After months of rumors, Facebook is officially committed to a sprawling lease across three buildings at Hudson Yards. Its decision to move thousands of workers there — the biggest lease in Manhattan in 2019 — marks a turning point for both the Far West Side megaproject and New York City’s emergence as a major technology hub. All told, the social networking giant is taking in excess of 1.5M SF across 30 floors at Related and Oxford Properties Group's $25B project, the companies announced Thursday. Facebook will occupy about 1.2M SF at 50 Hudson Yards, some 265K SF at 30 Hudson Yards and approximately 57K SF at 55 Hudson Yards, where it will begin moving employees next year. The entire office
Designed by SOM, The Walt Disney Company’s new headquarters for its New York operations will fit seamlessly into its neighborhood of Hudson Square, a distinguished Lower Manhattan district that is rapidly transforming into a major center for startups, media, and technology. The building site covers an entire city block, bounded by Vandam Street to the north, Varick Street to the east, Spring Street to the south, and Hudson Street to the west. It is surrounded by old loft buildings—the former homes of the area’s printmaking past, and now the adaptively reused spaces of studios, offices, and exhibitions. The architecture of the former “Printing District” called for large floors, and the site
