Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
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New York City Department of City Planning
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and Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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proposal to encourage business development on Manhattan's far West Side
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
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along the Hudson River
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. The project initially included a rezoning of the Far West Side of Manhattan, an extension of the No. 7 subway line
7 Subway Extension
The 7 Subway Extension — Hudson Yards Rezoning and Development Program is the plan to extend the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, which carries the 7 train service, westward from its current terminus at Times Square, adding one new station at 34th Street – Eleventh Avenue...
to 11th Avenue
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and 34th Street
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, an expansion of the Javits Center, and a stadium
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for the New York Jets
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over the MTA's West Side Yard
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. The stadium would have also been used for the 2012 Summer Olympics
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, had New York been selected to host, although stadium project failed to receive state approval.
The rezoning action was adopted by the New York City Council
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in January 2005. The 2005 Rezoning of the Hudson Yards area and 2009 Rezoning of the Western Rail Yard, from manufacturing to commercial and residential. As rezoned, the Hudson Yards area now has 24000000 square feet (2,229,673 m²) of Class A office space,
13,500 housing units, Two million square feet of hotel space, 750-seat public school,
One million square feet of retail and more than 20 acres of public open space. In May 2010, the MTA announced it had signed a contract with a joint venture of Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group; MTA will lease the air rights over the railyard to the joint venture for 99 years, so that it can build a deck over part of the railyard.
Related Companies Project
Hudson Yards is the term used in the press to describe a proposed plaza of skyscraperSkyscraper
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s that will be part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
The Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project is a New York City Department of City Planning and Metropolitan Transportation Authority proposal to encourage business development on Manhattan's far West Side along the Hudson River. The project initially included a rezoning of the Far West Side of...
in Midtown Manhattan
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, New York City
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. The Plaza is expected to consist of 16 skyscrapers using the air rights of the West Side Yard
West Side Yard
The West Side Yard is a rail yard owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan in New York City...
, and is planned to contain over 12000000 square feet (1,114,836.5 m²) of new office space.
The developer of the project is The Related Companies
The Related Companies
The Related Companies L.P. is a real estate developer, manager and financier. The developer of numerous high-profile projects in New York City and around the United States, Related is best known for its historic 2.8 million-square-foot $1,700,000,000 Time Warner Center on Columbus Circle...
. Other firms involved are Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates as Master Planner, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Field Operations, Thomas Phifer & Partners, ShoP Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, SANAA, and Handel Architects.
The project will be built atop the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard
West Side Yard
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which comprises both the Western and Eastern portions of the rail yard. Real Estate professionals and the media have referred to the Related Companies project as "Hudson Yards." The Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project is a zoning action by the NYC Department of City Planning and comprises approximately 60 blocks from 28th to 43rd Streets. The Related Project is a small part of the larger Hudson Yards and was not part of the original 2005 rezoning.
The first building to be built will be a 997 foot tall office building in the southeast corner of the site anchored by Coach.