World Financial Center
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World Trade Center site
The World Trade Center site , also known as "Ground Zero" after the September 11 attacks, sits on in Lower Manhattan in New York City...
in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, overlooking the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
. This complex is home to offices of companies including Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
, RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets is a Canadian investment bank with assets of $711 billion. It is part of the Royal Bank of Canada and has one of the highest credit ratings in the world by Moody's and Standard & Poor's.,According to Bloomberg, RBCCM is consistently ranked among the top 20 global investment...
, Nomura Group
Nomura Group
The formerly Nomura zaibatsu is a company headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo.Nomura is one of the major industrial and financial conglomerate groupings of Japan. Osaka Nomura bank was founded by Tokushichi Nomura II in 1919 after many successful business ventures; it was established on the Mitsui...
, the Wall Street Journal, American Express
American Express
American Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...
, Dow Jones and others. The entire complex is owned by Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Properties
Brookfield Office Properties Inc. is a North American commercial real estate company. Brookfield Asset Management owns fifty percent of its outstanding common shares. The company has its headquarters operations in New York City and Toronto...
, except for the space occupied by American Express (which American Express owns). The complex also serves as the corporate headquarters for Brookfield Properties, which has its headquarters in Tower Three.
Designed by César Pelli
César Pelli
César Pelli is an Argentine architect known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. In 1991, the American Institute of Architects listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects...
, with Adamson Associates, the complex was built by Olympia and York
Olympia and York
Olympia & York was once a major international property development firm based in Canada. The firm built major financial office complexes like Canary Wharf in London, the World Financial Center in New York City and First Canadian Place in Toronto...
between 1985 and 1988 on landfill
Land reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, is the process to create new land from sea or riverbeds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or landfill.- Habitation :...
used to build Battery Park City. The fill material came from dirt excavated during the building of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
, as well as garbage, dirt and debris.
In the September 11 attacks One World Financial Center had a massive piece of steel shot into its west side and other debris severely damaged the lobby and lower floors making One World Financial Center classified as Severely damaged and in danger of collapse. It has been fully restored including significant repairs to the other buildings in the complex.The Winter Garden
Winter Garden Atrium
The Winter Garden Atrium is a 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's World Financial Center. Originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, the Atrium houses various plants, trees and flowers, and shops...
had received major structural damage to the glass and steel frame but was ceremonially reopened on September 11, 2002.
The complex has its own zip code, 10281.
Buildings and Tenants
- One World Financial CenterOne World Financial CenterOne World Financial Center is a skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City.It is located at 200 Liberty Street between South End Avenue and West Street. It was built in 1985 as part of the World Financial Center complex. It is a 40 story building reaching the height of 577 ft . It has a...
(1986), height 577 ft (176 m), 40 stories- Address: 200 Liberty Street
- Leasable area: 1,628,000 ft² (151,000 m²)
- Rooftop: truncated square pyramid
- Tenants
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
- Deloitte and Touche
- Dow Jones & Co.
- Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP
- National Financial Services
- Willis of New York
- XL America
- Battery Park City AuthorityBattery Park City AuthorityThe Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a Class A New York State public benefit corporation. Its mission is "to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side of...
- AECOM Technical Services
- Hill Betts & Nash
- Ronin Capital
- Royal Alliance Associates
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Two World Financial CenterTwo World Financial CenterTwo World Financial Center is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City, located at 225 Liberty Street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rising 645 feet , the building is the second tallest of the four buildings in the World Financial Center complex that...
(1987), height 645 ft (197 m), 44 stories- Address: 225 Liberty Street
- Leasable area: 2,491,000 ft² (231,000 m²)
- Rooftop: round dome
- Tenants
- CommerzbankCommerzbankCommerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
- D'Amato & Lynch, LLP
- Deloitte & Touche
- Merrill LynchMerrill LynchMerrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
- Nomura GroupNomura GroupThe formerly Nomura zaibatsu is a company headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo.Nomura is one of the major industrial and financial conglomerate groupings of Japan. Osaka Nomura bank was founded by Tokushichi Nomura II in 1919 after many successful business ventures; it was established on the Mitsui...
- State Street Corporation
- Sonnenschein Nath & RosenthalSonnenschein Nath & RosenthalSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP was an international law firm with nearly 800 lawyers and other professionals in the United States and Europe, serving the needs of many of the world’s best-known businesses, non-profits and individuals. The firm was founded in Chicago in 1906 and as of May 2010...
- France TelecomFrance TélécomFrance Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyFounded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a leading mutual life insurance company with 1800 offices and 13 million clients worldwide. Mass Mutual is one of the largest Life Insurance companies globally and is currently ranked 93rd in the Fortune 500 list...
- Platinum Reinsurance
- Mercury Capital Advisors
- Harding Advisory
- Pacific American Corporation
- Sompo Japan
- Infinium Capital Management
- WCG Management LP
- Hunter Roberts Construction
- AECOM Technical Services
- Commerzbank
- Three World Financial CenterThree World Financial CenterThree World Financial Center also known as American Express Tower, is one of the thirty tallest skyscrapers in New York City. Located on West Street between Liberty Street and Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan the building is the tallest, 739 feet , of the four buildings in the World Financial...
(1985), height 739 ft (225 m), 51 stories- Address: 200 Vesey Street
- Leasable area: 1,200,000 ft² (111,000 m²)
- Rooftop: pyramid
- Tenants
- American ExpressAmerican ExpressAmerican Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...
- Computer Generated Solutions Inc.
- Royal Bank of CanadaRoyal Bank of CanadaThe Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...
- Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Brookfield Office Properties
- Eagle Advisors
- Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
- American Express
- Four World Financial CenterFour World Financial CenterFour World Financial Center or is a part of the World Financial Center complex in Lower Manhattan, which houses the international headquarters and main US trading floors of Merrill Lynch....
(1986) height 500 ft (152 m), 34 stories ("North Tower")- Address: 250 Vesey Street
- Leasable area: 1,800,000 ft² (167,000 m²)
- Rooftop: ziggurat
- Tenants
- Merrill LynchMerrill LynchMerrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
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- Merrill Lynch
- Winter Garden AtriumWinter Garden AtriumThe Winter Garden Atrium is a 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's World Financial Center. Originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, the Atrium houses various plants, trees and flowers, and shops...
(1988) a 45,000 ft² glass domed pavilion housing various plants, trees and flowers, also shopping areas, cafes (located between buildings 2 and 3) Rebuilt after terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.- Leasable area: 295,000 ft² (27,000 m²)
- Dining
- Au Bon Pain
- Au Mandarin
- Blockheads Burritos
- Caravelli's
- Ciao Bella Gelato
- Columbus Bakery
- Cosi Sandwich Bar
- Devon & Blakely
- Donald Sacks
- Ed's Lobster Bar
- Elixir Juice Bar
- Financier Patisserie
- The Grill Room
- P.J. Clarke's
- Southwest NY
- Starbucks Coffee Company
- Yushi
- Shopping & Services
- Add Accessories
- American Express Travel Services
- Aminah et les amis
- Ann Taylor
- Banana Republic
- Boomerang Toys
- Cobbler Express Shoe Repair
- Diamond's Hallmark
- Erwin Pearl
- eShave
- Gap
- Georgiou Studio
- Godiva Chocolatier
- Joseph Cione & Co. Salon
- Lilibeth Beautiful Brows & Eyes
- Rite Aid
- Sunglass Hut
- Urban Athletics
- World Financial Center Florist
- World Optical
- NYMEX building (1997) 16 stories
- Address: 1 North End Avenue
- Leasable area: 500,000 ft² (46,000 m²)
- Tenants
- New York Mercantile ExchangeNew York Mercantile ExchangeThe New York Mercantile Exchange is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. It is located at One North End Avenue in the World Financial Center in the Battery Park City section of Manhattan, New York City...
(NYMEX) - New York Board of TradeNew York Board of TradeThe New York Board of Trade , renamed ICE Futures US in September of 2007, is a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange . It is a physical commodity futures exchange located in New York City. It originated in 1870 as the New York Cotton Exchange...
(NYBOT)
- New York Mercantile Exchange