NEW YORK | One Vanderbilt | 1,401 FT | 58 FLOORS

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Taken last weekend...

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[Zerton]

I wish the non-reflective glazing at the observation floors wasn't so jarring. It would look so much better with the same glass as the rest of the tower.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

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Prv Rn

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https://www.costar.com/article/25231...-sl-green-says

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From SL Green's presentation...

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[ArchGuy1]

Summit One Vanderbilt is closed for two weeks until January 31 to enhance the experience and the same thing happened last year. On the other hand, the Empire State Building, Top of the Rock, One World Observatory, and Edge at Hudson Yards are not doing so. Those four are open 365 days a year. So, why is it necessary for One Vanderbilt to do so, but not the other four observation decks.

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How popular is Summit One Vanderbilt compared to how popular the observation deck on top of the proposed tallest building in the United States thar is planned for Oklahoma City would be.

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Originally Posted by ArchGuy1

How popular is Summit One Vanderbilt compared to how popular the observation deck on top of the proposed tallest building in the United States thar is planned for Oklahoma City would be.

Ask again in the imaginary future.

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https://ui.kpf.com/projects

One important analysis considered the impact One Vanderbilt would have on sky exposure, which is the percentage of sky visible at a given point and is a measurement of ambient daylight access. We quantified ambient daylight and compared the results against the buildings that One Vanderbilt would replace. While the tower has more than twice the floor area of existing buildings, its negative impact on sky exposure was comparable, being even slightly better, given the tapering of the design.

Concurrent to the design of One Vanderbilt, the New York City Department of City Planning was revising zoning regulations, which included increasing the allowable density, or Floor Area Ratio (FAR), for portions of East Midtown. Existing regulations to control the bulk of a building were originally design to accommodate a maximum of 15 FAR, whereas the proposed zoning changes would increase FAR to as much as 24 for certain sites.

KPFui assisted the city in studying the rezoning issue, developing digital versions of bulk regulations for Midtown and testing thousands of massing options under the proposed 24 FAR density. It was determined that commercially viable 24 FAR office buildings that complied with current bulk regulations were impossible, necessitating the revision of zoning regulations. KPFui worked with the city to develop and test a series of revisions to bulk regulations that would achieve the desired density while minimizing negative impacts.

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https://www.costar.com/article/15846...vatory-concept

SL Green To Identify Two Sites Outside US To Expand Its New York Observatory Concept
Seeking New Revenue, REIT Considers Cities Including London, Paris and Tokyo


By Andria Cheng
June 4, 2024

SL Green Realty, Manhattan’s largest office landlord, has been able to boost its building revenue with a rooftop observatory towering at least 91 floors over the streets of New York City. Now it plans to identify two non-U.S. sites this year to expand the popular Summit observatory concept globally.

The New York real estate investment trust is eyeing overseas locations including London, Paris and Tokyo to adapt its hit multilevel Summit observatory experience that the company opened in late 2021 at the top of its One Vanderbilt trophy tower, Chief Financial Officer Matthew DiLiberto said in an interview.

SL Green will be the operator of the attraction in buildings it doesn’t own in what’s likely a lease structure, he told CoStar News, adding the Summit observatory in Manhattan is “very profitable” and generates “well over $100 million a year” in revenue in just that one location.

“It’s a material contributor” to One Vanderbilt, DiLiberto said. “Developers [elsewhere] are very excited about the opportunity.”

SL Green’s plan to expand Summit comes as observatories in New York have experienced a resurgence more than 90 years after the Empire State Building proved there’s mass appeal in a sky-high observatory as a tourist attraction. Globally, the concept has proven popular from Toronto’s CN Tower to Taipei 101 in Taiwan.

At the same time, high interest rates have hurt commercial real estate markets in many large cities. DiLiberto acknowledged SL Green is on the hunt for other types of revenue.

“We are a large office company and will be for the foreseeable future,” he said. “But we are growing … ancillary income streams.”

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https://urbanland.uli.org/developmen...one-vanderbilt

One Vanderbilt
Supertall creates a “palpable energy” that speaks to New York’s resilience and the future of cities

By Sibley Fleming
July 8, 2024

Opened in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, SL Green’s $3.3 billion One Vanderbilt office tower—the fourth tallest in New York City—serves as a prime example of what the future of cities could hold. After achieving $300 per square foot—the highest rent in the city—the supertall is 99 percent leased, with a weighted average lease term of 15 years.

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