[NYguy]

Originally Posted by babybackribs2314

I think the design has been altered... the WPC was for 1.2 MSF while this will contain 1.7 MSF. It could be taller or just bulkier.

I thought it looked bulkier from that rendering. It has about the same number of floors, but who knows what the height will be at this point. It could be taller than the Coach tower, Barnett isn't shy about that. Remember, he also proposed a 980 ft hotel for the convention center a few blocks north before that was canceled.



http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2012...rds-skyscraper

Extell Announces New 56-Story Hudson Yards Skyscraper





May 29, 2012
By Mathew Katz

If you want a piece of Hudson Yards, now's the time to get it. Owners of a massive new 56-story office tower set to rise on the north end of the new Hudson Yards district has begun looking for tenants. One Hudson Yards, the new 1.7-million-square-foot tower will take up the entire block on the east side of 11th Avenue between West 33rd and 34th streets. The new skyscraper will be steps from the entrance to the 7 Train extension, set for completion at the end of 2013.

Unlike other Hudson Yards developments, which will be build on a platform above the active Western Rail Yards, the new tower will be built on solid ground — a fact that developer Extell claims will allow it to go up cheaper and faster than some of the other office spaces in the new neighborhood.

"If you looked at a map of the Hudson Yards district, our site is dead center, smack in the middle," Extell President Gary Barnett said in a statement. "In addition to great architecture and a superb location, we’re also offering the most competitive rents in the Hudson Yards district."

Each floor will offer roughly 32,000 square feet of Class A office space. A spokesman for the developer could not confirm rental prices for the building, but rumors have them hovering between $50 to $100 per square foot.

One Hudson Yards — which is technically not in Related's Hudson Yards development, but in the greater Hudson Yards area — was originally announced in 2009 as the World Product Center. That project was eventually put on hold.