55 Hudson Yards
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55 Hudson Yards (originally known as One Hudson Yards or One Hudson Boulevard)[8] is a skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York City, just outside the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. It and 50 Hudson Yards will add a combined 4 million square feet (370,000 m2) of space to the Hudson Yards project, even though the two buildings are located outside the redevelopment site itself.[5]
55 Hudson Yards | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Mixed-use (Office and Retail) |
Coordinates | 40°45′19″N 74°00′06″W |
Construction started | January 2015[1] |
Completed | Early 2019 |
Cost | $1.3 billion[2] |
Height | |
Roof | 780 feet (240 m)[3] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 51[3][1][4] |
Floor area | 1,299,559 sq ft (120,700 m2)[5] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox and Roche-Dinkeloo[6] |
Developer | Mitsui Fudosan Related Companies Oxford Properties[4] (previously Extell Development Company[7]) |
Structural engineer | WSP Global (formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff) |
Main contractor | Gilbane Building Company |
Formerly, the area was the planned site of the now-canceled World Product Center.[9][10] Both 55 Hudson Yards and the never-built World Product Center were planned to be located on the site of Copacabana, which was at the site between 2001 and January 20, 2007.[11] Located right above the 34th Street subway entrance on the Hudson Park and Boulevard,[12] 55 Hudson Yards was also formerly the site of a FedEx World Service Center building.[13] 55 Hudson Yards was completed by early 2019, with the first tenants occupying the building by April.[14]