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Q&A: One World Trade Prepares for the Spire.



April 17, 2012
By Eliot Brown


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In a word, the redevelopment of the World Trade Center is complicated. There’s a tangled web of owners and different towers rising at the same time, all on a compact site. One of the best vantage points for this complexity belongs to Tishman Construction, the New York-based builder that has overseen construction at many of New York’s largest towers, including Goldman Sachs Group’s new building and the Bank of America tower in Midtown. Owned by AECOM, Tishman is the construction manager for One World Trade Center (owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Durst Organization); it’s co-construction manager on the Santiago Calatrava-designed $3.4 billion transportation hub (owned by the Port Authority); and it’s building 3 and 4 World Trade Center (owned by Silverstein Properties). Mike Manella oversees all these projects for Tishman, and took time last week to chat about building One World Trade — slated to be the country’s tallest building — and the other projects.


WSJ: How long have you been involved in this?

Mr. Manella: I’ve been involved in the site since literally the day after 9/11. … Back in 2001, Tishman had a previous relationship with Larry Silverstein.

WSJ: On 3 World Trade Center, you’re building the podium, which is seven stories, right?

Mr. Manella: We’re building the building that can stop at seven stores if necessary. It can continue on, and we’ve bought the project up to its roof.

WSJ: Meaning, you’ve ordered all the materials for the whole building?

Mr. Manella: We’ve bought all the contracts for the entire building. We are staging the materials based on our instructions from the client.
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