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Originally Posted by DCReid
What about site B - was that supposed to be mostly residential? I would guess that if they want to add more offices they would reduce the residential/hotel and maybe make sites C2 and C3 mixed use with boutique offices added. I suspect that they would not want to build a huge 3 million sf office tower as it would be difficult to fill but keep C1 as the larger office tower and add boutique offices to the other sites. C2 and C3 accommodate heights well larger than what the plans for the hotel and residential so they could add offices on top. I don't think the residential or hotel components have been as strong as the offices in this development or in Manhattan in general.
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They are going to build just what they said. Sites A and B are going to remain residential. That is unchanged.
Site C is where the office building will go, as it was in the original plan. It will be Related's last chance for a full scale office tower in Hudson Yards. It replaces what was otherwise going to be the casino complex.
The City Planning modified what was the "alternative scenario", or what would have been built as an altrnative to the casino.
Felated would build all office if they could, as that has been what's most successful for them on the West Side, the main reason they wanted to abandon the residential plan.
The current site plan is basically this, with the "blue" portion being modified with a larger office tower than the 1.5 msf version depicted here.
