The Spiral, also known as 66 Hudson Boulevard, is a 66-floor skyscraper in
Hudson Yards,
Manhattan,
New York City. The project was announced in 2016 by real estate developer
Tishman Speyer as a skyscraper with and 66 floors. The tower is being designed by the Danish architectural firm
Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a Copenhagen and New York based group of architects, designers and builders operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. The office is currently involved in a ...
, which also designed the nearby
West 57.
The Spiral will be located on 34th Street between
Hudson Boulevard
Hudson Park and Boulevard is a Greenway (landscape), greenway and boulevard in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, being built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. It lies between 10th Avenue (Man ...
and
Tenth Avenue. When completed, The Spiral will join other developments made possible by rezoning, including
Hudson Yards,
3 Hudson Boulevard
3 Hudson Boulevard (previously known as GiraSole) is a skyscraper on hold along the Hudson Park and Boulevard in the Hudson Yards (neighborhood), Manhattan, Hudson Yards and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods of Manhattan, N ...
and
Manhattan West. A distinguishing feature of the building is that each floor will have outdoor gardens that will spiral around the building.
History
The tower was initially conceptualized in 2014 as the Hudson Spire, with a roof height a architectural height. It was marketed as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
In late 2015,
Tishman Speyer paid $25 million to two men who had refused to move from their apartment at 10th Avenue and 34th Street, the future site of the Spiral. In exchange, the men agreed to relocate. The developer had spent $438 million on the property and its surrounding area, but despite a court order in Tishman Speyer's favor, the pair had remained until the payout was awarded.
New renderings released in 2016 show a with a "cascading series of landscaped terraces and hanging gardens." On August 27, 2017, pharmaceutical firm
Pfizer announced plans to move the company's world headquarters into in the new building, taking up floors 7 through 21.
The company officially signed a 20-year lease in April 2018, in conjunction with
Blackstone providing a $1.8 billion construction loan, one of the largest such loans in New York City history. The building
topped-out
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in January 2021. As of June 2022, the
facade was being completed.
Tenants
The building will include a restaurant run by Erik Ramirez and Juan Correa in its base.
Ramirez and Correa are known for Llama San, in the
West Village and Llama Inn, in
Williamsburg
Williamsburg may refer to:
Places
*Colonial Williamsburg, a living-history museum and private foundation in Virginia
*Williamsburg, Brooklyn, neighborhood in New York City
*Williamsburg, former name of Kernville (former town), California
*Williams ...
.
[
Tenants will move in once the tower is complete, including:
*Floor 2: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital]HSBC
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See also
* List of tallest buildings in New York City
References
External links
Official websiteDeveloper's page on the project
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Hudson Yards, Manhattan
Buildings and structures under construction in the United States
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
Office buildings in Manhattan
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
34th Street (Manhattan)