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One Vanderbilt Avenue – ULI Americas Awards for Excellence Finalist
May 11, 2022
Photo By Michael Moran OTTO
At the base, a series of angled cuts organize a visual procession to Grand Central Terminal, revealing the Vanderbilt corner of its magnificent cornice—a view which has been obstructed for nearly a century.
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One Vanderbilt Avenue is SL Green Realty Corp.’s skyline-defining tower, developed with its partners Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea.
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Developers: SL Green Realty Corporation; Hines; National Pension Service of Korea
Designers: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) Associates
Site Size: 39 Acres
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One Vanderbilt features floor-to-floor heights ranging from 14 ft. 6 in. to 24 ft., column-free floorplates, 360-degree views through floor-to-ceiling windows, and best-in-class infrastructure.
One Vanderbilt Avenue is SL Green Realty Corp.’s skyline-defining tower in the heart of East Midtown, developed with its partners Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea. Standing at 1,401 feet tall and spanning 1.7 million square feet, One Vanderbilt is the tallest office tower in Midtown Manhattan and the second tallest office tower in New York City.
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The infrastructure improvements include a new 4,000-square-foot public transit hall inside the tower, providing enhanced connections to Metro-North Railroad, the shuttle to Times Square and the future Long Island Rail Road station.
One Vanderbilt transforms the civic experience of the Grand Central District, introducing new accessible pathways to one of the city’s largest transportation hubs. The project provides an integral connection to Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street, and SL Green unveiled a $220 million package of public open space and transit infrastructure improvements. One Vanderbilt represents a new model for how the private sector and government can work together to deliver crucial public infrastructure benefits, created in partnership with the City of New York and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as part of the historic rezoning of East Midtown.
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Adjacent to the transit hall is a new 14,000-square-foot, car-free pedestrian plaza on Vanderbilt Avenue between East 42nd and 43rd Streets.
The skyscraper is currently the headquarters for many of the world’s leading finance, banking, law and real estate firms, and is approximately 95.2 percent leased. It also features the second highest observatory experience in New York City, a 11,000-square-foot restaurant by world-renowned chef Daniel Boulud, an unparalleled package of tenant amenities, innovative office design, state-of-the-art technology, the highest level of sustainability and a healthy workplace environment together, all with direct connection to Grand Central Terminal.