7 Hudson Square (Robert A. Iger Building)
310 Hudson Street | Hudson Square | built 2023
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- 1990
Architect Rafael Viñoly's firm works from 50 Vandam Street, an earlier building on this block, from 1990
Architect Rafael Viñoly based his business at 50 Vandam Street from 1990, in one of four structures that stood on the block Disney later took for its headquarters. He was among the tenants evicted to clear the site. The contractor Skanska demolished the buildings, and demolition finished in 2020, when excavation began.
“Architect Rafael Viñoly was one of the evicted tenants, whose business was at 50 Vandam Street since 1990.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2018
Disney signs a 99-year, $650 million lease on Trinity Church land for its New York headquarters
In 2018 Disney said it was relocating its New York offices from West 66th Street, on the Upper West Side, to Hudson Square, a district already housing Google, Oscar Health and Warby Parker. The deal was a $650 million lease running 99 years, on land that Trinity Church owns. When the project was announced its tentative address was 4 Hudson Square.
“Disney signed a 99-year lease on the Hudson Square site, whose land is owned by the Trinity Church, for $650 million.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2020
Disney plans an indoor waiting area so studio audiences stay off the sidewalk
Neighbors of Disney's Upper West Side headquarters had often complained about crowds lined up on the sidewalk to see The View and other shows. In March 2020 the New York Times reported that the new Hudson Square building, then called 4 Hudson Square, would include an indoor waiting area. The 1.2-million-square-foot complex, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Gensler interiors, was expected to open in 2024.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2020
Skanska finishes razing the four buildings that stood on the Hudson Square block
By July 2020 demolition had finished on the Hudson Square block where Disney's new headquarters would rise, and excavation was under way. New York YIMBY reported that the last remaining building, at 304 Hudson Street, had been cleared since its February update. Skanska had overseen the razing of four earlier structures to make room for the 22-story, 320-foot building designed by SOM.
Source: Internet Archive
- 2021
New Hudson Facades starts producing the terra-cotta curtain wall for the headquarters
In April 2021 New Hudson Facades began producing the exterior units for 137 Varick Street, and it finished installing them in the fourth quarter of 2023. The facade covers about 330,000 square feet, clad in green terracotta columns with champagne-gold glass and fins. The fabricator said it was its first curtain wall to use terracotta and its first job with Silverstein Properties and Lendlease.
Source: newhudsonfacades.com
- 2024
The View becomes one of the first shows to move into the newly completed headquarters
The building was completed in 2024, and in September The View, ABC's daytime talk show, was among the first productions to move in. The move began a migration planned to bring ABC News, WABC-TV, Live with Kelly and Mark and ESPN's New York studio shows to the block during 2025.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2024
The building's vanity address, 7 Hudson Square, honors WABC-TV's channel 7
The building's official address is 137 Varick Street, but its marketing address, 7 Hudson Square, is a tribute to the New York ABC station, WABC-TV, whose channel is 7. It is also called the Robert A. Iger Building, after Disney's chief executive, and includes studio facilities for ABC News, ESPN and WABC-TV.
“…its vanity address of 7 Hudson Square is in homage to WABC-TV, which broadcasts on channel 7.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2024
SOM wraps the full-block headquarters in green terra-cotta that nods to the old printing district
Architectural Record called the 19-story building almost obsessively unshowy: oversize windows are inset 30 inches and framed by tubular green terra-cotta pilasters and spandrels, a nod to the brawny loft buildings of the old printing district. The first eight stories nearly fill the site, and above them the structure steps back in planted terraces into two office towers. Five additional studios sit below ground, with room for live audiences of up to 200.
Source: architecturalrecord.com
- 2025
Live with Kelly and Mark broadcasts from a temporary 10th-floor set while its new studio is tested
Live with Kelly and Mark was among the shows that moved into the building in April 2025. From April 7 to 11 the program broadcast from a temporary set in the 10th-floor communal space, which sits 155 feet above the ground, while final testing of its new studio continued. Segments during the week were used to show off the new headquarters.
“Live with Kelly and Mark broadcast from a temporary set in the space while final testing of its new studio was conducted…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2025
ESPN moves its New York studio shows from the Seaport to basement studios here
ESPN's Get Up moved here on June 9, 2025, and First Take began broadcasting from the building on June 23, replacing the network's Seaport studios, which had opened in April 2018. ESPN has two TV studios and a podcast studio on the basement level, and its shows are produced remotely from Bristol, Connecticut, over a private fiber network.
Source: sportsvideo.org
- 2025
Good Morning America leaves Times Square after 26 years and broadcasts from Studio C
On June 16, 2025, Good Morning America aired its first show from Studio C in the building, ending 26 years in Times Square. Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan anchored the broadcast, and the on-air team marked the first day by pressing their handprints into clay at the studio. Tamron Hall, whose show shares the building, welcomed them in a video message as next-door neighbors.
Source: goodmorningamerica.com
- 2025
WABC-TV moves from 7 Lincoln Square into the new Hudson Square headquarters
WABC-TV, the station whose channel number gives the building its vanity address, moved into 7 Hudson Square in February 2025. Its operations came from 7 Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side. The move followed ABC's overnight newscasts in January and preceded World News Tonight in March.
“…followed by WABC-TV in February, and World News Tonight in March.”
Source: Wikipedia
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