<b>Built (S3E2):</b> Manhattan West Part I: A Commercial Real Estate Engineering Feat

Courtesy of Brookfield Properties. One Manhattan West.

Built (S3E2) Manhattan West Part I: A Commercial Real Estate Engineering Feat

Manhattan West is one of the newest developments in New York City, featuring two skyscrapers, a residential building, a hotel, and more. But just a decade ago, the area was essentially a hole in the ground, overlooking train tracks coming in and out of Penn Station. Meet the team that planned for decades and created land for the development, all without stopping an essential transportation corridor.

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First, let’s meet the people behind the Manhattan West Development

Callie Haines<em>Executive Vice President of the Northeast at Brookfield Properties</em>

Preetam Biswas<em>Structural Engineering Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill</em>

Kim Van Holsbeke<em>Design Principal at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill</em>

Tom Glatthaar<em>SVP, Senior Underwriting Counsel at Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, NCS New York</em>

Courtesy of Brookfield Properties. Manhattan West Plaza.

The building process... where do we begin.

What is now known as Manhattan West was originally four sites compiled together starting in the 1980s. Brookfield acquired the last piece in 2015 and with the economic, zoning, and land-ownership pieces all in place, they were able to reimagine the location as a mixed-use destination. Hear from the architects and engineers about how it took decades of planning and years of building to create this new living, working, and shopping space on top of what used to be a pit overlooking the busiest train tracks in North America.

Steel Construction at One Manhattan West<em>The Tishman Construction team placing part of the structure of One Manhattan West. Video courtesy of Georgi Petrov at SOM.</em>

Brian Maughan, Host of Built<em>Interviewing Callie Haines with Brookfield at One Manhattan West.</em>

Callie Haines, EVP with Brookfield Properties<em>Interview with Brian Maughan at One Manhattan West.</em>

Platforms at Moynihan Train Hall / New York Penn Station complex<em> Few feet away from Manhattan West. Courtesy of Sandra Lopez-Monsalve</em>

Top of One and Two Manhattan West with the NYC skyline<em></em>

Manhattan West Plaza<em></em>

On-site tour of Manhattan West<em>With Callie Haines, Brian Maughan, and Sandra Lopez-Monsalve with PRX.</em>

Curved lines of One and Two Manhattan West<em>Courtesy of Sandra Lopez-Monsalve</em>

Five Manhattan West with its new glass facade. Originally built in 1969.<em>View from New York’s High Line</em>

Next time on Built, be a pedestrian with us as we explore how all of this work, decades in the making, is paying off. We’ll explore Manhattan West from the public plaza to the top of the towers.