Hudson Yards

Hudson Yards, the largest private development in the United States and comprised of more than 18 million square feet of mixed-use space, is now one year away from opening and set to transform life in New York City. A model for future development, Hudson Yards is poised to become a global destination, reimagining urbanization and how we live in cities.

Developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group, Hudson Yards is the fulfillment of a shared vision of a remarkable collaboration of planners, architects, engineers, designers, business leaders, and luminaries, working in partnership with New York’s development and transportation authorities.

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Hudson Yards is an entirely new neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side with  more than 100 shops and restaurants, including New York City’s first Neiman Marcus and signature restaurants and food experiences by Chefs and restauranteurs Thomas Keller, José Andrés, David Chang, Michael Lomonaco, Costas Spiliadis, rhubarb and D&D London; approximately 4,000 residences; The Shed, New York’s first arts center to commission new work across the performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture; 14 acres of public open space, a 750-seat public school, and an Equinox® branded luxury hotel with more than 200 rooms, all offering unparalleled amenities for residents, employees, and guests. The development of Hudson Yards will create more than 23,000 construction jobs.

The Expanding Hudson Yards District

Following the initial Hudson Yards development plan, the City and State have initiated enormous public investment in infrastructure, mass transit, new parks, cultural, and recreational facilities. These improvements, with Hudson Yards at the epicenter, have transformed the surrounding area and catalyzed rapid development of the now expanding Hudson Yards District.

This unprecedented volume of investments includes the $2.4 billion No. 7 Subway Extension, the $267 million Moynihan Station Extension, the $465 million renovation of the Javits Center, the $440 million development of Hudson River Park and $30 million Hudson Park & Boulevard, and the $190 million investment in the High Line, all resulting in world-renowned companies competing to participate in the creation of Manhattan’s newest neighborhood.

Related Companies and Brookfield Property Partners are the two most active developers in the Hudson Yards District. Related, in addition to its 28-acre development with Oxford Properties Group, has more than half a dozen projects including 515 West 18^th Street by Heatherwick Studio that will include a collection of 180 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom residences in two towers that connect beneath the High Line. Brookfield Property Partners is developing the Manhattan West area of the Hudson Yards District, which is a 5.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development consisting of five buildings and a 1.5-acre public park. Silverstein Properties is developing 520 West 41st Street, a residential condominium consisting of 499 units and rising 57 floors. The Moinian Group has been extensively invested in Manhattan’s Far West Side, with the largest ongoing project at 3 Hudson Boulevard, a 53-story, 1.8 million-square-foot office tower. Tishman Speyer’s Bjarke Ingels-designed office building at 509 West 34th Street, “the Spiral,” is expected to span 2.8 million square feet, with Pfizer tentatively agreeing to take 800,000 square feet and become the building’s anchor tenant. Another Bjarke Ingels-designed building is among the largest currently under construction, HFZ’s 76 Eleventh Avenue, known as the Eleventh, which will feature two towers, 25 and 35 stories, that will span 764,332 square feet. The Chetrit Group is developing a 46-story, hotel and residential building planned for 545 West 37th Street.

Momentum is Building

Momentum has been building over the past year, with The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards now 70 percent leased. Landscaping on the five-acre Public Square and Gardens is set to begin, and Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel, the centerpiece of Hudson Yards’ future Public Square and Gardens, has topped out, with all scheduled to open March 2019.

“The excitement surrounding the Hudson Yards neighborhood has far exceeded everyone’s expectations,” said Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. “With more than half of the 285 residences currently on the market selling in less than a year and a half, and 92 percent of our available commercial office space already spoken for, we have demonstrated that Hudson Yards is where New Yorkers want to live and work.”

10 Hudson Yards, home to the global headquarters of Tapestry (Coach Inc., Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman), L’Oréal USA, SAP, and The Boston Consulting Group, is now open and welcomes 6,000 employees every day. Additional companies that call 10 Hudson Yards home include VaynerMedia, Intersection, Sidewalk Labs, Crescent Capital Group, Ardea Partners, Chain Bridge Asset Management, and Intercept Pharmaceuticals.

15 Hudson Yards, the site’s first residential building to launch sales, has topped out with first move-ins for residents slated for December 2018. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group, the 70-story tower will offer both condominium and rental units, and sales for the 285 one- to four-bedroom condominium units are underway.

55 Hudson Yards will open later this year, with design of the 51-story, 780-foot tower led by Kohn Pedersen Fox. 55 Hudson Yards is home to Arosa Capital Management; Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Cooley LLP; Engineers Gate; HealthCor Management; MarketAxess; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP; Point72; Third Point LLC; and Silver Lake.

Construction on the second phase of the Western Rail Yard platform, located between 30th and 33rd Streets, from 11th to 12th Avenue, is also scheduled to begin in 2018.

The Observation Deck at 30 Hudson Yards is set to begin construction. 30 Hudson Yards, which is home to DNB Bank, Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR), Time Warner Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, will open in early 2019, along with the site’s mixed-use tower, 35 Hudson Yards, which will follow in late 2019. 50 Hudson Yards, the future home of BlackRock, will open in 2022.

One-of-a-Kind Health Care Service

Related and Oxford also recently announced a partnership with Mount Sinai Health System, and the creation of an 18,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art health center on the second floor of 55 Hudson Yards that will provide comprehensive, convenient, and exclusive care to all employees, residents, and families living in their Hudson Yards district buildings.

Scheduled to begin operations in early 2019, the health care service portfolio created by Mount Sinai will be a great complement to the Hudson Yards community. The addition of Mount Sinai and the Hudson Yards Health Center to Manhattan’s West Side community was a crucial component for Related and Oxford in curating the 24/7 mixed-use neighborhood. Comprehensive health care services will be delivered by a world-class team of medical experts led by distinguished internist Tina Sindwani, M.D.

3 Hudson Boulevard

Developed by The Moinian Group, construction is underway at 3 Hudson Boulevard, a 53-story, 2 million-square-foot office tower designed by prominent architect Dan Kaplan of FXFOWLE and set to occupy the entire square block between 11th Avenue and Hudson Boulevard Park from West 34th Street to West 35th Street. Situated in the heart of the Hudson Yards District, directly across from the Javits Center, 3 Hudson Boulevard is adjacent to Hudson Boulevard Park, which includes a full complement of fountains, green space, public seating, and event space. The site also is intertwined underground with the 7 Subway Extension.

Committed to environmentally sustainable design for the 21^st Century, 3 Hudson Boulevard will rise as a gently-turning tower of glass adorned with an array of solar panels on its southern and eastern facades, and a curtain wall comprised of spectrally selective glass with low-emissivity coatings for enhanced comfort, and environmental performance. This solar power generating tower will set a new standard for mixed-use development by uniting premium corporate offices and the most exclusive residences with the state of the art in modern green architecture. 3 Hudson Boulevard will provide corporate tenants with more than 1.8 million square feet of high performance, Class A office space, and the office lobby will offer a grand entry gracefully expressed in stone, sustainable wood and illuminated glass.

“The Hudson Yards District is transforming right before our very eyes,” said Joseph Moinian, Chief Executive Officer of The Moinian Group.” We are passionate about New York, and hope our Class A office tower, envisioned at the highest levels of excellence both for today and far into the future, will come to be synonymous with the City itself, and the pinnacle of modern design.”

“3 Hudson Boulevard is an elegant tower that brings a timeless presence to the skyline,” said Dan Kaplan, FAIA LEED AP, and Senior Partner of FXFOWLE, responsible for design of the tower. “State-of the-art office planning coupled with sustainable design practices creates the ideal workplace environment.”

The Spiral

Developed by Tishman Speyer, The Spiral is a 65-story, 1,005-foot-tall office tower consisting of 2.85 million square feet of sustainable Class A office space and 27,000 square feet of first-class retail. A cascading series of landscaped terraces and hanging gardens will define the signature building with readily accessible outdoor space catering to a dynamic, mixed-use urban community.

Designed by renowned architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group, The Spiral tapers vertically with green spaces circling from base to top, with terraces that will provide each floor with outdoor space and multi-floor atria for dynamic work space flow or unique meeting areas. Center-core open floor plans will allow for flexible configurations, while soaring ceiling heights and virtually column-free floor plates will provide spectacular, unobstructed city and river views.

Located on Hudson Boulevard at the northern tip of the High Line elevated park, The Spiral will occupy an entire city block between 34^th and 35^th Streets. Directly facing The Spiral’s entrance is the newly extended 7 Train, providing an easy commute to Grand Central Terminal and the rest of Manhattan.

The tower’s 30-foot-tall lobby opens onto Hudson Boulevard Park, further extending access to urban green space and offering highly-desirable ground-floor retail. The Spiral’s focus on sustainability and green construction complements the adjacent acres of newly developed green space, including the final phase of the High Line and the 550-acre Hudson River Park, with its miles of bike and jogging paths. The Spiral is targeting LEED certification.

Residential Offerings

Related Companies also has two rental buildings, Abington House and One Hudson Yards, located on 30th Street and a boutique condo building on 28^th Street by Zaha Hadid.

Both Related rental buildings are built along the High Line just south of its 28-acre Hudson Yards development and offer a suite of amenities that can’t be found in any other rental buildings throughout the Hudson Yards district. In addition to landscaped terraces and barbeque areas, Related residents living in these two buildings have access to a suite of swimming pools comprised of an 82-foot lap pool, plunge pool, salt pool and hot tub, a spa with a sauna and steam room, a fitness center curated by Equinox®, a half-court basketball court, bowling alley and game lounge with a pool table, foosball and shuffle board, as well as a Roto designed children’s playroom with a custom climbing gym.

The 11-story Zaha Hadid designed building at 520 West 28^th Street features 39 distinctive residences of up to a 6,391 square feet and ceiling heights up to nearly 11 feet high. Strategically situated on the High Line, the property is also located just two blocks from Related and Oxford’s Hudson Yards development. Amenities include a 75-foot sky lit pool, a private IMAX theater, an entertainment suite with a High Line Terrace and a private reservable spa suite.

TF Cornerstone developed the first luxury residential building in Hudson Yards, and has long been committed to the West Side, beginning their foray into the area with 444 West 35^th Street, completed in 1990. In 2002 they spearheaded the rezoning of two development sites, 505 and 455 West 37^th Streets, which has acted as a catalyst for the rezoning of the Hudson Yards neighborhood. Both properties are completed and successfully leased with 99 percent occupancy. Kevin P. Singleton, executive vice president at TF Cornerstone, remains chairman of the Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance BID (HYHK Alliance).

Designed by award-winning Handel Architects, 455 West 37th Street is a 23-story, 394-unit residential rental property with 24-hour concierge, bicycle storage, fitness center, floor-to-ceiling windows, parking garage, and landscaped roof deck. Many residences also offer private balconies or terraces with city views. The property has approximately 20,000 square feet of retail.

505 West 37^th Street is an 835-unit residential rental property, with two towers consisting of 34 and 43 floors. Designed by Handel Architects, the property offers two roof decks, 24-hour concierge, bicycle storage, fitness center, floor-to-ceiling windows, garden, landscaped rooftop terraces, infinity-edged pool.

Manhattan West

Brookfield Properties is developing Manhattan West, an eight-acre, six-building mixed-use development stretching from Ninth to Tenth Avenue, and 31^st to 33^rd Streets. Manhattan West will include more than five million square feet of custom designed state-of-the-art class-A office space, luxury apartments, a boutique hotel, curated retail amenities, chef-inspired culinary options, and two acres of open space, as well as Arts Brookfield, Brookfield’s award-winning arts and entertainment program.

Manhattan West provides unparalleled transportation access. The site sits directly between the soon-to-be-redeveloped Penn Station – the busiest train station in North America – and the new 7-train station at Hudson Yards, New York City’s first subway extension in decades. It is also one block from the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 and 7 subway lines, New Jersey Transit, the Long Island Railroad and Amtrak.

One Manhattan West is currently under construction, with the future 67-story building scheduled for completion in 2019. Ernst & Young plans to move its U.S. headquarters from 5 Times Square to One Manhattan West, where it has signed a lease to take 600,000 square feet on 17 floors. The law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP have also been confirmed as tenants. Other tenants include EY, McKool Smith, Accenture, as well as the new headquarters for the NHL. The property offers efficiencies afforded by virtually column-free floor plates, multiple on-site amenities, robust infrastructure, high ceilings, excellent light, and views in all directions. The project is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2019.

At Two Manhattan West, a second two-million-square-foot office tower will be constructed when an anchor tenant is secured. The adjacent amenities and green space provide an incomparable urban campus environment. Below-grade work has commenced.

Five Manhattan West, formerly known as 450 West 33^rd Street, is the cornerstone of the new Manhattan West community. In 2017, Brookfield completed a comprehensive $350 million redevelopment program designed by celebrated architect Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX that fully modernized and integrated the building into the Manhattan West campus. Ideal for TAMI (technology, advertising, media and information) tenants, Five Manhattan West is one of a handful of buildings in New York City with floor plates larger than 100,000-square-feet. The building’s current tenant roster includes R/GA, Markit and JPMorgan Chase. In March 2017, it was announced Whole Foods Market signed a 60,000-square-foot retail lease at Five Manhattan West and in September 2017, Amazon inked a deal for 360,000-square-feet. Five Manhattan West also has a public plaza, called Magnolia Court.

The Lofts at Manhattan is a 202,000-square-foot, 13 story office property featuring 15,000-square-foot floor plates, and a 3,000-square-foot rooftop terrace. Fitting for a tenant seeking a “building within a building” opportunity, it has two separate lobby entrances and elevator banks, one for a tenant occupying a significant portion of the building with branding opportunities and the other for remaining tenants. In December 2017, international co-working operator Spaces signed a lease for 103,000-square-feet, bringing the building to nearly 100% leased.

The Eugene is an 844-unit, 62- story luxury residential tower which opened in March 2017. Residents experience more than 50,000 square feet of lifestyle and recreational amenities including La Palestra fitness classes, nutritionists and physical therapy, amenities and personalized care services provided by LIVunLtd, a playroom, regulation-sized indoor basketball court, rock climbing wall and more. The Eugene also features The Hudson Club, an exclusive, rooftop members-only club featuring a sunroom with cocktail bar, a private dining room with chef’s kitchen, a poker/game room, a piano lounge with a fireplace, and a 4,600-square-foot rooftop terrace, complete with barbeque areas and panoramic views. 20 percent of the building’s units are affordable housing.

The Manhattan West campus will be transected by a two-acre public park designed by High Line architects James Corner Field Operations, featuring year-round arts and events programming by Arts Brookfield which produces over 400 events globally. Over 200,000 square-feet of carefully curated food, retail and pop-up experiences will be available. Plans also call for a boutique hotel to be developed within Manhattan West

A Model of Energy Efficiency

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The technical requirements for solar control glazing in sophisticated buildings include a low total energy transmittance, excellent thermal insulation, and the highest possible transparency. Visual qualities regarding color and reflectivity are also of great importance to designers. AGC Interpane is providing more than 2.2 million square feet of solar control glazing on five towers currently under construction, including 10, 15, 30, 35, and 55 Hudson Yards.

“Hudson Yards is the most prominent project we currently have,” said Marc Everling, Head of Marketing and Communications for AGC Interpane. “Our products ipasol neutral, ipasol platin and Stopray Vision were technically and aesthetically the perfect match for the project.“

AGC Interpane’s newest service for architects and investors, called “Coating on Demand,” allows architects to develop unique coated glass products for facades and windows tailored precisely to their needs. The result is a unique product that an architect and investor can use to create their own iconic building, as AGC will not use the same solution for any other project again.

Unparalleled Power Generation

H.O. Penn CAT Power Systems, a full-service power generation provider for New York, has installed approximately 36 megawatts of standby diesel generators at Related properties including 10, 15, 30, 35 and 55 Hudson Yards.

All generators are equipped with Tier 4 final emissions and are anticipated to be enrolled in a demand response program.  During times of peak electricity demand or an emergency, these generators will be utilized to reduce the strain on city’s electricity grid. Demand Response contributes to maintaining the reliability of New York’s power infrastructure, avoiding brownouts or blackouts caused by extreme weather or supply disruptions.  HO Penn, which has been involved with the Hudson Yards project for approximately three years provides a full project management team, support staff, as well as a full team of service specialists.

“With over 36 megawatts of standby power equipped for New York City’s demand response program this has been one of the most exciting projects that H.O Penn has had the honor of being a part of,” said Robert Muir, HO Penn Sales Engineer.

High-End Building Management and IT Systems

TEC Systems is currently involved in the construction of 15 Hudson Yards, 35 Hudson Yards, and One Manhattan West. Projects range from the design and installation of building management systems to converged IT infrastructure.

The state of the art technology being installed supports BMS, DAS, Wi-Fi, telephony, electric sub-metering, video, access control and other systems vital to operations. TEC Systems holistic approach ensures that these building systems are securely and seamlessly working together from day one, and properly positioned to meet future needs.

“Converged IT infrastructure supports unified building technologies while simplifying commissioning, operation, maintenance, and complexity of equipment, cabling, labor and future modifications,” said Barry Fagan, Vice President, TEC Systems. “With lower CAPEX and OPEX costs, this provides a higher return on investment.”

The company’s services run the gamut of the industry, and include distinguished design/build support, as well as new construction plans and specifications. Utilizing product lines from Honeywell, Echelon, American Auto Matrix, and more, TEC Systems creates custom-made, state-of-the-art solutions for the most challenging building automation needs.