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Originally Posted by Crawford
This is a much bigger building than 1 Vanderbilt, a more prominent architect, and being built as a trophy HQ, not a REIT seeking to lease space. This is the world's largest/most important bank.
I would be very surprised if it isn't a more prominent tower than 1 Vanderbilt. I doubt they want a background building (which probably isn't even possible given the size; this will be one of the biggest commercial office buildings on the planet).
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They don't have enough to work with here to create a trophy, not that they have any need to flaunt in the first place. The manner in which they're going about this is enough of an attention grabber. They'll make an efficient world headquarters.
2.7M sf isn't much in the grand scheme of things, and this will sit on a MASSIVE plot by Manhattan standards. When they say they're only going to go
as much as 500 feet taller, they mean it. It will be around 1200ft to its roof. Foster might concoct a cool facade, but it will likely adorn a dense, pragmatic form. IE a box.
If we're lucky he might throw in a crown to make it more interesting. Setbacks or tapering are unlikely to maximize floorspace.
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