Posted this in the 270 Park thread a month ago. The language that's being used by both Cuomo and his opponents indicate that something like a WTC complex on steroids is coming to the area. If there is a place to go over 2000 feet tall in NYC, it's here.
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Originally Posted by Eidolon
This is only the beginning. While we are still about 15-20 years away from a complete Midtown East/Hudson Yards buildout, the next construction hotspots are the Penn Station area and the Garment District in my opinion. Both of those districts are greatly underutilized, well-served by public transit and filled with outdated, demolition ripe legacy office stock and Gene Kaufman junk that nobody would miss. Throw a proper rezoning into that mix and watch that construction boom leave the current one in the dust.
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