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Old Posted Dec 4, 2012, 1:15 PM
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http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1212797


New York City officials, developers to break ground on $15 billion mini-city Hudson Yards


Tuesday's groundbreaking ends years of deal-making between developers and the MTA, which owns the rail yard and will lease the development rights for 99 years for more than $1 billion.

By Jason Sheftell / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


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A new skyline in a waterfront neighborhood with apartments 75 stories high. An observation deck shaped like a spaceship jutting out from an office tower taller than the Empire State Building. A 5-acre plaza with a sculpture as large as Lady Liberty.
On Tuesday, city officials and developers will break ground on Hudson Yards, a $15 billion 15-structure mini-city on Manhattan’s West Side that will create more office space than exists in Portland, Ore.
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http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/