Proposed - World Product Centre - 1.2 million sf - Eleventh Ave @ West 34 St - by KPF

[ASchwarz]

Thats good to hear....Does anyone have any info on the station that was built
in front of the Javits center but never opened, will this be connected- is it the south leg of the extension?

There's no existing staton in front of Javits. The station will be brand new.

Maybe they did some excavation work decades ago?

[scumonkey]

There are stairs and entrances for subway access on both side of 11th in front of the Javits.
The east entrance is kinda hidden by that ugly fountain park thingy
across the street another is just inside the parking lot-Front center- to the right, in front of the Big Sign.
A third is under the Upper front entrance. This one is framed by glass block, and on the walls surrounding the stairs leading down,
the typical white subway tile. They were put in and sealed off ages ago.
These could be for something else but I was told when they were building it that's what they were for?

[stache]

I always wondered what that round divot was for in the little park.

[Derek2k3]

They've filed demolition permits for the Copacabana building.

[Optimus Prime]

Was the plan to make this a product exhibit center tied to its proximity to Javits? If so, I wonder if they will re-think that plan?

[londonlawyer]

I wonder what the World Product Centre is and how much space it currently occupies.

Maybe, it's a front for Israel Green's and Gershon Barnett's Israeli mob connections to the "diamond industry."

[Derek2k3]

[londonlawyer]

Is the Copacabana also being demolished currently? Is it already gone?

If the WPC is being built, I hope that Extell does something nice and not another lame building like the Diamond Tower.

[Derek2k3]

Yea the Copacabana is gone. Some work for the 7 Train Extention must be done before Extell can build though. At 366 10th a new construction fence is up and a trailer is parked outside the site.

[londonlawyer]

Thanks for the info.

Do you have any photos of the site with the Copacabana gone?

I've heard from a very reliable source that the WPC is definitely going forward. Since this will be one of the premiere office areas in the city, I hope that a nice, pioneering project is constructed there.

PS: Thanks for the news re: 366 10th.

[Derek2k3]

Great news.


http://www.nycedc.com/Web/NYCBusines...udsonYardsCBD/

Site #4:
Owned by Extell Development and located between 33rd and 34th Streets, and between 10th and 11th Avenues, this site can accommodate up to 1.5 million SF of development. In August 2007, the World Product Centre signed a letter of intent for 1million SF for construction of a medical mart. Construction is expected to commence in 2009.




This was the site of the Copa.

[londonlawyer]

Thanks!

[philvia]

and ideas of how tall this will be? looks like it could accommodate more than 1msf

[antinimby]

It all depends on configuration but to give you an idea, the NY Times tower is also 1.5 mil.

[kliq6]

Im hearing about 800 feet.