NEW YORK | 30 Hudson Yards (North Tower) | 1,296 FT | 92 FLOORS

[UrbanImpact]

Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1

I wished I was an architect already. I would totally by that site, and build a 2,000 foot tall skyscraper there, and maybe the Twin Towers again?

Architects don't buy land towers, they design them. You mean developer, like Related and Brooksfield.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by THE BIG APPLE

No 2000 foot tower would look good in NYC, that's why there's never been one.

Please keep this out of this thread. You can post your clever hypothesis here...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194273

That includes talk of rebuilding "Twins" as well.

[Crawford]

There will likely be another supertall developed by Related very close to this project.

The press doesn't seem to be talking about it, but part of the lease agreeement with Coach stipulates that Related will buy their current headquarters on West 34th Street, which, under the new Hudson Yards zoning, could yield a building of about 2.4 million square feet.

That is almost certainly a supertall, and would likely be at least 1,200 feet, considering the Coach HQ site footprint. Related has already indicated the will tear down the old HQ and redevelop.

Maybe we should create a separate thread for the old Coach HQ site. This could be a monster, and one of the tallest in the city.

[RobertWalpole]

Where did you hear about Coach? The building they currently occupy, 516 W34th Street, is a beautiful old tower. I hope that it's preserved and the air rights are transferred instead of razing it.

It's also directly next to Sherwood Equities' lot which will house a 2.5 sf tower.

Also with respect to the Hudson Yards itseld, the third office tower, which Related will be over the western portion of the site in phase 2, also will have over 2m sf of space, and therefore, it also should exceed 300m.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Crawford

There will likely be another supertall developed by Related very close to this project..The press doesn't seem to be talking about it, but part of the lease agreeement with Coach stipulates that Related will buy their current headquarters on West 34th Street, which, under the new Hudson Yards zoning, could yield a building of about 2.4 million square feet.

It was mentioned briefly...

CBRE Chief Executive Mary Ann Tighe, who represented Coach in the transaction alongside Vice Chairman Greg Tosko, noted that the handbag purveyor’s 34th Street building will be a hot commodity, now that it’s hit the market, because of its zoning. “They can build very tall buildings on those sites,” said Ms. Tighe. “If I were a betting person, I would bet it would [be developed as] a residential tower.”

But still, its not in a proposed stage.

As far as the 3rd office tower (on the western railyards), planning stipulates that the taller towers be on the eastern railyards.

[gams]

Originally Posted by yankeesfan1000

By Funkyskunk2 over on SSC.

west side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[gams]

Originally Posted by giantSwan

Did everyone notice the "Triple-Twins" in this picture? Very cool.

impressive, this proposal is akin to BOA, albeit the upper floors are more massive and taller less the spire

[RobertWalpole]

http://www.rew-online.com/2011/11/11...s-to-flourish/

Time for Hudson Yards to flourish
2:58 pm, November 11, 2011 By Liana Grey

In about a decade from now, a six-story retail complex will open on the Hudson Yards site in Midtown West. The shops there, including two floors of restaurants and a dine-in movie theater, should do for nearby luxury towers what the Time Warner Center, one of Related’s earlier experiments in large-scale development, did for Columbus Circle in 2003.

“It’s certainly helped establish the Eighth Avenue corridor as highly desirable residential location,” said Jacqueline Urgo of the Marketing Directors, who has helped launch new developments in both Midtown West and northern Hell’s Kitchen.

With dining options ranging from Masa, a Japanese restaurant serving $400 sushi plates, to the bar fare at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Time Warner Center is more entertainment destination than mall. “The retail flourishing there allows shopping as theater, which is what’s planned for Hudson Yards as well,” Urgo said.

[hunser]

just noticed that the NY diagram needs an update- both Hudson Yards towers are missing. Hopefully someone takes the time to draw them.

[THE BIG APPLE]

Wow this is really going to affect NYC in every way. Social life, transportation, architecture, and even the way the city looks from a birds eye view etc.

[Dac150]

It's been described as New York's third CBD, however it will be much more than that.

[THE BIG APPLE]

Originally Posted by Dac150

It's been described as New York's third CBD, however it will be much more than that.

This was NYC's last big oppertunity to build on such open land. The size of the area is much more than the WTC site. This was NYC's chance to build a 21st Century Rockefellar Center, and they far surpassed my expectations. I KNOW there will be more people visiting this area than the WTC. I just think they have to work a bit more on designing western yards, but the eastern is pitch perfect and it shouldn't be touched one bit.

[RobertWalpole]

Anyone who is not familiar with this area of Manhattan should stroll through the area with Google Maps. All of the vast, empty lots and one-story industrial buildings will be replaced with gleaming supertalls over the next 30 years.

[antinimby]

In other words, look like downtown Houston.

[NYC = The King]

Originally Posted by Dac150

It's been described as New York's third CBD, however it will be much more than that.

Midtown Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Downtown Brooklyn
Long Island City
Jersey City

West Manhattan

[NYguy]

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article2234207.html

The $15-billion ambition to reshape Manhattan's skyline

STEVE LADURANTAYE
The Globe and Mail

Five thousand apartments will sprout from the newly-built artificial land mass, along with a million square feet of retail space and six million square feet of office space – the same amount that can be found in all of Saskatchewan. That’s three office towers, nine residential buildings and dozens of stores. There are also plans for a school, a cultural centre and 12 acres of open park space. The $15-billion project is ambitious even by New York standards, and will result in an entirely new neighbourhood on what had been considered a fully built-out island. But in the meantime, much of the site is surrounded by wooden hoarding bearing the name of Canada’s largest real estate developer – Oxford Properties.

The project is the company’s bold step into the United States. And for the hundreds of thousands of pensioners and workers who rely on the company to generate solid returns to fund their retirement – Oxford is the real estate arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and owns and manages $17-billion of buildings – the stakes couldn’t be any higher. This sliver of Manhattan is about to become a proving ground for some of the biggest players in Canadian real estate. Just across the street, Brookfield Office Properties, which is controlled by Toronto’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc., has its own project that will add millions more feet of office space.

With marketing now under way and construction scheduled to start next year, the Canadian developer is set on a course that will transform it from an unknown foreign investor to one of New York’s most prominent landlords. It’s doing it with the help of Related Companies, a large and ambitious New York developer that is keen to use Canadian money to further its U.S. aspirations. But before that can happen, an awful lot needs to go right. There are competing towers already under way at the World Trade Center site that can offer space at roughly the same price and be ready sooner. Brookfield’s new project calls for three new office towers – also on top of a railway trench.

[nergie]

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article2234207.html

The $15-billion ambition to reshape Manhattan's skyline

STEVE LADURANTAYE
The Globe and Mail

Thank you Canada!

[Guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by antinimby

In other words, look like downtown Houston.

Hopefully. Manhattan isnt the place for low density.

[RobertWalpole]

O Canada! our home and native land!
True patriot-love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
And stand on guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.


O Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by antinimby

In other words, look like downtown Houston.

More like Pudong but with magnificent landscaping and with real street life!