One Manhattan West

401 9th Avenue | also 1 Manhattan West, 400 West 33rd Street, 395 9th Avenue | Hudson Yards | built 2020

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  1. 2005

    A 2005 rezoning opens the way to build a tower over the active rail yard

    Talk of building over the West Side rail yard goes back to the 1950s, but a plan became workable after the City Council approved a 2005 rezoning. Brookfield afterward obtained the development rights to a project of 5 million square feet between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. The yard left about 130 feet of room from the northernmost track to 33rd Street, short of the roughly 150 feet an office tower needs, so the foundation could cover only part of the footprint.

    Source: som.com

  2. 2013

    January 15

    Mayor Bloomberg breaks ground at 33rd Street and Ninth Avenue on Brookfield's Manhattan West

    At a groundbreaking in January 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke at the corner of 33rd Street and Ninth Avenue while earth movers tore up a former parking lot in front of him. The site was to hold one of two planned 60-story office towers, with SOM designing the project. Brookfield had controlled most of the parcel since the 1980s and bought the northeast corner piece in the mid-2000s.

    Source: observer.com

  3. 2015

    April

    Construction begins on One Manhattan West

    Work on the tower starts after the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agrees to be its anchor tenant. Brookfield goes ahead even though the building is only about 25 percent leased, amid competition from the Hudson Yards development. The tower is part of the Manhattan West project, for which Brookfield began acquiring land in the 1980s.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2017

    November

    Ernst & Young leases 600,000 square feet on floors 6 to 22

    In November 2017 the accounting firm Ernst & Young, by then branded EY, signed a lease for 600,000 square feet at the 67-story tower. It took the 6th through 22nd floors. The deal topped The Real Deal's list of the month's ten biggest office leases, and EY joined other tenants including Accenture and the National Hockey League.

    Source: therealdeal.com

  5. 2018

    July 27

    Wells Fargo closes a $530 million construction financing package

    Wells Fargo provided Brookfield Property Partners with a $530 million package to finance construction, which closed on July 27, 2018. It combined a $450 million building loan and an $80 million project loan, and the New York Industrial Development Agency also appeared in the records. The 67-story tower, with an alternate address of 401 Ninth Avenue, was then still under construction.

    Source: commercialobserver.com

  6. 2018

    August

    One Manhattan West tops out at 996 feet

    The 67-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill reaches its full height of 996 feet. A reinforced-concrete core carries most of the building's loads, because part of the tower overhangs the railroad tracks leading into Penn Station. The last of its diagonal steel kickers is installed the following month.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2019

    A concrete core and steel frame let the tower sit above the Amtrak tracks

    When the tower opened, its structure was described as a reinforced concrete core with a steel moment frame, designed to accommodate the Amtrak tracks beneath Manhattan West. The carved core, wrapped in 400 tons of Italian travertine, is encircled by a transparent lobby 40 feet tall. SOM design partner Gary Haney said the building has one of the most dramatic lobbies in the city.

    Source: 6sqft

  8. 2019

    October 30

    One Manhattan West officially opens

    The tower opens with Skadden, Arps on floors 28 to 46 and Ernst & Young on floors 6 to 22 and 48. The National Hockey League occupies floors 23 to 27, and Accenture takes floors 59 to 67. The building is more than 90 percent leased at completion.

    Source: Wikipedia

  9. 2022

    March 14

    Blackstone closes on a 49 percent stake that values the tower at $2.85 billion

    Blackstone completed its purchase of a 49 percent stake in the tower in March 2022, valuing the building at $2.85 billion. Brookfield, which owns the tower with the Qatar Investment Authority, had put the stake up for sale in September 2021. The 2.1-million-square-foot building was then over 90 percent leased to firms including Skadden and the National Hockey League.

    Source: commercialobserver.com

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