130 William

130 William Street | also 90 Fulton Street, 128 William Street | Financial District | built 2019

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  1. 2014

    May

    A developer buys the William Street site for a planned 'Wall Street Tower'

    The site at 130 William Street is acquired for $60 million in May 2014. The following year it is proposed as a 50-story mixed-use building called Wall Street Tower, combining a hotel with 188 apartments and reaching 581 feet.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2017

    March

    Lightstone secures $305 million in financing and starts building the 130 William tower

    In March 2017, the 130 William project secured $305 million in financing and construction began. The tower that rose was far taller than the 581-foot, 50-story scheme first unveiled for the site.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2017

    The project drops its hotel and takes the name 130 William

    In early 2017 the developer revises the plans, removing the hotel and making the tower taller, and the project is renamed 130 William Street after being known as Wall Street Tower. The building, designed by David Adjaye, is later recognized as the fastest-selling luxury condominium development in New York City in 2018 and 2019.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2018

    October

    Installation of the hand-cast facade begins

    Facade installation at 130 William began in October 2018. The custom hand-cast facade, with large arched windows and bronzed detailing, was designed by the Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2019

    Adjaye's concrete facade wins The Architect's Newspaper's Best Facade award

    Adjaye Associates lists a Best Facade award from The Architect's Newspaper in 2019 for 130 William, which it calls its first residential high-rise in the United States. The hand-cast, tinted concrete facade is meant to recall the masonry of lower Manhattan's historic high-rises, offset by smooth bronze detailing and large arched windows.

    Source: adjaye.com

  6. 2019

    May

    Construction tops out on Adjaye's 800-foot residential tower

    David Adjaye's 130 William Street reaches its full height in May 2019, about 800 feet and 66 stories. The hand-cast facade has large arched windows and bronzed detailing. The tower holds 242 residences, over 20,000 square feet of retail at its base, and a new public plaza also designed by Adjaye.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2023

    June

    The 66-story tower is completed near Fulton Center

    Construction on 130 William Street finishes in June 2023, nine years after the Financial District site was purchased and six years after the design dropped its original hotel component. The completed tower stands adjacent to the Fulton Center transit hub in Lower Manhattan.

    Source: Wikipedia

  8. 2024

    September

    Remi Flower & Coffee, a cafe and flower shop, opens off the tower's courtyard

    By September 2024, Remi Flower & Coffee, a cafe and flower shop, was open off the front courtyard of 130 William. A Tribeca Citizen writer who visited that month praised Adjaye's use of the same materials on the courtyard walls, saying it felt like a secret grotto.

    Source: tribecacitizen.com

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