Key Data
Order Year: 2000
Construction Started: 2004
Project Type: Mixed use skyscraper
Location: New York City, NY, USA
Estimated Investment: $850 million
Completion: 2007
Height to Rooftop: 748ft
Height to Top of Ceramic Screens: 840ft
Height to Tip of Spire: 1,142ft
Floors: 52
Office Area: 1.54 million ft²
Key Players: Sponsors
The New York Times, Forest City Ratner Company, ING Real Estate, State and City of New York, Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC)
State Architectural Consultant: Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Architects: The Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Fox & Fowle Architects, PC
Structural Engineers: Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers
Mechanical Engineers: Flack & Kurtz, Inc.
Vertical Transportation Engineer: Jenkins & Huntington, Inc.
Sub-surface Investigation: Muesser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
Landscape Architect: H.M. White Site Architects
Lighting Designer: OVI (Office for Visual Interaction)
Acoustical Consultant: Cerami & Associates
Preconstruction Advisor: AMEC Corporation
Real Estate Advisors: Insignia/ESG
Development Consultant: The Clarett Group
Representative / Interiors: Gardiner & Theobald
Interior Architect: Gensler Associates
Energy Efficiency Advisers: Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD)