4 World Trade Center

4 World Trade Center (also known by its street address, 150 Greenwich Street) is a skyscraper that is part of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. It is located on the southeast corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, where the original nine-story 4 World Trade Center stood. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki was awarded the contract to design the 978-foot-tall (298 m) building.[8] It houses the headquarters of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).[9]

4 World Trade Center
Alternative names4 WTC
150 Greenwich Street
General information
StatusComplete
TypeOffice, Retail
Architectural styleModern
Location150 Greenwich Street
New York City, U.S.
Coordinates40.710409°N 74.011933°W / 40.710409; -74.011933
Construction startedJanuary 2008 (2008-01)
OpenedNovember 13, 2013 (2013-11-13)[1]
CostUSD $1.67 billion[2]
OwnerSilverstein Properties
Height
Roof978 ft (298 m)
Top floor74[3]
Technical details
Floor count78 (including 4 basement floors)
Floor area2,500,004 sq ft (232,258.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators55
Design and construction
ArchitectFumihiko Maki
DeveloperSilverstein Properties
Structural engineerLeslie E. Robertson Associates
Main contractorTishman Realty & Construction
References
[4][5][6][7]
Rebuilding of the
World Trade Center
One WTC
2–7 WTC
Other elements

The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008, and it opened to tenants and the public on November 13, 2013.[10] As of 2016, it is the third tallest skyscraper at the rebuilt World Trade Center, behind One and 3 World Trade Center. However, 2 World Trade Center is expected to surpass the height of both 3 and 4 WTC upon completion.[11] The total floor space of the building includes 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meters) of office and retail space.[12]

Original building (1975–2001)

The original 4 World Trade Center was a 9-story low-rise office building completed in 1975 that was 118 ft (36 m) tall, and located in the southeast corner of the World Trade Center site. The first tenants moved into the building in January 1977.[13] The building's major tenants were Deutsche Bank (Floor 4, 5, and 6) and the New York Board of Trade (Floors 7, 8, and 9). The building's side facing Liberty Street housed the entrance to The Mall at the World Trade Center on the basement concourse level of the WTC. It was practically destroyed as a result of the collapse of the South Tower during the September 11 attacks and its remains were later demolished to make way for the construction of the new skyscrapers: 4 World Trade Center and 3 World Trade Center. 4 World Trade Center was home to five commodities exchanges on what was at the time one of the world's largest trading floors (featured in the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places). Following the destruction of the building during 9/11, rescuers and surveyors exploring the building's basement discovered large amounts of gold and silver bullion in the vault; a sizeable amount of coins that had been stored there by the Bank of Nova Scotia were purchased in 2002 as cleanup efforts began by Lee S. Minshull of California, who then submitted the coins to PCGS for grading; these coins bear unique labels on their holders, and have since entered the hands of collectors.[14]

Tenants
FL#Companies
9 New York Board of Trade
8 New York Board of Trade
7 New York Board of Trade,[15] Gelderman, Inc.,[15] Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp.,[15] New York Stock Exchange
6 Deutsche Bank[15]
5 Deutsche Bank,[15] Green Coffee Association
4 Deutsche Bank[15]
3
2
L Tony Gemelli's Restaurant & Bar,[15] Marche Restaurant, Flowers of the World, XandO-Cosi, Sam Goody, Structure, Banana Republic
C The Mall at the World Trade Center
  • NOAA aerial image days after the attacks. North is approximately on the upper right corner of the photo.
  • 4 WTC, southeast corner. WTC building remains and neighboring buildings (Note the original footprints of the Twin Towers and 7 WTC)
  • A birds eye view of the World Trade Center complex after September 11, 2001, with the original locations of the buildings.
  • Preliminary site plans for the World Trade Center rebuild.
  • Former site plan, with original 4 World Trade Center at the southeast corner.

Current building

Construction

Groundbreaking took place in 2008. The building reached street level in November 2009. The safety cocoon was installed December 2010. The first glass was installed May 2011. In November 2010, three PureCell fuel cells were delivered at the World Trade Center site which together will provide about 30% of the tower's power.[16] The structural engineer for the building is Leslie E. Robertson Associates, New York City.[17]

On February 16, 2012, one of the building's construction crane cables snapped while lifting steel, causing the steel to fall 40 stories from the building, landing on a flat bed truck. No injuries were reported. Construction on the building eventually resumed after the accident.[18]

On June 25, 2012, steel topped out at floor 72.[19] Structural steel and concrete completed by June 1, 2013, followed by the removal of construction fencing in September 2013 and the building's opening on November 13, 2013.[20] Cost of construction of 4 World Trade Center was US$1.67 billion, funded by insurance funds and Liberty bonds.[2] The first tenants to move in were two government agencies,[21] and as of July 2015, the building is 62% leased.[22]

  • Construction on March 26, 2011.
  • Construction on August 7, 2011.
  • Construction on October 4, 2011.
  • Construction on March 12, 2012.
  • Construction on October 17, 2012.

Layout and occupancy
4 World Trade Center reflecting water of the Hudson River, viewed from One World Observatory in 2017

The above-ground portion of the building dedicated for retail use (which consists of the ground floor, the three floors immediately above the ground floor as well as the two floors below ground), accommodates offices using two distinct floor shapes. From floors 7 through 46, the typical floor space is 36,350 square feet (3,376 square meters) in the shape of a parallelogram (which is designed to echo the configuration of the site).[11] From floors 48 through 63 the floor space is 28,000 sq ft (2,600 square meters) in the shape of a trapezoid, shaped so that it opens toward the tip of Manhattan Island and also triangulated to face One World Trade Center. The tower includes five levels of mechanical floors.[11] The New York Power Authority selected UTC Power to provide 12 PureCell Model 400 fuel cells that will be used to provide electricity, water and heat. According to the developer, the systems combined will rank as one of the largest installations of fuel cells in the world.[16] The upper floors of the building have no interior columns.

The PANYNJ is headquartered in 4 World Trade Center,[23] leasing approximately 600,766 square feet (55,813.0 m2) in 4 World Trade Center for its new headquarters.[11][24] PANYNJ was formerly headquartered at 1 World Trade Center in the first World Trade Center complex before it was destroyed.[25] Afterwards the PANYNJ moved into 225 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan, before returning to the World Trade Center in 2015.[26]

The lower levels of the building are used by retail businesses, including Eataly,[27] and connects via an underground "retail and transportation concourse" to the PATH's World Trade Center station and the New York City Subway's WTC Cortlandt station.[11] The city of New York also plans to lease 581,642 square feet (54,036.3 m2) of space, which is not in use yet, in the completed building.[24] A February 2017 announcement by Spotify that it would lease floors 62 through 72 for its United States headquarters, along with a subsequent expansion announcement that July, brought 4 World Trade Center to full occupancy.[28][29] SportsNet New York, carrier of New York Mets broadcasts, moved its headquarters from 1271 Avenue of the Americas to an 83,000 square feet (7,700 m2) facility in 4 WTC.[30]

The building's elevators are supplied by Schindler, and are the second fastest in North America at 9 m/s (1800 fpm).[31]

See also

References
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  2. Dunlap, David W. "A 977-Foot Tower You May Not See, Assuming You've Even Heard of It". City Room. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
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  4. 4 World Trade Center at Emporis
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  6. 4 World Trade Center at Structurae
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  8. "Designs for the Three World Trade Center Towers Unveiled" (Press release). Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. September 7, 2006. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  9. "Contact Us." Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Corporate Offices 4 World Trade Center 150 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007"
  10. Newman, Andy; Correal, Annie (November 13, 2013). "New York Today: Skyward". The New York Times.
  11. 150 Greenwich St., Maki and Associates, Architectural Fact Sheet - September 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2007
  12. Pogrebin, Robin (May 3, 2006). "Richard Rogers to Design Tower at Ground Zero". The New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2006.
  13. History of the Twin Towers.PANYNJ.gov. 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015
  14. "'Sept. 11' Coins Carry Hefty Markups, Baggage". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  15. "CNN.com Specials". Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  16. Troianovski, Anton (November 1, 2010). "WTC Taps Fuel Cells". The Wall Street Journal.
  17. Post, Nadine M. (September 18, 2006). "Ground Zero Office Designs Hailed as Hopeful Symbols". Engineering News-Record. p. 12.
  18. Rosenberg, Rebecca; Messing, Philip (February 17, 2012). "35-ton WTC plunge". New York Post. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  19. http://m.citybizlist.com/city/details/18/215317%5B%5D
  20. "Lower Manhattan: 4 World Trace Center (150 Greenwich Street)". Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  21. "NYC's World Trade Tower Opens 40% Empty in Revival". Bloomberg.com. November 12, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  22. "Silverstein Signs Four More Tenants at 4WTC". Real Estate Weekly. July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2015. – via HighBeam (subscription required)
  23. "Contact Us." Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Corporate Offices 4 World Trade Center 150 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007"
  24. Dunlap, David W. (July 9, 2008). "Answers About Ground Zero Rebuilding". The New York Times. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  25. "About." Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 7, 2001. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "Mailing Address: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 67 West # 1 World Trade Center New York, NY 10048"
  26. Dunlap, David W. (March 4, 2015). "With Newfound Modesty, Port Authority Returns to the World Trade Center". The New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2019. After 14 years near Union Square, the agency’s headquarters have returned to a spot at the World Trade Center, where they had been from 1973 until Sept. 11, 2001.[...]the interim board room at 225 Park Avenue South, at East 18th Street.
  27. Fishbein, Rebecca. "First Look Inside The Gigantic New Eataly Location At 4 World Trade Center". Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  28. "Spotify deal makes 4 World Trade Center the complex's first fully leased tower". Curbed NY. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  29. "Spotify Expands by 100K SF at 4 WTC, Bringing Tower to Full Occupancy". Commercial Observer. July 5, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  30. "Mets broadcaster SportsNet moves HQ to 4 WTC". The Real Deal. November 9, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  31. "Spotify Will Move to WTC; Expand Staff by 1,000". The Wall Street Journal. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
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