50 Hudson Yards is a 58-story, -tall
building being developed as part of the
Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project
Hudson Yards is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan, bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 41st Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east.Chapter 11: Figures The area is the s ...
in
Hudson Yards,
Manhattan
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,
New York City
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. The building is located to the north of
30 Hudson Yards
30 Hudson Yards (also the North Tower) is a Supertall building, supertall skyscraper in the West Side (Manhattan), West Side of Midtown Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Located near Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen, Chelse ...
, and on the east side of the
Hudson Park and Boulevard
Hudson Park and Boulevard is a greenway and boulevard in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, being built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. It lies between 10th and 11th Avenues. The park, officially called Bella Abzug ...
, adjacent to
55 Hudson Yards
55 Hudson Yards (originally known as One Hudson Yards or One Hudson Boulevard) is a skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York City, just outside the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. It and 50 Hudson Yards will add a combined of space t ...
.
The building opened on October 19, 2022.
50 Hudson Yards ranks as the fourth largest office tower in New York City in terms of available leasable area, with of commercial space. Located at the southwest corner of 34th Street and 10th Avenue, it replaced the drive-through
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechri ...
that had long occupied the space.
History
In April 2014, new renderings of a 62-story, building were released. The tower was shown at a height of . The building's plans were also changed; the building, originally meant to be step-like structure with a white
facade, was updated to reflect a three-part structure with three rectangular components, each one smaller than the one below it.
In December 2016, a revised plan for the building was released with asset manager
BlackRock
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set to take as the anchor tenant. New renderings for the building, designed by
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide.
...
were revealed. In September 2017, developer
Related Companies
The Related Companies, L.P. is an American real estate firm in New York City, with offices and developments in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco, Abu Dhabi, London, São Paulo and Shanghai. Related has more than 3,0 ...
obtained $3.8 billion in financing for the new tower, including a $1.5 billion loan.
Mitsui Fudosan
is a major real estate developer in Japan. Mitsui Fudosan is one of the core companies of Mitsui Group.
Corporate structure
The company is organized into four divisions.
*Office Building Division
*Real Estate Solution Services Division
*Accommo ...
owns a 90 percent stake in the building.
Bank of China
The Bank of China (BOC; ) is a Chinese majority state-owned commercial bank headquartered in Beijing and the fourth largest bank in the world.
The Bank of China was founded in 1912 by the Republican government as China's central bank, repl ...
,
Deutsche Bank
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,
HSBC
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,
Sumitomo Mitsui
is a Japanese multinational banking and financial services institution headquartered in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The group operates in retail, corporate, and investment banking segment worldwide. It provides financial products and ser ...
and
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...
contributed financing for the tower.
Work on the foundation of 50 Hudson Yards began in May 2018. In August 2018, the height of the building was increased slightly, from to .
In January 2019, the developers unveiled two unnamed starburst-shaped sculptures by American artist
Frank Stella
Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City.
Biography
Frank Stella was born in M ...
that will sit in the building's lobby. In October 2022, Related and Oxford Properties borrowed about $349 million for 50 Hudson Yards from
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California; operational headquarters in Manhattan; and managerial offices throughout the United States and intern ...
. The building opened in October of 2022.
Tenants
In November 2019, it was announced that
Meta
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In modern nomenclature, ''meta''- can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or ende ...
, then known as
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
, would occupy of space in 50 Hudson Yards. This lease represents 80% of the total space that Facebook would occupy at Hudson Yards.
In 2022, it was reported Meta would sublease a portion of floors due to cost-cutting measures.
In September 2022, it was announced that
Truist Financial
Truist Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company was formed in December 2019 as the result of the merger of BB&T (Branch Banking and Trust Company) and SunTrust Banks. Its b ...
had signed a lease for 100,000 square feet in the building.
Russ & Daughters
Russ & Daughters is an appetizing store opened in 1914. It is located at 179 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. A family-operated store, it has been at the same location since 1920.
History
Joel Russ, a Jewis ...
plans to open a location in the building in early 2023.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in New York City
New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least , of which at least 95 are taller than . The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises ...
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Buildings and structures under construction in the United States
Oxford Properties
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
Buildings developed by the Related Companies
Foster and Partners buildings
34th Street (Manhattan)