Scoping documents have been released, as the approval process for this one is about to begin:
Public Scoping Meeting on the 15 Penn Plaza Project
A public scoping meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the New York City Department of City Planning’s Spector Hall,
22 Reade Street, New York, New York, 10007. The meeting will begin at 10 AM. Written comments will be accepted by the lead agency
until Wednesday, February 11, 2009.
Draft Scope
EAS
The developers (Vornado) are proposing two development scenarios - single or multi tenant.
The multi tenant tower would be the taller of the two, while the single tenant tower would be
slightly lower (1,119 ft). There is of course the "no build" option, where the developer would build a 580 ft tower.
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From the documents:
The project is expected to take 4 years (2010-2014)
Both options would produce a supertall of over 1100 ft :
The gold version is the single tenant option:
The no build alternative:
NEW YORK | 15 Penn Plaza (Hotel Penn) | 1,200 FT / 388 M | 61 FLOORS
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