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NYguy · #**4721** Posted **Apr 2, 2009, 1:08 PM**

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Another example of a Downtown company possibly moving out, which new WTC space (and its incentives) could avert...
http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/depository-trust-seeks-700k-square-feet

Depository Trust Seeks 700K Square Feet

By Dana Rubinstein
March 24, 2009

The stultifyingly named Depository Trust is one of the latest tenants to tantalize the Manhattan real estate market.

...the Trust is looking for 700,000 square feet, since its lease is up in 2012, according to sources.

Another search for a large chunk of space...the WTC has plenty....

http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/zut-alors-french-bank-needs-new-us-hq
Zut Alors! French Bank Needs a New U.S. HQ

By Dana Rubinstein
March 31, 2009

Société Générale has hired CB Richard Ellis to scout for new space, thanks to the impending expiration of its 1221 Avenue of the Americas lease in 2013, according to sources.

Sadly, neither CB Richard Ellis nor the French banking giant would comment for this story. But one source told us the bank is looking for something like 500,000 feet, which would make it one of the bigger kids on a leasing block as underpopulated as a Parisian office after 5 p.m.

It was back in 1994 that Société Générale moved its U.S. headquarters from 50 Rockefeller Plaza to 312,000 square feet at the McGraw-Hill building. (The New York Times made much of the new French signage, with all of its accents aigu: “It will still be known as the McGraw-Hill Building, but new black polished-granite cornerstones at 48th and 49th Streets in front of 1221 Avenue of the Americas bear a decidedly French accent in their gilded lettering.”)

In that move, the bank doubled its size. In 1998, the bank took an additional six floors at 560 Lexington Avenue. Now, it looks like the bank might be trying to consolidate its operations into one building. Given the utter upheaval in the market, transforming it from a fantasyland for landlords into a golden tenant’s market, Société Générale has begun its search at a propitious time.

MercurySky · #**4722** Posted **Apr 2, 2009, 8:16 PM**

NY Guy,Do you know about where construction of 1 WTC will be around September of this year if all goes according to plan?

CoolCzech · #**4723** Posted **Apr 2, 2009, 11:33 PM**

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Another search for a large chunk of space...the WTC has plenty....

http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/zut-alors-french-bank-needs-new-us-hq
Zut Alors! French Bank Needs a New U.S. HQ

Oh oh... does this mean we have to call it the French Tower??

NYguy · #**4724** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 12:00 AM**

^ Any of the WTC towers could use a tenant right now, 2 and 3 having the most space available.

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NY Guy,Do you know about where construction of 1 WTC will be around September of this year if all goes according to plan?

This was from a while back

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A few updates...
http://lowermanhattan.info/news/port...way_23444.aspx

The Freedom Tower’s south core is now 35 feet above grade, while the north core is rising fast and should be above grade by late summer 2009. Once the sub-grade portions are complete, the Port expects one new floor to be built every week or two.

From that I would expect at least a few floors to be up. The south core is now said to be about 130 ft.

MercurySky · #**4725** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 12:13 AM**

Thanks man. I am planning on going to NYC to see my bro on 9/09/09. I was there in 2005 on 09/05 and 2006 09/06. Great times for sure! This year will be the first time that steel will rise above street level! I am excited to be sure. Please ignore my excitement from Cleveland Town. It is a great thing!

37TimPPG · #**4726** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 2:26 AM**

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Oh oh... does this mean we have to call it the French Tower??

OUI!

photoLith · #**4727** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 3:20 AM**

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Oh oh... does this mean we have to call it the French Tower??

lol, France is taking revenge in the name of freedom toast and freedom fries.

NYguy · #**4728** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 4:01 AM**

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Thanks man. I am planning on going to NYC to see my bro on 9/09/09. I was there in 2005 on 09/05 and 2006 09/06. Great times for sure! This year will be the first time that steel will rise above street level! I am excited to be sure. Please ignore my excitement from Cleveland Town. It is a great thing!

Will you be around on 9/11? The light display is always nice to see. Beside's the Freedom Tower's supposed light show from the spire, there has been talk of moving the annual light beams to the memorial site itself when completed.

NYguy · #**4729** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 4:19 AM**

April 2 update from morrongiello

MercurySky · #**4730** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 7:08 AM**

I should be around the site if I do get to NYC.

NYguy · #**4731** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 8:59 AM**

A comparison of the rendering to the above shot reveals just how close the tower will be to the north void, a street barely between them.

CoolCzech · #**4732** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 12:20 PM**

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Will you be around on 9/11? The light display is always nice to see. Beside's the Freedom Tower's supposed light show from the spire, there has been talk of moving the annual light beams to the memorial site itself when completed.

IMO opinion, the annual twin lighting should stop once the WTC is reconstructed.

2-TOWERS · #**4733** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 2:42 PM**

you have to wonder about how much soil all those trees will have

avngingandbright · #**4734** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 3:57 PM**

I really wish all the buildings in the complex formed a continual street wall and ran exactly parallel to the sidewalk. I feel like it would otherwise be anti-urban and more fitting for a place like the City of London than NYC.

NYguy · #**4735** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 4:56 PM**

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I really wish all the buildings in the complex formed a continual street wall and ran exactly parallel to the sidewalk.

Thay actually pretty much do, with the exception of Tower 2 which conforms with the street above it, and the "wedge of light" plan initiated in the site plan.

NYguy · #**4736** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 4:58 PM**

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IMO opinion, the annual twin lighting should stop once the WTC is reconstructed.

It's not a permanent lighting (obviously). There's a reason it's done on 9/11, and that won't change even after the new towers are built.

NYguy · #**4737** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 5:02 PM**

Heidi Verstraten

CarlosV · #**4738** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 9:05 PM**

From NYGuy "April 2 update from morrongiello"

Omg This Is So Exciting!!!!!

I can picture myself sitting there contemplating the waterfalls!!!

Aleks · #**4739** Posted **Apr 3, 2009, 11:24 PM**

Lighting the "cores" of the fountains for 9/11 would be amazing. It would be one of the simplest yet best looking light "shows" in the world. And it would compliment the new towers.

NYguy · #**4740** Posted **Apr 4, 2009, 3:12 AM**

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Lighting the "cores" of the fountains for 9/11 would be amazing. It would be one of the simplest yet best looking light "shows" in the world. And it would compliment the new towers.

That would be amazing. I think several people submitted ideas of that during the early memorial planning process.