Hudson Yards

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Hudson Yards, the $25 billion development from Related Companies and Oxford Properties, is officially opening just to the east of that rail yard. It’s the biggest private real estate project in U.S. history, a culmination of plans for the area that have been in the works for decades.

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Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau talks about the Hudson Yards project which is about to open on the West side of Manhattan.

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Some have characterized the gleaming development as a “gated community” that caters to the top 0.1%.

• “Hudson Yards glorifies a kind of surface spectacle—as if the peak ambitions of city life were consuming luxury goods,” writes the NYT’s Michael Kimmelman.

 

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• Office tenants include BlackRock, WarnerMedia, and L’Oreal USA. In total, Hudson Yards is expected to welcome more than 55,000 workers.
• Retailers including Neiman Marcus (NYC’s first location), Dior, and Gucci are holding court in a 720,000-square-foot luxury mall.
• Entertainment options range from celebrity chef restaurants to an arts center to a $200 million art installation.
• New apartments (many of the ultra-luxurious, 2,500-bottle wine cellarvariety) are filling up, while a smaller chunk (slightly more than 10%) will be subsidized.

Meet the “smart city”

Hudson Yards offers us a glimpse of the metropolis of the future, a concept dubbed the “smart city.” These metros hope to leverage data to create efficiencies and enhance the quality of life in urban areas.

• Who needs garbage trucks when, in a few years, you'll be able to pipe out trash from Hudson Yards apartments at 45 mph?

Looking ahead...it’s hard to imagine, but there’s a second phase of the project (called the Western Yard) slated to open in 2025.

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I've seen multiple comments online that this will become a suicide Mecca "platform"......

I personally think it looks interesting... but not attractive.

Not on the level of an Eiffel Tower or Sydney Opera House.

 

I wonder if this will become a ghost town within a decade?

Malls are dying... except the A malls.... some will call this an A mall.