects/engineers):

Could Related build this tower by 2032 for SG?

https://seekingalpha.com/news/453999...rters---report

I'm sure they could. But options already further along like 15 Penn, 2 WTC, or even 3 Hudson should be better options in that short term. But they would probably like to stay in the Park Avenue area. Who knows.

Isn’t the HYII tower basically ready to go once there’s a tenant or do they have to excavate? I’m not sure how it works at that site.

It seems that BP’s site is the one that’s most ready to go, but if SG is the tenant, six years seems to be sufficient time.

They're waiting on final, official sign off on the financing for the deck. That's a formality, but hasn't happened yet, isn't schedule for this month, and they only meet every other month. What follows then is the ordinary mobilization of work and materials.

Thanks. I think you’ve said that the deck and residential towers will start regardless of when an office tenant is secured. Do you think that the deck will start this year?

Don't know.

11th ave will get calmed if and when the western yards deck ever goes up.

don’t hold your breath.

It will, I don't think you've been following recent developments.

i know the pilot tax funding plan for the deck was approved last summer, but devil is in the details, including the gateway construction. :shrug:

Gateway is moving forward (to which NJ Transhit just shockingly disclosed that service will be reduced to HALF for a month starting mid-February!)

The plan for the western yards we already have. What we don't have are renderings and definitive height figures. Which itself is fine, considering the plan itself is new.

More news about SG.

I hope that they anchor a new tower here.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-e...e-245-park-ave

https://www.semafor.com/article/01/2...-rail-projects
Trump administration blocks funding for public broadcasting, rail projects

The Trump administration fended off last-minute Democratic efforts to include funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and to restart federal money for rail projects — including the Gateway Tunnel — in a four-bill spending package the House takes up this week, two senior administration officials told Semafor.

The administration also kept out restrictions on interior immigration enforcement and federal layoffs, slashed foreign aid and preserved the ability to reorganize the Education Department.

Democrats believe they got as good a deal as possible on accountability for ICE and research and health care funding. The spin war matters: If Congress is going to avoid a shutdown, each side needs to feel like they won something. The Trump officials insisted their rescissions and threats of spending impoundment motivated Congress to move, and it’s hard to argue with that.

Gateway Tunnel is already fully funded. Just noise from a toddler.

Just more noise as usual. As long as work continues, that’s all that really matters.


https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025...unnel-project/


In either case, the implications have more to do with Penn Station than it does with the platform construction here.




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https://www.instagram.com/flynyon/p/DUGwTLpEfSB/


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Seeing Related (and others) opt for as much office space as they can build, I would expect that they would maximize the size of the office building here, which could be cut into with either a mixed-use or stand alone hotel component. It would stand just west of 35 Hudson Yards. Can't wait for the details.




https://youtu.be/PHYhAMO4bDE?si=nRZWo189YtV0xiAv


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Are there height limits to it though? I wouldn’t want an 1,100’ tall 3m sf tower.

If there are really as many tenants seeking Class A office as Holliday thinks, then I don't see Related having much trouble filling up an office tower larger than 50 Hudson Yards.

Higher than 50 Hudson Yards, that would be great. I hope they are planning a counterpart to 175 Park Ave here on Phase Two.
When can construction of the platform actually begin?

Why would there be?



The New York Industrial Development Agency hasn’t had the final, formal vote yet (a formality). Once that’s settled, I’m sure Related has enough movement in play that work could begin before the end of the year. Everyone wants to strike while the market is hot, which it looks to be for some time now, thanks to the lack of new office supply.

I didn’t know whether, in dealing with the Marxists with respect to financing the platform, they forced height limits and extorted “affordable housing”ransoms.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/0...-yard-00782312


By JANAKI CHADHA
02/16/2026