<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

 
 
 
 

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.

 
 
 
 

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.

 
 
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