30 Hudson Street, also known as Goldman Sachs Tower, is a , 42-story building in

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, and was the tallest building in the state for 14 years. It houses offices, a cafeteria, a health unit, and a full-service fitness facility including a physical therapy clinic. The building is in the Exchange Place area close to a PATH station and is accessible by the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at the

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and Exchange Place stops. The tower sits on the waterfront overlooking the

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and

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and is visible from all five of the

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. On a clear day, the building may be visible from

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to the south and from

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to the north, away. Originally intended to be a dedicated use building for

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' middle and back office units, lower than projected staffing levels at the bank following the global financial crisis forced Goldman to seek occupancy from other tenants to avoid forgone rental income.

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currently shares the space, with plans for other professional service firms to take occupancy as well in the near future. Since 2020, the building also houses the headquarters of Organon International., AIG & Lord Abbett.

History

Originally the tower was meant to be the centerpiece of an entire Goldman Sachs campus at Exchange Place, which was to include a training center, a university, and a large hotel complex. Many of the company's Manhattan-based equity traders refused to move away from

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, delaying the occupation of the building's top 13 floors, which remained vacant until early 2008. Once a derelict and mostly industrial part of Jersey City, the Exchange Place area forms part of New Jersey's Gold Coast, a revitalized strip of land along the formerly industrial west bank of the Hudson. Economic development in the 2000s spurred large-scale residential, commercial, and office development along the waterfront. Although the location was largely rejected by the company's financial executives, 4,000 Goldman Sachs employees made the move to the building, including much of the company's real estate, technology, operations, and administrative departments. The building is certified under

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-NC Version 2.0 of the

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. The building has been surrounded by pedestrian protective scaffolding since 2010. The company completed construction of another tower in 2010 to house the bulk of their sales and trading departments. It is located at

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just north of Brookfield Place (originally the World Financial Center), almost directly across the water from 30 Hudson. Under their "

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strategy", Goldman Sachs launched a ferry service between the two buildings in 2013, operated by the Billybey Ferry Company.

In media

The building was used by the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign to symbolize Goldman Sachs and

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's ties to the company. The building can briefly be seen in ''

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'' when

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prevents

from being struck by a missile, and in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', when Tony Stark is about to revoke Peter Parker's Spider Man suit. The building, along with its surrounding skyscrapers, is the background image for the recorded audio for Markus Schulz's

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World Tour recorded in Barcode in nearby Elizabeth.

Gallery

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* {{Tallest Buildings by U.S. state, state=autocollapse Skyscrapers in Jersey City, New Jersey César Pelli buildings Skyscrapers in New Jersey Goldman Sachs Skyscraper office buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey Office buildings completed in 2004 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified buildings 2004 establishments in New Jersey