The final two sections of One World Trade Center‘s 408-foot, 758-ton spire where bolted into place yesterday morning, maxing the building’s height out at 1,776 feet and making it the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, according to the Port Authority.
The spire will double as a state-of-the-art broadcast facility that will provide transmission services for the Read More
Workers hoisted the last two pieces of a 408-foot spire onto a temporary platform atop One World Trade Center yesterday – and once bolted into place at a later date the building will become the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.
The delivery of the final two sections (seen below in a video from Bloomberg TV) of Read More
One World Trade Center will not be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere – at least not today.
The scheduled Monday morning delivery of the final two sections of the building’s 408-foot, 800-ton spire was cancelled due to heavy winds.
The two stainless steel sections, comprising the 17th and 18th pieces of the spire, will bring the building to 1,776 feet, at which point it will supercede Chicago’s Willis Tower as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Read More
The Durst Organization and its Cushman & Wakefield leasing team introduced their website for One World Trade Center yesterday in what promises to be the next big phase in the marketing of the soon-to-be iconic skyscraper.
The team behind the 1,776-foot-tall office building will use the website to showcase the 1.3 million square feet of available space.
“The emphasis of this website is to get space leased, rather than focus on its historical relevance,” said Jordan Barowitz, director of external affairs for The Durst Organization. Read More
The U.S. General Services Administration has signed a 20-year lease for six floor and 270,000 square feet at One World Trade Center, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced this morning.
The GSA, which oversees and manages U.S. Government offices, now joins Condé Nast and Vantone China as tenants in what is expected to be “the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere” once it finishes construction and begins occupancy by 2014. Condé Nast is committed to 1.2 million square feet and Vantone China has leased 190,000 square feet in the building already. Read More
