55 Hudson Yards
380 11th Avenue | also 570 West 34th Street, 555 West 33rd Street, 554 West 34th Street | Hudson Yards | built 2015
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- 2001
The Copacabana nightclub moves to 560 West 34th Street on this site
The Copacabana was forced out of its previous home for the third time in 2001, when its landlord ended the lease early to put up office towers. It moved to 560 West 34th Street at Eleventh Avenue, on the west side. The 55 Hudson Yards page lists the club at the site from 2001 until January 2007. This entry describes an earlier occupant of the lot, not the present tower.
“In 2001, the club was forced to move for a third time to 560 West 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue on the west side of Manhattan.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2007
The Copacabana plays its last night here before the subway extension and a planned tower take the site
On January 20, 2007 the club announced it had to leave by July 1, because the site was condemned for the extension of the 7 subway line and the planned World Product Center. Its last night at the address was June 30, with El Gran Combo performing. From late 2007 until it reopened in 2011, the club shared space with the Columbus 72 nightclub, which has the same owners. This entry concerns an earlier use of the lot.
“June 30 of the same year was the last night the club was open, with El Gran Combo performing there.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2013
Related takes over the site from Extell, and the tower is redesigned smaller at 1.3 million square feet
After the World Product Center fell through, Related Companies paid Extell in 2013 in exchange for the tower, which let Related develop the site. A late-2013 redesign cut the building from a planned 1.75 million square feet and 56 stories to 1.3 million square feet with a flat 710-foot roof. Eugene Kohn and Kevin Roche designed it, the first project by their two firms together.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
Renderings give the tower a metallic facade modeled on SoHo cast-iron buildings
In May 2014 renderings showed a third plan for the tower, with a mostly metallic facade over a base larger than the rest of the building. The facade took its cues from the cast-iron fronts of SoHo buildings. The lowest ten floors cover 44,000 square feet each, and the floors above shrink to 28,000.
“The building's facade was based on the cast iron facades of buildings in SoHo.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2014
Mitsui Fudosan buys a 92 percent stake in the tower
The Japanese real estate firm Mitsui Fudosan buys a 92.09 percent stake in the project for $259 million. J.P. Morgan Chase had earlier proposed investing but withdrew after the city declined to provide about $1.6 billion in subsidies and tax breaks.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
Construction begins on 55 Hudson Yards
Construction starts on the 51-story office tower, which Related Companies took over from developer Extell. Kohn Pedersen Fox and Roche-Dinkeloo design it, the first project on which the two firms collaborate. The building has about 1.3 million square feet and a concrete frame chosen to speed construction and lower costs.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2017
The concrete-framed tower tops out above the new 34th Street subway entrance
The tower reached 38 floors by April 2017 and topped out that August. Builders chose a concrete frame over steel to speed construction and lower costs. The foundation had already been built because the 7 line extension runs underneath, and the building sits over a ventilation facility and a station entrance.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019
Mount Sinai and Point72 anchor the first tenants, and the tower is 97 percent leased within months
Tenants began moving in during early 2019. By November the building was 97.3 percent leased to 20 tenants. Mount Sinai Health System took the first two floors and the hedge fund Point72 Asset Management floors 3 to 14. Other tenants included MarketAxess, Boies Schiller Flexner, Milbank, Silver Lake Partners, Cooley and Third Point Management.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019
55 Hudson Yards earns LEED Gold certification
The U.S. Green Building Council certifies the tower as LEED Gold. The building was completed in early 2019, with its first tenants occupying it by April. By November 2019, it is 97.3 percent leased to 20 tenants, including Point72 Asset Management and the Mount Sinai Health System.
Source: Wikipedia
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