Two World Trade Center

The Two World Trade Center, also known under the name of his address, 200 Greenwich Street, is a new skyscraper in New York City, which is being built under the new World Trade Center complex. Due to the limited needs for additional office space in Manhattan There are no official figures for actual construction time. From 2010 to 2013, the construction of the building was driven up to the street level including the podium.

Architecture

The Two World Trade Center ( German: World Trade Center Building No. 2) is part of the World Trade Center reconstruction program at Ground Zero. The land for the building located on the east side of Greenwich Street, so it is also known as 200 Greenwich Street ( its address ). The 88 storey stone building was designed by the British architect Norman Foster. The roof of the building will consist of four tilted squares of different heights. This looks like the building, as if it is four individual buildings. This optical effect is to be seen all over the building, the skyscraper will look from the street as four tower buildings of different heights, although in reality there is a single building. The Two World Trade Center is to be 411 meters high and thus be the second tallest building in the complex and the city of New York, that is higher than the Empire State Building at 381 meters ( including the antenna, which is, however, not be counted for height but 443 meters) but still lower than the over under construction One World Trade Center (541 meters). The roof is 387 meters high lie beyond which a tapered steel construction will follow in the form of a triangle, whereby the height of 411 meters is reached. The skyscraper is at its completion a total area of ​​220,000 square meters offer spread over 88 floors. The lower floors ( podium ) are designed to accommodate business and technical premises. Most floors above should be available for offices. The first documented with offices floor is at a height of around 85 meters. Alone the spacious lobby is expected, in the planning a ceiling height of about 20 meters. In one of the upper floors of a restaurant will be built; it would be New York's second highest restaurant, after that in the 102nd floor of One World Trade Center.

Dispute over the construction financing

The entire Ground Zero is owned by the New York Port Authority, but was leased to Silverstein Properties. Buildings 2, 3 and 4 World Trade Center will also be owned by Silverstein Properties, while the Port Authority has been entrusted with the construction of the tallest building, the One World Trade Center. Due to the ever-present economic situation, and there's less need for large office space, Silverstein Properties asked the Port Authority to help finance the towers 2, 3 and 4, or to vouch for a total of 3.2 billion U.S. dollars. The Port Authority ( Port Authority ) rejected this, however. They announced Silverstein only with $ 800 million in the construction of a smaller tower, Four World Trade Center to support the, whose construction began in 2008. On 11 May 2009, the Port Authority proposed to convert the building Two World Trade Center and Three World Trade Center, only five-storey buildings, so to build only the podium of the towers. A complete waiver of both buildings is not possible because there is a complex underground infrastructure on the World Trade Center site because of the overall plan. This fact does not allow to waive any of the construction projects. Larry Silverstein, president of Silverstein Properties, declined, however, to reduce the two towers so. As a result, a dispute erupted over the future of the two buildings. The Port Authority sees as too great a risk in the construction of structures to invest in Europe which can not have any existing tenants. Larry Silverstein argued, however, that he had the 7 World Trade Center, also built without that he had a tenant at the start of construction. Now Opened in 2006, the building is almost fully leased. Moreover, it was not to be expected that the small office supplies would last for many more years.

On 11 June 2009 a meeting between the Port Authority, Silverstein Properties and also now included in the thing with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was held to discuss the future of towers 2 and 3. A solution was not found, because both parties their views would not leave. Michael Bloomberg was, however, known that he would put everything in a reasonable solution and ensure that the talks will continue to be maintained. In several New York newspapers Bloomberg said that a longer delay of the World Trade Center reconstruction was unacceptable and would cast a bad image on the city of New York.

In January 2010 it was agreed by a now begun arbitration proceedings a further period of 45 days, in which there should be more discussion between Silverstein Properties and the Port Authority.

On March 10, 2010, shortly before the deadline, which had set the arbitral tribunal, it was a demonstration of construction workers who were protesting against further delays. They laid down their work on One World Trade Center, World Trade Center Memorial and the fourth tower, to appeal to the Port Authority and Silverstein, to finally agree on a financing concept. The workers chanted slogans such as " Build the WTC now" (German, Rebuilds the WTC at last! '). Both sides gave still known to be ready to talk.

On 26 March 2010 it was announced that an agreement between the port flange, the city and Silverstein Properties was found. At a time schedule for 200 Greenwich Street one has therefore not been established, whose construction is only after complete recovery of the New York real estate economy begin. However, the building is to be built up to the street level yet. Because all building underground together form ( the Towers 2, 3 and 4 as well as the subway station ) is a complex infrastructure, all buildings must be built at least up to street level. However, should the construction of Tower 3 (175 Greenwich Street ) immediately start ( he started in July 2010). Here, the city and the state are from Port Authority, provided sufficient funds are available that allow both the foundation and the platform of the tower ( about eight above-ground floors comprehensively ) to build. This will take about almost two years to complete. During this time, Silverstein Properties is invited to at least 16 % of the floor space of the tower for rent. If this target is not reached, the work on 175 Greenwich Street after the establishment of the podium should be stopped. If, however, until then, at least 16% are under hire is planned, the building fully complete the construction work.

Construction site

In 2008, the building site was prepared. In June 2010, started the foundation work, since the building has to be built up to the street level. This is due to that all construction projects at Ground Zero have a complex infrastructure under the ground. For this reason, all construction projects must be built at least up to street level.

A first permanently installed crane was erected on 20 December 2010 at the site. End of January 2011, a second crane was erected on the building site during the first major steel beams were installed. In January 2012, except for a few finishing touches, the street level has been reached on the turret.

As to the beginning of the year 2012 still no tenant has been found for the tower ( in any case should be accommodated only interested in tower 3), was dismantled in January 2012, one of the two tower cranes. In early April followed by the dismantling of the second crane. According to Silverstein Properties work early summer of 2013 were continued in full. Previously, some steel beams were built above street level in the summer of 2012. In the summer of 2013, the work was stopped for an indefinite period until sufficient space is leased in the building.