Last Wednesday, developers Related Companies, Mitsui Fudosan America, and Oxford Properties celebrated the grand opening of 50 Hudson Yards, a 78-story supertall commercial skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 1,011-foot-tall structure is the largest building by volume in the first phase of the Hudson Yards complex and the fourth largest in the city as a whole, yielding 2.9 million feet of office space . ArcelorMittal provided steel components, R&R Scaffolding provided equipment to BMU, Langan Engineering was the civil and environmental engineer, and WSP was the structural and MEP engineer for the $3.8 billion project, which spanned a entire block bounded by West 34th Street to the north, West 33rd Street to the south, Tenth Avenue to the east, and Hudson Boulevard to the west.
The exterior is clad in a symmetrical facade of floor-to-ceiling glass and Viscount white stone that offsets the large-scale grid on the east and west elevations. The wider north and south sides have greater vertical emphasis using straight lines of stone.
50 Hudson Yards (center). Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
Below are photos from the opening ceremony. From left to right, the first photo shows Bruce Beal, Masanobu Komoda, John Westerfield, mayor Eric Adams, Stephen Ross, and Jeff Blau.
Photo courtesy of Hudson Yards
Here, from left to right, we see Ana Berturna, Emad Lotfalla, Dean Shapiro, Lord Norman Foster, Rob Goldstein, John Westerfield, Masanobu Komoda, ambassador Mikio Mori, mayor Eric Adams, Kathy Wylde, Stephen Ross, Jeff Blau, Bruce Beal , Ken Wong, Takashi Yamamoto, Andrew Cantor, and councilman Erik Bottcher.
Photo courtesy of Hudson Yards
About 84 percent of the office space at 50 Hudson Yards has already been leased by prominent companies such as BlackRock, which will occupy 970,000 square feet, and Meta, which will take up 1.2 million square feet. Other tenants include Vista Equity Partners, Trust Financial, ServiceNow, Passkey, and XTX Markets. 109-year-old Jewish eatery Russ & Daughters recently announced a 4,500-square-foot outpost at the base of the tower, slated to open next spring. The restaurant includes a dining area, counter, a private event space, a bagel bakery, and a caviar and champagne bar. Foster + Partners is designing its interiors. Other retail tenants are expected to be announced in the next few months.
50 Hudson Yards (center). Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards is the fourth largest office building in New York City by volume and is located directly in front of the 7 train entrance of the 34th Street-Hudson Yards station along Bella Abzug Park. To the east is Pennsylvania Station with access to the A, C, E, 1, 2, and 3 trains, Long Island Railroad (LIRR), and Amtrak. Nearby is the public plaza where Thomas Heatherwick’s 15-story Vessel stands in front of the shopping mall between 10 and 30 Hudson Yards.
The developers are aiming for LEED Certification.
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