250 Vesey Street, formerly Four World Financial Center, is one of four towers that comprise the Brookfield Place complex in the

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of Lower Manhattan in

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. Rising 34 floors and , it is situated between the

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and the

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. The building opened in 1986 as part of the World Financial Center and was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the building sustained major damage to its roof; however, the general damage to the building was less than that to the other three towers. On October 23, 2001, about two dozen senior executives of Merrill Lynch began returning to their offices on a limited number of floors within the building, making it the first tower in the four-tower complex to be reoccupied after the attacks. The structure was renamed 250 Vesey Street when the complex became Brookfield Place in 2014. WFC&GoldmanSachs

Four World Financial Center houses the financial offices of Merrill Lynch and

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. Other tenants include the headquarters of the College Board.

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