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| name = One Vanderbilt
| name = One Vanderbilt
| status = Completed
| status = Completed
| image = One Vanderbilt April 2021.jpg
| image = One Vanderbilt April 2023.jpg
| image_alt = View of One Vanderbilt from the northwest
| image_alt = View of One Vanderbilt from the northwest
| caption = Seen from the northwest in April 2021
| caption = One Vanderbilt in April 2023
| map_caption = Location in New York City
| map_caption = Location in New York City
| building_type = [[Office building]]
| building_type = [[Office building]]
| cost = $3.31 billion
| cost = $3.31 billion
| owner = [[SL Green Realty]], [[National Pension Service of Korea]], [[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]]
| owner = [[SL Green Realty]], [[National Pension Service|National Pension Service of Korea]], [[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]], [[Mori Building Company]]
| location = [[Midtown Manhattan]]
| location = [[Midtown Manhattan]]
| address = One Vanderbilt Avenue<br />[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]] 10017
| address = One Vanderbilt Avenue<br />[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]] 10017
| location_country = United States
| location_country = United States
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| coordinates = {{coord|40.7530|-73.9785|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| start_date = February 14, 2017
| start_date = {{start date and age|October 18, 2016}}
| opened_date = September 14, 2020
| opened_date = {{start date and age|September 14, 2020}}
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| antenna_spire = {{convert|1401|ft|0}}
| roof = {{convert|1301|ft|0}}
| roof = {{convert|1301|ft|0}}
| top_floor = 93
| top_floor = 73
| observatory = {{convert|310.9|m|0|order=flip}}
| observatory = {{convert|310.9|m|0|order=flip}}
| floor_count = 93
| floor_count = 59
| developer = [[SL Green Realty]]
| developer = [[SL Green Realty]]
| engineer = [[Jaros, Baum & Bolles]] (MEP)
| engineer = [[Jaros, Baum & Bolles]] (MEP)
| website = {{URL|https://www.onevanderbilt.com/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.onevanderbilt.com/}}
| floor_area = {{convert|1,750,212|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}
| floor_area = {{convert|1,750,212|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}
| elevator_count = 42
| elevator_count = 49
| architect = [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]]
| architect = [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]]
| structural_engineer = [[Severud Associates]]
| structural_engineer = [[Severud Associates]]
| civil_engineer = Langan, [[Stantec]]
| civil_engineer = Langan, [[Stantec]]
| main_contractor = [[Tishman Construction]]
| main_contractor = AECOM Tishman
}}
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'''One Vanderbilt''' is a 93-story [[supertall]] skyscraper at the corner of [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and [[Vanderbilt Avenue]] in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]]. Designed by [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]] for developer [[SL Green Realty]], the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is {{convert|1301|ft|m}} high and its spire is {{convert|1401|ft|m}} above ground, making it the city's [[List of tallest buildings in New York City|fourth-tallest building]] after [[One World Trade Center]], [[Central Park Tower]], and [[111 West 57th Street]].
'''One Vanderbilt''' is a 73-story [[supertall]] skyscraper at the corner of [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and [[Vanderbilt Avenue]] in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]]. Designed by [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]] for developer [[SL Green Realty]], the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is {{convert|1301|ft|m}} high and its spire is {{convert|1401|ft|m}} above ground, making it the city's [[List of tallest buildings in New York City|fourth-tallest building]] after [[One World Trade Center]], [[Central Park Tower]], and [[111 West 57th Street]].


One Vanderbilt's [[facade]] and design is intended to harmonize with [[Grand Central Terminal]] immediately to the east. The building's base contains a wedge-shaped void, and the tower tapers as it rises, with several "pavilions" and a pinnacle at the top. The facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the [[spandrel]]s between stories are made of [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]]. The [[superstructure]] is made of steel and concrete, and the interior spaces are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32&nbsp;m). The lobby has a bank branch and an entrance to the nearby railroad terminal and the [[Grand Central–42nd Street station|associated subway station]], while the second floor contains the [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]] restaurant. Most of the building is devoted to office space. The top stories contain the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck.
One Vanderbilt's [[facade]] and design is intended to harmonize with [[Grand Central Terminal]] immediately to the east. The building's base contains a wedge-shaped void, and the tower tapers as it rises, with several "pavilions" and a pinnacle at the top. The facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the [[spandrel]]s between stories are made of [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]]. The [[superstructure]] is made of steel and concrete, and the interior spaces are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32&nbsp;m). The lobby has a bank branch and an entrance to the nearby railroad terminal and the [[Grand Central–42nd Street station|associated subway station]], while the second floor contains the [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]] restaurant. Most of the building is devoted to office space. The top stories contain the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck.


SL Green acquired the structures on the site between 2001 and 2011, and announced plans to construct a skyscraper there in 2012. A planned [[zoning]] amendment for the neighborhood failed in 2013, delaying the project for several months. [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]] signed as the anchor tenant in May 2014 and after the skyscraper was approved one year later, the existing structures on the site were demolished. A [[groundbreaking]] ceremony for One Vanderbilt was held in October 2016. The tower [[Topping out|topped out]] on September 17, 2019, two months ahead of schedule, but the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] delayed its completion. The building opened in September 2020, followed by the observation deck 13 months later.
SL Green acquired the site between 2001 and 2011 and announced plans to construct the building in 2012. A planned [[zoning]] amendment for the neighborhood failed in 2013, delaying the project for several months. [[TD Bank (United States)|TD Bank]] signed as the anchor tenant in May 2014 and after the skyscraper was approved one year later, the existing structures on the site were demolished. A [[groundbreaking]] ceremony for One Vanderbilt was held in October 2016. [[Topping out]] occurred on September 17, 2019, but the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] delayed its completion. The building opened in September 2020, followed by the observation deck 13 months later.


== Site ==
==Site==
One Vanderbilt is in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]], just west of [[Grand Central Terminal]]. The building takes up the [[city block]] bounded by [[Madison Avenue]] to the west, the former alignment of [[Vanderbilt Avenue (Manhattan)|Vanderbilt Avenue]] to the east, [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] to the south, and 43rd Street to the north.<ref name="Hines 2019">{{cite web |title=One Vanderbilt |website=Hines |date=July 18, 2019 |url=https://www.hines.com/properties/one-vanderbilt-new-york |access-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727063823/https://www.hines.com/properties/one-vanderbilt-new-york |url-status=live}}</ref> The building's rectangular [[land lot]] covers {{Convert|44048|ft2}},<ref name="ZoLa" /> with dimensions of {{Convert|200|by|215|ft}}.<ref name="ZoLa" />{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=55}} Nearby structures include the [[Lefcourt Colonial Building]] and [[One Grand Central Place]] to the south; [[Grand Central Terminal]] to the east; the [[MetLife Building]] to the northeast; and [[335 Madison Avenue]] to the north. In addition, the [[Grand Hyatt New York]] hotel and the [[Chrysler Building]] are one block east, while the [[Pershing Square Building]], the [[110 East 42nd Street|Bowery Savings Bank Building]], and the [[Chanin Building]] are to the southeast.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=51 East 42 Street, 10017 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1277/27 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1277/27 |url-status=live}}</ref>
One Vanderbilt is in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]], just west of [[Grand Central Terminal]]. The building takes up the [[city block]] bounded by [[Madison Avenue]] to the west, the former alignment of [[Vanderbilt Avenue (Manhattan)|Vanderbilt Avenue]] to the east, [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] to the south, and 43rd Street to the north.<ref name="Hines 2019">{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.hines.com/properties/one-vanderbilt-new-york |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727063823/https://www.hines.com/properties/one-vanderbilt-new-york |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=Hines}}</ref> The building's rectangular [[land lot]] covers {{Convert|44048|ft2}},<ref name="ZoLa" /> with dimensions of {{Convert|200|by|215|ft}}.<ref name="ZoLa" />{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=55}} Nearby structures include the [[Lefcourt Colonial Building]] and [[One Grand Central Place]] to the south; [[Grand Central Terminal]] to the east; the [[MetLife Building]] to the northeast; and [[335 Madison Avenue]] to the north. In addition, the [[Grand Hyatt New York]] hotel and the [[Chrysler Building]] are one block east, while the [[Pershing Square Building]], the [[110 East 42nd Street|Bowery Savings Bank Building]], and the [[Chanin Building]] are to the southeast.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web |title=51 East 42 Street, 10017 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1277/27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1277/27 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]}}</ref>


The skyscraper replaced several structures built as part of the [[Terminal City (Manhattan)|Terminal City]] development around Grand Central in the 20th century.<ref name="nyt20161016">{{Cite news |last=Chaban |first=Matt A. |date=October 16, 2016 |title=Future Neighbor Will Tower Over Grand Central, but Allow It to Shine |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/nyregion/tower-grand-central.html |access-date=October 19, 2016 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019021008/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/nyregion/tower-grand-central.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The 18-story Vanderbilt Avenue Building, a [[Warren and Wetmore]]-designed structure at 51 East 42nd Street, opened as a six-story office complex in 1902 and expanded in the 1920s. It had a two-story [[Modell's]] store that sold sport-related items.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Some of 51 East 42nd Street's ornate facade details, including terracotta [[porpoise]]s and [[cherub]]s, were saved by the developer and stored until the [[New York Landmarks Conservancy]] found a place for them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Old Facade's Figures in Search of a Home |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/old-facades-figures-in-search-of-a-home-1493849505 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016140122/https://www.wsj.com/articles/old-facades-figures-in-search-of-a-home-1493849505 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 23-story building at 317 Madison Avenue, on the corner with 42nd Street,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=September 14, 2005 |title=Multiplying in Manhattan: Banks |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/multiplying-in-manhattan-banks.html |access-date=July 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207142515/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/multiplying-in-manhattan-banks.html |url-status=live}}</ref> was designed by [[Carrère and Hastings]] and opened in 1922 as the Liggett Building.<ref name="nyt20161016" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Bilotto |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2cJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=The Rise and Fall of Pennsylvania Station |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-4671-0534-7 |series=Images of Rail |page=89 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://books.google.com/books?id=-2cJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Cara |date=January 30, 2015 |title=City Chips Away at Beaux Arts Heart of Manhattan |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3314-city-chips-away-at-beaux-arts-heart-of-manhattan |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Architectural Record |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135413/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3314-city-chips-away-at-beaux-arts-heart-of-manhattan |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Prudence Building|Prudence Bond & Mortgage Building]] at Madison and 43rd, where Governor [[Al Smith]] once had gubernatorial campaign headquarters, dates to 1923.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Two small structures along 43rd Street respectively housed "an Irish pub and a [[T.G.I. Friday's]]."<ref name="nyt20161016" />
The skyscraper replaced several structures built as part of the [[Terminal City (Manhattan)|Terminal City]] development around Grand Central in the 20th century.<ref name="nyt20161016">{{Cite news |last=Chaban |first=Matt A. |date=October 16, 2016 |title=Future Neighbor Will Tower Over Grand Central, but Allow It to Shine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/nyregion/tower-grand-central.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019021008/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/nyregion/tower-grand-central.html |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The 18-story Vanderbilt Avenue Building, a [[Warren and Wetmore]]-designed structure at 51 East 42nd Street, opened as a six-story office complex in 1902 and expanded in the 1920s. It had a two-story [[Modell's]] store that sold sport-related items.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Some of 51 East 42nd Street's ornate facade details, including terracotta [[porpoise]]s and [[cherub]]s, were saved by the developer and stored until the [[New York Landmarks Conservancy]] found a place for them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barbanel |first=Josh |date=May 3, 2017 |title=Old Facade's Figures in Search of a Home |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/old-facades-figures-in-search-of-a-home-1493849505 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016140122/https://www.wsj.com/articles/old-facades-figures-in-search-of-a-home-1493849505 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The 23-story building at 317 Madison Avenue, on the corner with 42nd Street,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=September 14, 2005 |title=Multiplying in Manhattan: Banks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/multiplying-in-manhattan-banks.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207142515/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/multiplying-in-manhattan-banks.html |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> was designed by [[Carrère and Hastings]] and opened in 1922 as the Liggett Building.<ref name="nyt20161016" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bilotto |first=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2cJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=The Rise and Fall of Pennsylvania Station |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-4671-0534-7 |series=Images of Rail |page=89 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://books.google.com/books?id=-2cJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Cara |date=January 30, 2015 |title=City Chips Away at Beaux Arts Heart of Manhattan |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3314-city-chips-away-at-beaux-arts-heart-of-manhattan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135413/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3314-city-chips-away-at-beaux-arts-heart-of-manhattan |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Architectural Record}}</ref> The [[Prudence Building|Prudence Bond & Mortgage Building]] at Madison and 43rd, where Governor [[Al Smith]] once had gubernatorial campaign headquarters, dates to 1923.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Two small structures along 43rd Street respectively housed "an Irish pub and a [[T.G.I. Friday's]]."<ref name="nyt20161016" />


=== Pedestrian plaza ===
=== Pedestrian plaza ===
As part of the construction of One Vanderbilt, the section of Vanderbilt Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets was decommissioned in September 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2016 |title=Discontinuance and Closing Map |url=https://nycdcp-dcm-alteration-maps.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/140440mmm.pdf |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://nycdcp-dcm-alteration-maps.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/140440mmm.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> and redesigned as a [[pedestrian zone]].<ref name="nyt20140530" /> Designed by [[PWP Landscape Architecture]],<ref name="Gannon 2020">{{cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=February 4, 2020 |title=See the car-free pedestrian plaza opening outside of Grand Central and One Vanderbilt this summer |url=https://www.6sqft.com/see-the-car-free-pedestrian-plaza-opening-outside-of-grand-central-and-one-vanderbilt-this-summer/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://www.6sqft.com/see-the-car-free-pedestrian-plaza-opening-outside-of-grand-central-and-one-vanderbilt-this-summer/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 4, 2020 |title=New Vanderbilt Plaza set for summer opening |url=https://rew-online.com/new-vanderbilt-plaza-set-for-summer-opening/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://rew-online.com/new-vanderbilt-plaza-set-for-summer-opening/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the plaza covers {{convert|14000|ft2|m2}}.<ref name="ENR 2020" /><ref name="amNewYork 2020">{{cite web |last=O'Connell-Domenech |first=Alejandra |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt Avenue opens up in Midtown despite city's pandemic woes |url=https://www.amny.com/news/one-vanderbilt-avenue-opens-up-in-midtown-despite-citys-pandemic-woes/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=amNewYork |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215714/https://www.amny.com/news/one-vanderbilt-avenue-opens-up-in-midtown-despite-citys-pandemic-woes/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It measures {{Convert|200|ft}} long and {{Convert|60|ft}} wide, taking the entire width of the former roadbed of Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref name=PWP2021>{{cite web |title=One Vanderbilt |url=http://www.pwpla.com/projects/one-vanderbilt/&details |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=PWP Landscape Architecture |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/http://www.pwpla.com/projects/one-vanderbilt/%26details |url-status=live}}</ref> The Vanderbilt Avenue plaza contains five raised planters as well as [[LED lamp|LED lighting]] accents.<ref name="Gannon 2020" /> Unlike other plazas in New York City, it lacks dedicated seating because the plaza was intended to facilitate pedestrian traffic rather than act as a meeting area.<ref name=PWP2021/>
As part of the construction of One Vanderbilt, the section of Vanderbilt Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets was decommissioned in September 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2016 |title=Discontinuance and Closing Map |url=https://nycdcp-dcm-alteration-maps.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/140440mmm.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://nycdcp-dcm-alteration-maps.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/140440mmm.pdf |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]}}</ref> and redesigned as a [[pedestrian zone]].<ref name="nyt20140530" /> Designed by [[PWP Landscape Architecture]],<ref name="Gannon 2020">{{Cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=February 4, 2020 |title=See the car-free pedestrian plaza opening outside of Grand Central and One Vanderbilt this summer |url=https://www.6sqft.com/see-the-car-free-pedestrian-plaza-opening-outside-of-grand-central-and-one-vanderbilt-this-summer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://www.6sqft.com/see-the-car-free-pedestrian-plaza-opening-outside-of-grand-central-and-one-vanderbilt-this-summer/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2020 |title=New Vanderbilt Plaza set for summer opening |url=https://rew-online.com/new-vanderbilt-plaza-set-for-summer-opening/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://rew-online.com/new-vanderbilt-plaza-set-for-summer-opening/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> the plaza covers {{convert|14000|ft2|m2}}.<ref name="ENR 2020" /><ref name="amNewYork 2020">{{Cite web |last=O'Connell-Domenech |first=Alejandra |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt Avenue opens up in Midtown despite city's pandemic woes |url=https://www.amny.com/news/one-vanderbilt-avenue-opens-up-in-midtown-despite-citys-pandemic-woes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215714/https://www.amny.com/news/one-vanderbilt-avenue-opens-up-in-midtown-despite-citys-pandemic-woes/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> It measures {{Convert|200|ft}} long and {{Convert|60|ft}} wide, taking the entire width of the former roadbed of Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref name="PWP2021">{{Cite web |title=One Vanderbilt |url=http://www.pwpla.com/projects/one-vanderbilt/&details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/http://www.pwpla.com/projects/one-vanderbilt/%26details |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=PWP Landscape Architecture}}</ref> The Vanderbilt Avenue plaza contains five raised planters as well as [[LED lamp|LED lighting]] accents.<ref name="Gannon 2020" /> Unlike other plazas in New York City, it lacks dedicated seating because the plaza was intended to facilitate pedestrian traffic rather than act as a meeting area.<ref name=PWP2021/>


== Architecture ==
== Architecture ==
One Vanderbilt was designed by [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016">{{cite web |date=April 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt – The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt-avenue/15833 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612163759/http://skyscrapercenter.info/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=The Skyscraper Center}}</ref> [[Severud Associates]] was the structural engineer, Langan Engineering was the civil engineering consultant, and [[Jaros, Baum & Bolles]] was the mechanical and electrical engineer.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} Structural consultant [[Thornton Tomasetti]] worked with Severud to create models for the building's [[superstructure]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="ENR 2020">{{cite web |last=Post |first=Nadine M. |date=September 24, 2020 |title=1,401-Ft-Tall One Vanderbilt Ranks as Third Tallest Office Tower in the U.S. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/50128-401-ft-tall-one-vanderbilt-ranks-as-third-tallest-office-tower-in-the-us |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Engineering News-Record |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180316/https://www.enr.com/articles/50128-401-ft-tall-one-vanderbilt-ranks-as-third-tallest-office-tower-in-the-us |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]] was the project manager, and [[Tishman Construction]] was the general contractor.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} The skyscraper's top floor is numbered 73.<ref name="Welcome to One Vanderbilt">{{cite web |title=Floors |website=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.onevanderbilt.com/floors |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730215459/https://www.onevanderbilt.com/floors |url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[The Skyscraper Center]] and building permits, One Vanderbilt has 58 usable stories above ground,<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="nyyimby20161014">{{Cite web |last=Baird-Remba |first=Rebecca |date=October 14, 2016 |title=Watch Buildings Get Demolished for the 58-Story Office Tower at One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/10/watch-buildings-get-demolished-for-the-58-story-office-tower-at-one-vanderbilt.html |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009224135/https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/10/watch-buildings-get-demolished-for-the-58-story-office-tower-at-one-vanderbilt.html |url-status=live}}</ref> while according to [[Emporis]] and Hines, the building has 59 stories.<ref name="Hines 2019"/><ref name="Emporis">{{Cite web |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1236273/one-vanderbilt-new-york-city-ny-usa |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=Emporis |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009224138/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1236273/one-vanderbilt-new-york-city-ny-usa |url-status=dead}}</ref> Early plans called for a 67-story skyscraper.<ref name="Emporis"/><ref name="nyyimby20161014"/>
One Vanderbilt was designed by [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016">{{Cite web |date=April 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt – The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt-avenue/15833 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612163759/http://skyscrapercenter.info/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=The Skyscraper Center}}</ref> [[Severud Associates]] was the structural engineer, Langan Engineering was the civil engineering consultant, and [[Jaros, Baum & Bolles]] was the mechanical and electrical engineer.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} Structural consultant [[Thornton Tomasetti]] worked with Severud to create models for the building's [[superstructure]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="ENR 2020">{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Nadine M. |date=September 24, 2020 |title=1,401-Ft-Tall One Vanderbilt Ranks as Third Tallest Office Tower in the U.S. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/50128-401-ft-tall-one-vanderbilt-ranks-as-third-tallest-office-tower-in-the-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180316/https://www.enr.com/articles/50128-401-ft-tall-one-vanderbilt-ranks-as-third-tallest-office-tower-in-the-us |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Engineering News-Record}}</ref> [[Hines Interests Limited Partnership]] was the project manager, and [[Tishman Construction]] was the general contractor.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} The skyscraper's top floor is numbered 73.<ref name="Welcome to One Vanderbilt">{{Cite web |title=Floors |url=https://www.onevanderbilt.com/floors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730215459/https://www.onevanderbilt.com/floors |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=One Vanderbilt}}</ref> According to [[The Skyscraper Center]] and building permits, One Vanderbilt has 58 usable stories above ground,<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="nyyimby20161014">{{Cite web |last=Baird-Remba |first=Rebecca |date=October 14, 2016 |title=Watch Buildings Get Demolished for the 58-Story Office Tower at One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/10/watch-buildings-get-demolished-for-the-58-story-office-tower-at-one-vanderbilt.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009224135/https://newyorkyimby.com/2016/10/watch-buildings-get-demolished-for-the-58-story-office-tower-at-one-vanderbilt.html |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US}}</ref> while according to [[Emporis]] and Hines, the building has 59 stories.<ref name="Hines 2019" /><ref name="Emporis">{{Cite web |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1236273/one-vanderbilt-new-york-city-ny-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009224138/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1236273/one-vanderbilt-new-york-city-ny-usa |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |publisher=Emporis}}</ref> Early plans called for a 67-story skyscraper.<ref name="Emporis" /><ref name="nyyimby20161014" />


One Vanderbilt's roof is {{convert|1301|ft|m}} high; including its spire, it is {{convert|1401|ft|m}} tall.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /> A building on the site would normally have been restricted to {{convert|600|ft}}, but One Vanderbilt's developer [[SL Green]] was able to more than double this height with additional [[air rights]]. SL Green had transferred some air rights from the Bowery Savings Building, and it received additional air rights from the New York City government by improving public transit and adding public space to the area.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020"/> One Vanderbilt is the city's [[List of skyscrapers in New York City|fourth-tallest building]] after [[One World Trade Center]], [[111 West 57th Street]], and [[Central Park Tower]].<ref name="Reuters 2021">{{cite web |date=May 11, 2021 |title='Exhilarating' views from new observation deck 1,200 feet above NYC |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exhilarating-views-new-observation-deck-1200-feet-above-nyc-2021-05-11/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Reuters |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180304/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exhilarating-views-new-observation-deck-1200-feet-above-nyc-2021-05-11/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dezeen20210617" /> At completion, it was the second-tallest office building in the city after One World Trade Center, rising above the Chrysler Building.<ref name="ny1-20200914">{{cite web |last=Herzenberg |first=Michael |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt, Second-Tallest NYC Office Building, Officially Opens |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/13/one-vanderbilt--second-tallest-nyc-office-building--officially-opens |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917110708/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/13/one-vanderbilt--second-tallest-nyc-office-building--officially-opens |url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, the building is the 27th-tallest in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=One Vanderbilt – The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180306/https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |url-status=live}}</ref> The building cost $3.31 billion in total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/static-files/6b6c9783-99d0-4c3f-86dd-c77210c25c36 |title=Third Quarter 2018 Supplemental Data |date=September 30, 2018 |publisher=SL Green |access-date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174246/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/static-files/6b6c9783-99d0-4c3f-86dd-c77210c25c36 |url-status=live}}</ref>
One Vanderbilt's roof is {{convert|1301|ft|m}} high; including its spire, it is {{convert|1401|ft|m}} tall.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /> A building on the site would normally have been restricted to {{convert|600|ft}}, but One Vanderbilt's developer [[SL Green]] was able to more than double this height with additional [[air rights]]. SL Green had transferred some air rights from the Bowery Savings Building, and it received additional air rights from the New York City government by improving public transit and adding public space to the area.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020" /> One Vanderbilt is the city's [[List of skyscrapers in New York City|fourth-tallest building]] after [[One World Trade Center]], [[111 West 57th Street]], and [[Central Park Tower]].<ref name="Reuters 2021">{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2021 |title='Exhilarating' views from new observation deck 1,200 feet above NYC |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exhilarating-views-new-observation-deck-1200-feet-above-nyc-2021-05-11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180304/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exhilarating-views-new-observation-deck-1200-feet-above-nyc-2021-05-11/ |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="dezeen20210617" /> At completion, it was the second-tallest office building in the city after One World Trade Center, rising above the Chrysler Building.<ref name="ny1-20200914">{{Cite web |last=Herzenberg |first=Michael |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt, Second-Tallest NYC Office Building, Officially Opens |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/13/one-vanderbilt--second-tallest-nyc-office-building--officially-opens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917110708/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/13/one-vanderbilt--second-tallest-nyc-office-building--officially-opens |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, the building is the 27th-tallest in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Vanderbilt – The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180306/https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-vanderbilt/15833 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}</ref> The building cost $3.31 billion in total.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2018 |title=Third Quarter 2018 Supplemental Data |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/static-files/6b6c9783-99d0-4c3f-86dd-c77210c25c36 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174246/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/static-files/6b6c9783-99d0-4c3f-86dd-c77210c25c36 |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2019 |publisher=SL Green}}</ref>


=== Form and facade ===
=== Form and facade ===
One Vanderbilt is set {{convert|10|ft}} back from the street to allow better views of Grand Central.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> On the bottom few floors, the top section of the facade slopes upward, while the bottom section slopes downward, creating a diagonal wedge. As a result, the lobby area on Vanderbilt Avenue (facing Grand Central) has a ceiling sloping from {{convert|50|to|110|ft|m}} from west to east.<ref name="wsj20161017">{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Keiko |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Developer Sees Manhattan Office Tower as a New Landmark |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-sees-manhattan-office-tower-as-a-new-landmark-1476663585 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019044744/http://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-sees-manhattan-office-tower-as-a-new-landmark-1476663585 |url-status=live}}</ref> Above the wedged base, the building tapers at higher levels.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020">{{cite web |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.severud.com/one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Severud Associates |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728190458/https://www.severud.com/one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gardiner 2015">{{cite web |last=Gardiner |first=James |date=November 11, 2020 |title=Beyond the Chrysler Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/beyond-the-chrysler-building/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215708/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/beyond-the-chrysler-building/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The building's shape allows more sunlight to reach street level compared to alternative designs. Several alternatives were considered before the shape was finalized.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}}
One Vanderbilt is set {{convert|10|ft}} back from the street to allow better views of Grand Central.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> On the bottom few floors, the top section of the facade slopes upward, while the bottom section slopes downward, creating a diagonal wedge. As a result, the lobby area on Vanderbilt Avenue (facing Grand Central) has a ceiling sloping from {{convert|50|to|110|ft|m}} from west to east.<ref name="wsj20161017">{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Keiko |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Developer Sees Manhattan Office Tower as a New Landmark |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-sees-manhattan-office-tower-as-a-new-landmark-1476663585 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019044744/http://www.wsj.com/articles/developer-sees-manhattan-office-tower-as-a-new-landmark-1476663585 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Above the wedged base, the building tapers at higher levels.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020">{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.severud.com/one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728190458/https://www.severud.com/one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Severud Associates}}</ref><ref name="Gardiner 2015">{{Cite web |last=Gardiner |first=James |date=November 11, 2020 |title=Beyond the Chrysler Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/beyond-the-chrysler-building/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215708/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/beyond-the-chrysler-building/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York}}</ref> The building's shape allows more sunlight to reach street level compared to alternative designs. Several alternatives were considered before the shape was finalized.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}}


The [[facade]] consists mostly of a glass [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] with panels that extend from the floor to ceiling of each story.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> The curtain wall was fabricated by the [[Permasteelisa|Permasteelisa Group]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} According to Permasteelisa, the facade is made of 8,743 pieces in 1,060 distinct shapes, covering {{cvt|753500|ft2}}. Of these, about 660 panels are placed at the corners; they had to be manufactured in different shapes because the building slopes upward. There are two typical shapes of panels used in the facade: vision glass windows, which extend up to {{Convert|22|ft}} high, as well as ventilated [[spandrel]]s between each story, which are made of [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]].<ref name="permasteelisa-2020">{{cite web |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Permasteelisa Group completes the facade of One Vanderbilt in New York City |url=https://www.permasteelisagroup.com/news-detail?news=2354 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Permasteelisa Group |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728190458/https://www.permasteelisagroup.com/news-detail?news=2354 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[facade]] consists mostly of a glass [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] with panels that extend from the floor to ceiling of each story.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> The curtain wall was fabricated by the [[Permasteelisa|Permasteelisa Group]].<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" />{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}} According to Permasteelisa, the facade is made of 8,743 pieces in 1,060 distinct shapes, covering {{cvt|753500|ft2}}. Of these, about 660 panels are placed at the corners; they had to be manufactured in different shapes because the building slopes upward. There are two typical shapes of panels used in the facade: vision glass windows, which extend up to {{Convert|22|ft}} high, as well as ventilated [[spandrel]]s between each story, which are made of [[Architectural terracotta|terracotta]].<ref name="permasteelisa-2020">{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Permasteelisa Group completes the facade of One Vanderbilt in New York City |url=https://www.permasteelisagroup.com/news-detail?news=2354 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728190458/https://www.permasteelisagroup.com/news-detail?news=2354 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Permasteelisa Group}}</ref>


[[File:One Vanderbilt facade 2.7.19.jpg|thumb|alt=Detail of the facade on lower stories|Detail of the bottom of the facade]]
[[File:One Vanderbilt facade 2.7.19.jpg|thumb|alt=Detail of the facade on lower stories|Detail of the bottom of the facade]]


Boston Valley Terra Cotta manufactured the terracotta cladding.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /> According to Permasteelisa, there are 34,845 terracotta tiles used in One Vanderbilt's facade.<ref name="permasteelisa-2020" /> Studio Christine Jetten designed glazing for the terracotta tiles.<ref>{{cite web |title=In Buffalo, fired-clay terra-cotta facade systems take a leap forward |website=The Architect's Newspaper |date=September 10, 2018 |last=Marani |first=Matthew |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2018/09/buffalo-clay-facade-systems-leap-forward/ |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124213940/https://www.archpaper.com/2018/09/buffalo-clay-facade-systems-leap-forward/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The panels contain gradual concave curves and are pearl-colored.<ref name="KPF 2020"/> The tiles reference the color and material used in Grand Central Terminal.<ref name="nycurbed 20140722" /> and alluded to the color of other office buildings on Madison Avenue.<ref name="nycurbed 20140722">{{cite web |last=Bindelglass |first=Evan |date=July 22, 2014 |title=Midtown Giant One Vanderbilt (Mostly) Wows at Landmarks – Megatower Watch – Curbed NY |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/22/midtown_giant_one_vanderbilt_mostly_wows_at_landmarks.php#more |url-status=live |access-date=September 13, 2014 |work=Curbed NY |archive-date=September 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921151649/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/22/midtown_giant_one_vanderbilt_mostly_wows_at_landmarks.php#more}}</ref> There are mechanical stories on the fourth, fifth, and twelfth floors. At these mechanical stories, there are vertical openings for intake and exhaust, which appear as though they are part of the glass curtain wall.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}
Boston Valley Terra Cotta manufactured the terracotta cladding.<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /> According to Permasteelisa, there are 34,845 terracotta tiles used in One Vanderbilt's facade.<ref name="permasteelisa-2020" /> Studio Christine Jetten designed glazing for the terracotta tiles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marani |first=Matthew |date=September 10, 2018 |title=In Buffalo, fired-clay terra-cotta facade systems take a leap forward |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2018/09/buffalo-clay-facade-systems-leap-forward/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124213940/https://www.archpaper.com/2018/09/buffalo-clay-facade-systems-leap-forward/ |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=The Architect's Newspaper}}</ref> The panels contain gradual concave curves and are pearl-colored.<ref name="KPF 2020" /> The tiles reference the color and material used in Grand Central Terminal.<ref name="nycurbed 20140722" /> and alluded to the color of other office buildings on Madison Avenue.<ref name="nycurbed 20140722">{{Cite web |last=Bindelglass |first=Evan |date=July 22, 2014 |title=Midtown Giant One Vanderbilt (Mostly) Wows at Landmarks – Megatower Watch – Curbed NY |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/22/midtown_giant_one_vanderbilt_mostly_wows_at_landmarks.php#more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921151649/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/22/midtown_giant_one_vanderbilt_mostly_wows_at_landmarks.php#more |archive-date=September 21, 2015 |access-date=September 13, 2014 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> There are mechanical stories on the fourth, fifth, and twelfth floors. At these mechanical stories, there are vertical openings for intake and exhaust, which appear as though they are part of the glass curtain wall.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}


The top of One Vanderbilt consists of a group of pavilions at different heights, which taper to the antenna.<ref name="Gardiner 2015" /> Between the main roof on the 60th floor and a point just above the 66th floor, there are "C"-shaped screens on the east and west sides, collectively known as "the crown".{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=1}} Diagonally sloped steel beams are visible on the exterior of the crown.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=September 16, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt Reaches Top of Crown With Spire Installation Imminent, in Midtown East |url=https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2019/09/one-vanderbilt-reaches-top-of-crown-with-spire-installation-now-imminent-in-midtown-east.html |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221528/https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2019/09/one-vanderbilt-reaches-top-of-crown-with-spire-installation-now-imminent-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The western section of the crown has aluminum accent strips on both the diagonal and horizontal beams. The eastern section of the crown has aluminum strips covering the diagonal beams and terracotta tiles covering the horizontal beams.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}}
The top of One Vanderbilt consists of a group of pavilions at different heights, which taper to the antenna.<ref name="Gardiner 2015" /> Between the main roof on the 60th floor and a point just above the 66th floor, there are C-shaped screens on the east and west sides, collectively known as "the crown".{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=1}} Diagonally sloped steel beams are visible on the exterior of the crown.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=September 16, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt Reaches Top of Crown With Spire Installation Imminent, in Midtown East |url=https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2019/09/one-vanderbilt-reaches-top-of-crown-with-spire-installation-now-imminent-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221528/https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2019/09/one-vanderbilt-reaches-top-of-crown-with-spire-installation-now-imminent-in-midtown-east.html |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US}}</ref> The western section of the crown has aluminum accent strips on both the diagonal and horizontal beams. The eastern section of the crown has aluminum strips covering the diagonal beams and terracotta tiles covering the horizontal beams.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}}


=== Structural features ===
=== Structural features ===
The building rests on a [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]] measuring {{Convert|9.5|ft}} deep, with {{Convert|8,438|ST|LT t}} of concrete.<ref name="Blog 2018">{{cite web |date=January 16, 2018 |title=Building One Vanderbilt |url=https://aecom.com/blog/building-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=AECOM |language=en |archive-date=September 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906203040/https://aecom.com/blog/building-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref>{{efn|A less precise figure of {{convert|10|ft}} deep and {{convert|8500|ST|LT t}} is given by [[Curbed]].<ref name="Plitt 2017" /> Severud Associates says the foundation is over {{convert|9|ft}} deep.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" />}} The foundation contains {{Convert|1,000,000|lb}} of [[rebar]] and is anchored to the underlying [[bedrock]] using 83 [[Tieback (geotechnical)|tieback]]s.<ref name="ENR 2017" /> The underlying bedrock could support loads of {{Convert|60|ST/ft2}}. The columns at the perimeter of the foundations are supported on spread footings measuring as much as {{Convert|14|by|14|ft}} across and {{Convert|9|ft}} thick. The perimeter walls themselves are up to {{Convert|53|ft}} tall and are composed of concrete with a strength of {{Convert|10000|psi}}.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> About {{Convert|60000|yd3}} of rock had to be excavated for the foundation.<ref name="ENR 2017" /> Because the base of One Vanderbilt is directly above the train tracks serving Grand Central,{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=55}} several large box columns had to be custom-designed for the building. One such column at the southeast corner does not contain bracing between the ground and sixth stories, allowing the southeast corner to be [[cantilever]]ed.<ref name="Blog 2018" />
The building rests on a [[Foundation (engineering)|foundation]] measuring {{Convert|9.5|ft}} deep, with {{Convert|8,438|ST|LT t}} of concrete.<ref name="Blog 2018">{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2018 |title=Building One Vanderbilt |url=https://aecom.com/blog/building-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906203040/https://aecom.com/blog/building-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=September 6, 2020 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=AECOM |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|A less precise figure of {{convert|10|ft}} deep and {{convert|8500|ST|LT t}} is given by [[Curbed]].<ref name="Plitt 2017" /> Severud Associates says the foundation is over {{convert|9|ft}} deep.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" />}} The foundation contains {{Convert|1,000,000|lb}} of [[rebar]] and is anchored to the underlying [[bedrock]] using 83 [[Tieback (geotechnical)|tieback]]s.<ref name="ENR 2017" /> The underlying bedrock could support loads of {{Convert|60|ST/ft2}}. The columns at the perimeter of the foundations are supported on spread footings measuring as much as {{Convert|14|by|14|ft}} across and {{Convert|9|ft}} thick. The perimeter walls themselves are up to {{Convert|53|ft}} tall and are composed of concrete with a strength of {{Convert|10000|psi}}.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> About {{Convert|60000|yd3}} of rock had to be excavated for the foundation.<ref name="ENR 2017" /> Because the base of One Vanderbilt is directly above the train tracks serving Grand Central,{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=55}} several large box columns had to be custom-designed for the building. One such column at the southeast corner does not contain bracing between the ground and sixth stories, allowing the southeast corner to be [[cantilever]]ed.<ref name="Blog 2018" />


The [[superstructure]] consists of a steel-and-concrete mechanical core surrounded by a steel frame.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=41}}<ref name="ENR 2020" /> The building uses more than {{Convert|26,000|ST|LT t}} of steel,<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /><ref name="New York YIMBY 2020">{{cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt Officially Opens in Midtown East |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/09/one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-in-midtown-east.html |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215713/https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/09/one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019">{{cite web |date=September 27, 2019 |title=SL Green tops out One Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-tops-out-one-vanderbilt-2/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-tops-out-one-vanderbilt-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> manufactured by Bankers Steel,<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2017">{{cite web |date=April 25, 2017 |title=SL Green marks milestones at One Vanderbilt skyscraper |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-marks-milestones-at-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729005209/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-marks-milestones-at-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper/ |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as {{Convert|74000|yd3}} of concrete.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019" />{{efn|This is also cited as {{convert|75000|yd3}} of concrete.<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" />}} The steel was installed in the core first, with the concrete poured around it, which allowed the skyscraper to be constructed similarly to buildings without any concrete core.<ref name="ENR 2020" /><ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> By the time Severud had published its "100% construction documents" that finalized the construction details, several stories of the steel frame had been erected.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}<ref name="ENR 2020" /> The method of construction allowed the steel inside the core to be erected six to twelve floors ahead of the concrete. At the base, the core walls are {{Convert|30|in}} thick and can resist forces of {{Convert|14000|psi}}. On higher stories, the core walls gradually decrease in strength to {{Convert|6000|psi}} with a minimum thickness of {{Convert|24|in}}.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> The rebar is made of 90 percent recycled material.<ref name="ENR 2017">{{cite web |last=Stabile |first=Tom |date=May 24, 2017 |title=Will One of New York's Future Tallest Also Be Its Greenest? |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/41991-will-one-of-new-yorks-future-tallest-also-be-its-greenest |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Engineering News-Record |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221536/https://www.enr.com/articles/41991-will-one-of-new-yorks-future-tallest-also-be-its-greenest |url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[superstructure]] consists of a steel-and-concrete mechanical core surrounded by a steel frame.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=41}}<ref name="ENR 2020" /> The building uses more than {{Convert|26,000|ST|LT t}} of steel,<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /><ref name="New York YIMBY 2020">{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt Officially Opens in Midtown East |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/09/one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215713/https://newyorkyimby.com/2020/09/one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-in-midtown-east.html |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY}}</ref><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019">{{Cite news |date=September 27, 2019 |title=SL Green tops out One Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-tops-out-one-vanderbilt-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215709/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-tops-out-one-vanderbilt-2/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> manufactured by Bankers Steel,<ref name="The Skyscraper Center 2016" /><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2017">{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2017 |title=SL Green marks milestones at One Vanderbilt skyscraper |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-marks-milestones-at-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729005209/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-marks-milestones-at-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> as well as {{Convert|74000|yd3}} of concrete.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019" />{{efn|This is also cited as {{convert|75000|yd3}} of concrete.<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" />}} The steel was installed in the core first, with the concrete poured around it, which allowed the skyscraper to be constructed similarly to buildings without any concrete core.<ref name="ENR 2020" /><ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> By the time Severud had published its "100% construction documents" that finalized the construction details, several stories of the steel frame had been erected.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}<ref name="ENR 2020" /> The method of construction allowed the steel inside the core to be erected six to twelve floors ahead of the concrete. At the base, the core walls are {{Convert|30|in}} thick and can resist forces of {{Convert|14000|psi}}. On higher stories, the core walls gradually decrease in strength to {{Convert|6000|psi}} with a minimum thickness of {{Convert|24|in}}.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> The rebar is made of 90 percent recycled material.<ref name="ENR 2017">{{Cite web |last=Stabile |first=Tom |date=May 24, 2017 |title=Will One of New York's Future Tallest Also Be Its Greenest? |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/41991-will-one-of-new-yorks-future-tallest-also-be-its-greenest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221536/https://www.enr.com/articles/41991-will-one-of-new-yorks-future-tallest-also-be-its-greenest |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Engineering News-Record}}</ref>


[[File:One Vanderbilt Progress .jpg|thumb|One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with [[Central Park Tower]] and [[111 West 57th Street]] in background to the left|alt=One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street in background to the left]]
[[File:One Vanderbilt Progress .jpg|thumb|One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with [[Central Park Tower]] and [[111 West 57th Street]] in background to the left|alt=One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street in background to the left]]


Most floors do not contain interior columns, and the steel frame contains beams that span up to {{Convert|70|ft}} from the core.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> On the three mechanical levels, the concrete [[shear wall]]s around the core are reinforced by steel outrigger trusses.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> The office space requirements prevented lateral bracing or floor diaphragms from being used throughout much of the building, so many of the structural elements are unbraced for distances of up to {{Convert|40|ft}}.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=1}} At the building's crown, the diagonal beams have a cross-section of {{Convert|18|by|18|in}}, and the horizontal and vertical beams have a cross-section of {{Convert|22|by|22|in}}.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}} The top of the building is stabilized by a [[tuned mass damper]] system weighing around {{Convert|500|ST|LT t}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pham |first1=Diane |last2=Hylton |first2=Ondel |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Designing One Vanderbilt: The architects of KPF discuss the incredible 1401-foot undertaking |url=https://www.6sqft.com/designing-one-vanderbilt-the-architects-of-kpf-discuss-the-incredible-1401-foot-undertaking/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619064129/https://www.6sqft.com/designing-one-vanderbilt-the-architects-of-kpf-discuss-the-incredible-1401-foot-undertaking/ |url-status=live}}</ref> or {{Convert|520|ST|LT t}}.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}}
Most floors do not contain interior columns, and the steel frame contains beams that span up to {{Convert|70|ft}} from the core.<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> On the three mechanical levels, the concrete [[shear wall]]s around the core are reinforced by steel outrigger trusses.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}}<ref name="Severud Associates 2020" /> The office space requirements prevented lateral bracing or floor diaphragms from being used throughout much of the building, so many of the structural elements are unbraced for distances of up to {{Convert|40|ft}}.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=1}} At the building's crown, the diagonal beams have a cross-section of {{Convert|18|by|18|in}}, and the horizontal and vertical beams have a cross-section of {{Convert|22|by|22|in}}.{{sfn|Atlas Tube|2021|p=2}} The top of the building is stabilized by a [[tuned mass damper]] system weighing around {{Convert|500|ST|LT t}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Pham |first1=Diane |last2=Hylton |first2=Ondel |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Designing One Vanderbilt: The architects of KPF discuss the incredible 1401-foot undertaking |url=https://www.6sqft.com/designing-one-vanderbilt-the-architects-of-kpf-discuss-the-incredible-1401-foot-undertaking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619064129/https://www.6sqft.com/designing-one-vanderbilt-the-architects-of-kpf-discuss-the-incredible-1401-foot-undertaking/ |archive-date=June 19, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref> or {{Convert|520|ST|LT t}}.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020}}


=== Interior ===
=== Interior ===


==== Commercial and office space ====
==== Commercial and office space ====
The interior spaces in One Vanderbilt are designed to be as high as {{convert|105|ft|m}}.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Underneath the building is a basement loading dock with a turntable, which is accessed by two truck elevators.<ref name="Blog 2018" /> The base includes a lobby covering {{convert|4500|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="nod">{{cite news |last=Salinger |first=Tobias |date=July 23, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Gets Advisory Nod from LPC |work=Commercial Observer |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/one-vanderbilt-gets-advisory-nod-from-lpc/ |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065501/https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/one-vanderbilt-gets-advisory-nod-from-lpc/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The interior of the lobby contains a bronze "art wall"<ref>{{cite web |date=September 15, 2020 |last=Guimapang |first=Katherine |title=KPF's One Vanderbilt, Midtown Manhattan's tallest office tower, finally opens |website=Archinect |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150220755/kpf-s-one-vanderbilt-midtown-manhattan-s-tallest-office-tower-finally-opens |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://archinect.com/news/article/150220755/kpf-s-one-vanderbilt-midtown-manhattan-s-tallest-office-tower-finally-opens |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Schulz 202009">{{cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |title=In Midtown, 1,401-foot One Vanderbilt is officially open |website=6sqft |date=September 14, 2020 |url=https://www.6sqft.com/in-midtown-1401-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-officially-open/ |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://www.6sqft.com/in-midtown-1401-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-officially-open/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and a starburst-shaped bronze installation suspended on metal cables.<ref name="KPF 2020">{{cite press release |title=KPF-Designed One Vanderbilt Opens in Midtown Manhattan |publisher=Kohn Pedersen Fox |date=September 14, 2020 |url=https://www.kpf.com/current/news/one-vanderbilt-opens-in-midtown |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://www.kpf.com/current/news/one-vanderbilt-opens-in-midtown |url-status=live}}</ref> [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]] was signed as the anchor tenant for the building,<ref name="curbedmay">{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=May 27, 2015 |title=City Council Green Lights 1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/27/city_council_green_lights_1500foot_one_vanderbilt.php |access-date=August 5, 2015 |publisher=Curbed |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925170555/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/27/city_council_green_lights_1500foot_one_vanderbilt.php |url-status=live}}</ref> operating within a ground-floor space of {{convert|200,000|ft2|m2}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=October 18, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt reveals public plaza, huge transit hall in new renderings |url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/18/13318382/one-vanderbilt-midtown-new-interior-renderings |access-date=October 19, 2016 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019203059/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/18/13318382/one-vanderbilt-midtown-new-interior-renderings |url-status=live}}</ref>
The interior spaces in One Vanderbilt are designed to be as high as {{convert|105|ft|m}}.<ref name="nyt20161016" /> Underneath the building is a basement loading dock with a turntable, which is accessed by two truck elevators.<ref name="Blog 2018" /> The base includes a lobby covering {{convert|4500|sqft|m2}}.<ref name="nod">{{Cite news |last=Salinger |first=Tobias |date=July 23, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Gets Advisory Nod from LPC |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/one-vanderbilt-gets-advisory-nod-from-lpc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065501/https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/one-vanderbilt-gets-advisory-nod-from-lpc/ |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |work=Commercial Observer}}</ref> The interior of the lobby contains a bronze "art wall"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guimapang |first=Katherine |date=September 15, 2020 |title=KPF's One Vanderbilt, Midtown Manhattan's tallest office tower, finally opens |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150220755/kpf-s-one-vanderbilt-midtown-manhattan-s-tallest-office-tower-finally-opens |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://archinect.com/news/article/150220755/kpf-s-one-vanderbilt-midtown-manhattan-s-tallest-office-tower-finally-opens |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=Archinect}}</ref><ref name="Schulz 202009">{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |date=September 14, 2020 |title=In Midtown, 1,401-foot One Vanderbilt is officially open |url=https://www.6sqft.com/in-midtown-1401-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-officially-open/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://www.6sqft.com/in-midtown-1401-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-officially-open/ |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref> and a starburst-shaped bronze installation suspended on metal cables.<ref name="KPF 2020">{{Cite press release |title=KPF-Designed One Vanderbilt Opens in Midtown Manhattan |date=September 14, 2020 |publisher=Kohn Pedersen Fox |url=https://www.kpf.com/current/news/one-vanderbilt-opens-in-midtown |access-date=July 31, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://www.kpf.com/current/news/one-vanderbilt-opens-in-midtown |archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref> [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]] was signed as the anchor tenant for the building,<ref name="curbedmay">{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=May 27, 2015 |title=City Council Green Lights 1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/27/city_council_green_lights_1500foot_one_vanderbilt.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925170555/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/05/27/city_council_green_lights_1500foot_one_vanderbilt.php |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |publisher=Curbed}}</ref> operating within a ground-floor space of {{convert|200,000|ft2|m2}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=October 18, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt reveals public plaza, huge transit hall in new renderings |url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/18/13318382/one-vanderbilt-midtown-new-interior-renderings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019203059/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/18/13318382/one-vanderbilt-midtown-new-interior-renderings |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref>


There are also {{convert|30000|ft2|m2|adj=}} of tenant amenities in the building's base, including tenant [[valet parking]] at ground level.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021">{{cite web |last=Pham |first=Diane |date=May 7, 2021 |title=A full floor at One Vanderbilt being marketed as 'flex office space' |url=https://urbanize.city/nyc/post/full-floor-one-vanderbilt-being-marketed-flex-office-space |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Urbanize NYC |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://urbanize.city/nyc/post/full-floor-one-vanderbilt-being-marketed-flex-office-space |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021">{{cite web |last=Sachmechi |first=Natalie |date=May 5, 2021 |title=SL Green joins city landlords in flexible office experiment |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/sl-green-joins-city-landlords-flexible-office-experiment |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012415/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/sl-green-joins-city-landlords-flexible-office-experiment |url-status=live}}</ref> On the second floor is [[Daniel Boulud]]'s restaurant [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]], accessed by its own entrance from ground level.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=May 18, 2021 |title=Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon Opens |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |access-date=July 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728130427/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The restaurant space covers {{Convert|11000|ft2}}<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" /><ref name="Dangremond 2021">{{cite web |last=Dangremond |first=Sam |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Daniel Boulud Restaurant Le Pavillon Opening In New York City |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a36460189/daniel-boulud-le-pavillon-restaurant/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Town & Country |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709161958/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a36460189/daniel-boulud-le-pavillon-restaurant/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and contains a ceiling height of {{Convert|57|ft}},<ref>{{cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon opens at One Vanderbilt with lush greenery and city views |url=https://www.6sqft.com/check-out-daniel-bouluds-flashy-new-restaurant-coming-to-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521154253/https://www.6sqft.com/check-out-daniel-bouluds-flashy-new-restaurant-coming-to-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> with a main room and an auxiliary room.<ref name="Dangremond 2021" /> On the third floor is an auditorium, a boardroom, and a flexible meeting space known as the Vandy Club.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021" /><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021" /><ref name="Gensler 2021">{{cite web |date=July 27, 2021 |title=One Vanderbilt Amenity Floor – Projects |url=https://www.gensler.com/projects/one-vanderbilt-amenity-floor |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Gensler |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://www.gensler.com/projects/one-vanderbilt-amenity-floor |url-status=live}}</ref> The flexible space has showers for executives as well as pantries.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021" /><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021" /> The third-floor amenities were designed by [[Gensler]].<ref name="Gensler 2021" />
There are also {{convert|30000|ft2|m2|adj=}} of tenant amenities in the building's base, including tenant [[valet parking]] at ground level.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021">{{Cite web |last=Pham |first=Diane |date=May 7, 2021 |title=A full floor at One Vanderbilt being marketed as 'flex office space' |url=https://urbanize.city/nyc/post/full-floor-one-vanderbilt-being-marketed-flex-office-space |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://urbanize.city/nyc/post/full-floor-one-vanderbilt-being-marketed-flex-office-space |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Urbanize NYC}}</ref><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021">{{Cite web |last=Sachmechi |first=Natalie |date=May 5, 2021 |title=SL Green joins city landlords in flexible office experiment |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/sl-green-joins-city-landlords-flexible-office-experiment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012415/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/sl-green-joins-city-landlords-flexible-office-experiment |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business}}</ref> On the second floor is [[Daniel Boulud]]'s restaurant [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]], accessed by its own entrance from ground level.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=May 18, 2021 |title=Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon Opens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728130427/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/dining/nyc-restaurant-news.html |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The restaurant space covers {{Convert|11000|ft2}}<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" /><ref name="Dangremond 2021">{{Cite web |last=Dangremond |first=Sam |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Daniel Boulud Restaurant Le Pavillon Opening In New York City |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a36460189/daniel-boulud-le-pavillon-restaurant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709161958/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/dining/a36460189/daniel-boulud-le-pavillon-restaurant/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Town & Country}}</ref> and contains a ceiling height of {{Convert|57|ft}},<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Daniel Boulud's Le Pavillon opens at One Vanderbilt with lush greenery and city views |url=https://www.6sqft.com/check-out-daniel-bouluds-flashy-new-restaurant-coming-to-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521154253/https://www.6sqft.com/check-out-daniel-bouluds-flashy-new-restaurant-coming-to-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref> with a main room and an auxiliary room.<ref name="Dangremond 2021" /> On the third floor is an auditorium, a boardroom, and a flexible meeting space known as the Vandy Club.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021" /><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021" /><ref name="Gensler 2021">{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2021 |title=One Vanderbilt Amenity Floor – Projects |url=https://www.gensler.com/projects/one-vanderbilt-amenity-floor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://www.gensler.com/projects/one-vanderbilt-amenity-floor |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Gensler}}</ref> The flexible space has showers for executives as well as pantries.<ref name="Urbanize NYC 2021" /><ref name="Crain's New York Business 2021" /> The third-floor amenities were designed by [[Gensler]].<ref name="Gensler 2021" />


The subsequent 58 floors<ref name="wsj20161017" /> contain {{convert|1.5|e6ft2}} of office space.<ref name="wsj20200908"/> There are fewer stories than in other skyscrapers of similar height because each story's ceiling is {{convert|14.6|to|24|ft}} high.<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" /><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2021-06">{{cite web |date=June 10, 2021 |title=SL Green brings One Vanderbilt to nearly 90% occupancy |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-brings-one-vanderbilt-to-nearly-90-occupancy/ |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-brings-one-vanderbilt-to-nearly-90-occupancy/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Because of the building's tapering shape, the office space on lower stories is larger than on upper stories. The lower office floors, spanning up to {{Convert|40000|ft2}} each, were designed for tenants who needed large amounts of open space, such as newsrooms and trading floors. The middle office floors, spanning {{Convert|20000|to|30000|ft2}}, were designed for corporate tenants. The upper stories, covering {{Convert|15000|to|20000|ft2}}, were designed for smaller firms such as hedge funds.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} In marketing documents, floors 10 to 15 are labeled as "podium floors", floors 20 to 38 as "executive floors", floors 44 to 55 as "tower floors", floors 60 to 68 as "penthouse floors", and floors 72 and 73 as "sky floors".<ref name="Welcome to One Vanderbilt"/> On the 55th floor is Centurion New York.<ref name="Travel + Leisure 2023 g779">{{cite web |date=January 25, 2023 |title=American Express Is Opening an Exclusive New Lounge in Midtown Manhattan — How to Score Access |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/american-express-nyc-centurion-lounge-7096528 |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=Travel + Leisure}}</ref><ref name="Stauffer 2023 y949">{{cite web |last=Stauffer |first=Jason |date=January 19, 2023 |title=American Express is opening an exclusive club in midtown Manhattan for its biggest spenders |url=https://www.cnbc.com/select/amex-centurion-new-york-opening/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=CNBC}}</ref> a {{convert|11500|ft2|adj=on}} suite of clubrooms that is open only to holders of the [[Centurion Card]], an invitation-only card for wealthy [[American Express]] clients.<ref name="Walker 2023">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Victoria M. |date=2023-05-14 |title=An American Express Airport Lounge in the Sky? Not Quite. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/realestate/american-express-centurion-lounge-nyc.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The subsequent 58 floors<ref name="wsj20161017" /> contain {{convert|1.5|e6ft2}} of office space.<ref name="wsj20200908" /> There are fewer stories than in other skyscrapers of similar height because each story's ceiling is {{convert|14.6|to|24|ft}} high.<ref name="New York YIMBY 2020" /><ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2021-06">{{Cite news |date=June 10, 2021 |title=SL Green brings One Vanderbilt to nearly 90% occupancy |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-brings-one-vanderbilt-to-nearly-90-occupancy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728012406/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-brings-one-vanderbilt-to-nearly-90-occupancy/ |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> Because of the building's tapering shape, the office space on lower stories is larger than on upper stories. The lower office floors, spanning up to {{Convert|40000|ft2}} each, were designed for tenants who needed large amounts of open space, such as newsrooms and trading floors. The middle office floors, spanning {{Convert|20000|to|30000|ft2}}, were designed for corporate tenants. The upper stories, covering {{Convert|15000|to|20000|ft2}}, were designed for smaller firms such as hedge funds.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} In marketing documents, floors 10 to 15 are labeled as "podium floors", floors 20 to 38 as "executive floors", floors 44 to 55 as "tower floors", floors 60 to 68 as "penthouse floors", and floors 72 and 73 as "sky floors".<ref name="Welcome to One Vanderbilt" /> On the 55th floor is Centurion New York.<ref name="Travel + Leisure 2023 g779">{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2023 |title=American Express Is Opening an Exclusive New Lounge in Midtown Manhattan — How to Score Access |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/american-express-nyc-centurion-lounge-7096528 |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=Travel + Leisure}}</ref><ref name="Stauffer 2023 y949">{{Cite web |last=Stauffer |first=Jason |date=January 19, 2023 |title=American Express is opening an exclusive club in midtown Manhattan for its biggest spenders |url=https://www.cnbc.com/select/amex-centurion-new-york-opening/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=CNBC}}</ref> a {{convert|11500|ft2|adj=on}} suite of clubrooms that is open only to holders of the [[Centurion Card]], an invitation-only card for wealthy [[American Express]] clients.<ref name="Walker 2023">{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Victoria M. |date=May 14, 2023 |title=An American Express Airport Lounge in the Sky? Not Quite. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/realestate/american-express-centurion-lounge-nyc.html |access-date=July 14, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


The mechanical space on the 12th physical story contains a chiller plant and electrical transformers.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}} One Vanderbilt was planned to be environmentally efficient from its inception.<ref name="ENR 2017" /><ref name="nyt-2023-02-14">{{Cite news |last=Howe |first=Ben Ryder |date=February 14, 2023 |title=New Skyscraper, Built to Be an Environmental Marvel, Is Already Dated |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/climate/green-skyscraper-one-vanderbilt.html |access-date=March 5, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The building has its own [[cogeneration]] plant capable of {{Convert|1.2|MW}} daily as well as a rainwater collection system with a capacity of {{Convert|90,000|gal}}.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019" /><ref name="Untapped New York 2020">{{cite web |last=Wu |first=Justin |date=September 23, 2020 |title=10 Fun Facts About One Vanderbilt, NYC's Newest Skyscraper |url=https://untappedcities.com/2020/09/23/10-fun-facts-one-vanderbilt-nyc/?displayall=true |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Untapped New York |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221527/https://untappedcities.com/2020/09/23/10-fun-facts-one-vanderbilt-nyc/?displayall=true}}</ref> Much of the building's electricity is generated by [[natural gas]]–powered turbines on the 39th physical story. The roof contains a cooling tower with five fans, which remove heat from the building's hot-water pipes; cold water is then sent back to the lower stories.<ref name="nyt-2023-02-14" /> To reduce energy consumption, One Vanderbilt uses both waterside and airside [[economizer]]s, which use the natural temperature of the building's surroundings.<ref name="ENR 2017" /><ref name="Untapped New York 2020" /> The natural-gas turbines were perceived as energy-efficient when One Vanderbilt was proposed in the 2010s, but they quickly became obsolete; the [[New York City Council]] banned fossil fuels in all new buildings in 2021, shortly after One Vanderbilt opened.<ref name="nyt-2023-02-14" />
The mechanical space on the 12th physical story contains a chiller plant and electrical transformers.{{sfn|Steel Institute of New York|2020|p=40}} One Vanderbilt was planned to be environmentally efficient from its inception.<ref name="ENR 2017" /><ref name="nyt-2023-02-14">{{Cite news |last=Howe |first=Ben Ryder |date=February 14, 2023 |title=New Skyscraper, Built to Be an Environmental Marvel, Is Already Dated |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/climate/green-skyscraper-one-vanderbilt.html |access-date=March 5, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The building has its own [[cogeneration]] plant capable of {{Convert|1.2|MW}} daily as well as a rainwater collection system with a capacity of {{Convert|90,000|gal}}.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2019" /><ref name="Untapped New York 2020">{{Cite web |last=Wu |first=Justin |date=September 23, 2020 |title=10 Fun Facts About One Vanderbilt, NYC's Newest Skyscraper |url=https://untappedcities.com/2020/09/23/10-fun-facts-one-vanderbilt-nyc/?displayall=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728221527/https://untappedcities.com/2020/09/23/10-fun-facts-one-vanderbilt-nyc/?displayall=true |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Untapped New York}}</ref> Much of the building's electricity is generated by [[natural gas]]–powered turbines on the 39th physical story. The roof contains a cooling tower with five fans, which remove heat from the building's hot-water pipes; cold water is then sent back to the lower stories.<ref name="nyt-2023-02-14" /> To reduce energy consumption, One Vanderbilt uses both waterside and airside [[economizer]]s, which use the natural temperature of the building's surroundings.<ref name="ENR 2017" /><ref name="Untapped New York 2020" /> The natural-gas turbines were perceived as energy-efficient when One Vanderbilt was proposed in the 2010s, but they quickly became obsolete; the [[New York City Council]] banned fossil fuels in all new buildings in 2021, shortly after One Vanderbilt opened.<ref name="nyt-2023-02-14" />


==== Summit One Vanderbilt ====
==== Summit One Vanderbilt ====
[[File:2022-0402-NYC-Summit One Vanderbilt-01.jpg|thumb|upright|Part of the observation deck at Summit One Vanderbilt is covered in mirrors and windows]]
[[File:2022-0402-NYC-Summit One Vanderbilt-01.jpg|thumb|upright|Part of the observation deck at Summit One Vanderbilt is covered in mirrors and windows]]
[[File:2022-0402-NYC-Summit One Vanderbilt-02.jpg|thumb|upright|Southern view from Summit One Vanderbilt]]
[[File:2022-0402-NYC-Summit One Vanderbilt-02.jpg|thumb|upright|Southern view from Summit One Vanderbilt]]
[[File:Summit One Vanderbilt from 30 Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|The observation deck as seen from [[30 Rockefeller Center]]]]
[[File:Summit One Vanderbilt from 30 Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|The observation deck as seen from [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]]]]
Above floor 73,<ref name="Ricciulli 2019"/> the top of One Vanderbilt contains an observation deck called Summit One Vanderbilt (branded in all-uppercase letters as '''SUMMIT One Vanderbilt''').<ref name="Schulz 2019">{{cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |date=December 11, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt's observation deck named the Summit, will have two glass-floored overhangs |url=https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilts-observation-deck-named-the-summit-will-have-two-glass-floored-overhangs/ |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=6sqft |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924101124/https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilts-observation-deck-named-the-summit-will-have-two-glass-floored-overhangs/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Summit One Vanderbilt spans {{convert|71938|ft2}} and contains some restaurants.<ref name="Ricciulli 2019"/><ref name="Schulz 2019" /> In 2018, Summit One Vanderbilt was projected to cost approximately $35–39 million.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=June 5, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt to 1 WTC: My view's $5 nicer than yours |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/05/one-vanderbilt-to-1-wtc-my-views-5-nicer-than-yours/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=The Real Deal New York |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103237/https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/05/one-vanderbilt-to-1-wtc-my-views-5-nicer-than-yours/ |url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the adult ticket fee is $39, but New York City residents receive a discount.<ref>{{cite web |last=Duddridge |first=Natalie |title=Summit One Vanderbilt Observation Deck Opens In Midtown |website=CBS New York |date=October 21, 2021 |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021180316/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |title=Summit One Vanderbilt officially opens to the public |website=amNewYork |date=October 22, 2021 |url=https://www.amny.com/news/summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-to-the-public/ |access-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029153858/https://www.amny.com/news/summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-to-the-public/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Above floor 73,<ref name="Ricciulli 2019" /> the top of One Vanderbilt contains an observation deck called Summit One Vanderbilt (branded in all-uppercase letters as '''SUMMIT One Vanderbilt''').<ref name="Schulz 2019">{{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Dana |date=December 11, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt's observation deck named the Summit, will have two glass-floored overhangs |url=https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilts-observation-deck-named-the-summit-will-have-two-glass-floored-overhangs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924101124/https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilts-observation-deck-named-the-summit-will-have-two-glass-floored-overhangs/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=6sqft}}</ref> Summit One Vanderbilt spans {{convert|71938|ft2}} and contains some restaurants.<ref name="Ricciulli 2019" /><ref name="Schulz 2019" /> In 2018, Summit One Vanderbilt was projected to cost approximately $35–39 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=June 5, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt to 1 WTC: My view's $5 nicer than yours |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/05/one-vanderbilt-to-1-wtc-my-views-5-nicer-than-yours/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103237/https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/05/one-vanderbilt-to-1-wtc-my-views-5-nicer-than-yours/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=The Real Deal New York}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the adult ticket fee is $39, but New York City residents receive a discount.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duddridge |first=Natalie |date=October 21, 2021 |title=Summit One Vanderbilt Observation Deck Opens In Midtown |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021180316/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |website=CBS New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |date=October 22, 2021 |title=Summit One Vanderbilt officially opens to the public |url=https://www.amny.com/news/summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-to-the-public/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029153858/https://www.amny.com/news/summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens-to-the-public/ |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2021 |website=amNewYork}}</ref>


Summit One Vanderbilt consists of four components, the interiors of which are being designed by [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]]. The first part, "Rise", has three high-speed Schindler 7000 series elevators, which take visitors from the Grand Central Terminal level to the observation area {{Convert|1020|ft}} above ground in less than 50 seconds. The second part, "Levitation", is composed of enclosed glass balconies that protrude from the facade. The third part, "Ascent", has two all-glass Cimolai Custom Rack-and-pinion outside elevators which bring visitors to the height where the theoretical 100th floor of the skyscraper would be located.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=October 22, 2021 |title=NYC's newest observation deck Summit One Vanderbilt officially opens |url=https://www.6sqft.com/nycs-newest-observation-deck-summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens/ |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=6sqft |language=en-US}}</ref> The 93rd floor interior features a glass parapet and a bar.<ref name="dezeen20210617">{{Cite web |last=Block |first=India |date=June 17, 2021 |title=KPF adding glass elevator to One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/17/summit-one-vanderbilt-kohn-pedersen-fox/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Dezeen |language=en |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725073305/https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/17/summit-one-vanderbilt-kohn-pedersen-fox/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Rachel |last=Chang |title=This New All-glass Elevator Lifts You 1,210 Feet Above New York City |website=Travel + Leisure |date=May 17, 2021 |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/ascent-glass-elevator-summit-one-vanderbilt-new-york-city |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/ascent-glass-elevator-summit-one-vanderbilt-new-york-city |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Weaver 202105"/> One space at Summit is an "infinity room" containing a ceiling {{convert|40|ft}} tall.<ref name="Schulz 202009"/> The bars are operated by Danny Meyer's Union Square Events. Summit One Vanderbilt also contains an interactive art exhibit created by Kenzo Digital.<ref name="Clark 202109">{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Roger |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Soaring to new heights at Midtown skyscraper observatory |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/human-interest/2021/09/15/soaring-to-new-heights-at-midtown-skyscraper-observatory |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916162551/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/human-interest/2021/09/15/soaring-to-new-heights-at-midtown-skyscraper-observatory |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Davenport 2021">{{cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Tickets on sale for Summit One Vanderbilt ahead of October opening |url=https://www.amny.com/news/tickets-on-sale-for-summit-one-vanderbilt-ahead-of-october-opening/ |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=amNewYork |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916030922/https://www.amny.com/news/tickets-on-sale-for-summit-one-vanderbilt-ahead-of-october-opening/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Krueger |first=Alyson |date=October 18, 2021 |title=From Graffiti in the Shadows to Designing an Observation Deck in the Clouds |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/summit-one-vanderbilt-kenzo.html |access-date=October 20, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020151929/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/summit-one-vanderbilt-kenzo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a press release published in mid-2021, Summit One Vanderbilt also has a green space, advertised as the world's highest urban "alpine meadow".<ref name="Weaver 202105">{{cite web |last=Weaver |first=Shaye |date=May 11, 2021 |title=You'll be able to take a glass elevator to the top of a 1,401-foot skyscraper this fall |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/youll-be-able-to-take-a-glass-elevator-to-the-top-of-a-1-401-foot-skyscraper-this-fall-051121 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Time Out New York |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728191521/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/youll-be-able-to-take-a-glass-elevator-to-the-top-of-a-1-401-foot-skyscraper-this-fall-051121 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYREJ 2021">{{cite web |title=SL Green reveals plans for 65,000 s/f Summit One Vanderbilt |website=New York Real Estate Journal |date=June 22, 2021 |url=https://nyrej.com/sl-green-reveals-plans-for-65-000-s-f-summit-one-vanderbilt |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://nyrej.com/sl-green-reveals-plans-for-65-000-s-f-summit-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live}}</ref>
Summit One Vanderbilt consists of four components, the interiors of which are being designed by [[Snøhetta (company)|Snøhetta]]. The first part, "Rise", has three high-speed Schindler 7000 series elevators, which take visitors from the Grand Central Terminal level to the observation area {{Convert|1020|ft}} above ground in less than 50 seconds. The second part, "Levitation", is composed of enclosed glass balconies that protrude from the facade. The third part, "Ascent", has two all-glass Cimolai Custom Rack-and-pinion outside elevators which bring visitors near the top of the building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=October 22, 2021 |title=NYC's newest observation deck Summit One Vanderbilt officially opens |url=https://www.6sqft.com/nycs-newest-observation-deck-summit-one-vanderbilt-officially-opens/ |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=6sqft |language=en-US}}</ref> The interior of the top floor features a glass parapet and a bar.<ref name="dezeen20210617">{{Cite web |last=Block |first=India |date=June 17, 2021 |title=KPF adding glass elevator to One Vanderbilt skyscraper in New York |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/17/summit-one-vanderbilt-kohn-pedersen-fox/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725073305/https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/17/summit-one-vanderbilt-kohn-pedersen-fox/ |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Rachel |date=May 17, 2021 |title=This New All-glass Elevator Lifts You 1,210 Feet Above New York City |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/ascent-glass-elevator-summit-one-vanderbilt-new-york-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/ascent-glass-elevator-summit-one-vanderbilt-new-york-city |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=Travel + Leisure}}</ref><ref name="Weaver 202105" /> One space at Summit is an "infinity room" containing a ceiling {{convert|40|ft}} tall.<ref name="Schulz 202009" /> The bars are operated by Danny Meyer's Union Square Events. Summit One Vanderbilt also contains an interactive art exhibit created by Kenzo Digital.<ref name="Clark 202109">{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Roger |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Soaring to new heights at Midtown skyscraper observatory |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/human-interest/2021/09/15/soaring-to-new-heights-at-midtown-skyscraper-observatory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916162551/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/human-interest/2021/09/15/soaring-to-new-heights-at-midtown-skyscraper-observatory |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City}}</ref><ref name="Davenport 2021">{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Tickets on sale for Summit One Vanderbilt ahead of October opening |url=https://www.amny.com/news/tickets-on-sale-for-summit-one-vanderbilt-ahead-of-october-opening/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916030922/https://www.amny.com/news/tickets-on-sale-for-summit-one-vanderbilt-ahead-of-october-opening/ |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=amNewYork}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Krueger |first=Alyson |date=October 18, 2021 |title=From Graffiti in the Shadows to Designing an Observation Deck in the Clouds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/summit-one-vanderbilt-kenzo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020151929/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/summit-one-vanderbilt-kenzo.html |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> According to a press release published in mid-2021, Summit One Vanderbilt also has a green space, advertised as the world's highest urban "alpine meadow".<ref name="Weaver 202105">{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Shaye |date=May 11, 2021 |title=You'll be able to take a glass elevator to the top of a 1,401-foot skyscraper this fall |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/youll-be-able-to-take-a-glass-elevator-to-the-top-of-a-1-401-foot-skyscraper-this-fall-051121 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728191521/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/youll-be-able-to-take-a-glass-elevator-to-the-top-of-a-1-401-foot-skyscraper-this-fall-051121 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Time Out New York}}</ref><ref name="NYREJ 2021">{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2021 |title=SL Green reveals plans for 65,000 s/f Summit One Vanderbilt |url=https://nyrej.com/sl-green-reveals-plans-for-65-000-s-f-summit-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174025/https://nyrej.com/sl-green-reveals-plans-for-65-000-s-f-summit-one-vanderbilt |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=New York Real Estate Journal}}</ref>


====Grand Central subway improvements====
====Grand Central subway improvements====
[[File:MTA Grand Opening of New Entrances to Grand Central from One Vanderbilt Avenue - 50698857996.jpg|thumb|alt=Subway entrance in the lobby of One Vanderbilt|One Vanderbilt subway entrance in 2020]]
[[File:MTA Grand Opening of New Entrances to Grand Central from One Vanderbilt Avenue - 50698857996.jpg|thumb|alt=Subway entrance in the lobby of One Vanderbilt|One Vanderbilt subway entrance in 2020]]
One Vanderbilt's construction included improvements that would provide extra capacity for over 65,000 passengers going into the [[New York City Subway]] at [[Grand Central–42nd Street station|Grand Central–42nd Street]]. The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA) mandated the station improvements in exchange for allowing the tower's construction.<ref name="cny20140908">{{cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew J. |date=September 8, 2014 |title=$210M upgrade for Grand Central's subway unveiled |work=Crain's New York Business |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140908/BLOGS04/140909874/-210m-upgrade-for-grand-centrals-subway-unveiled |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802043133/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140908/BLOGS04/140909874/-210m-upgrade-for-grand-centrals-subway-unveiled |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Budin 2014">{{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=September 8, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Comes with $200M of Subway Improvements |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/8/10049996/one-vanderbilt-comes-with-200m-of-subway-improvements |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/8/10049996/one-vanderbilt-comes-with-200m-of-subway-improvements |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj201409112">{{Cite news |last=Kusisto |first=Laura |date=September 12, 2014 |title=Residents Try to Get Details on New Midtown East Plan |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/residents-try-to-get-details-on-new-midtown-east-plan-1410484574 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916101636/http://online.wsj.com/articles/residents-try-to-get-details-on-new-midtown-east-plan-1410484574 |url-status=live}}</ref> The improvements included an underground connection between Grand Central Terminal and One Vanderbilt; new mezzanines and exits for the subway station, including an entrance directly to the [[42nd Street Shuttle]] platforms; three new stairways to each of the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line|Lexington Avenue Line]] platforms (along the {{NYCS trains|Lexington}}); and reconfiguration of columns supporting the nearby [[Grand Hyatt New York]] hotel. The project also includes a waiting room for the {{stn|Grand Central Madison}} terminal under Grand Central,<ref name="cny20140908" /><ref name="nyt20140530">{{cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=May 29, 2014 |title=65-Story Tower Planned Near Grand Central Terminal |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/65-story-tower-planned-near-grand-central-terminal.html |access-date=October 19, 2016 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802052847/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/65-story-tower-planned-near-grand-central-terminal.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="amny20161017">{{Cite news |last1=Barone |first1=Vincent |last2=Pereira |first2=Ivan |date=October 17, 2016 |title=A glimpse at One Vanderbilt's transit improvements |newspaper=am New York |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/one-vanderbilt-s-grand-central-station-improvements-a-glimpse-at-changes-to-come-1.12466831 |access-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> which opened in 2023 and was built for the [[Long Island Rail Road]] as part of the MTA's [[East Side Access]] project.<ref name=nyt-2023-01-25>{{Cite news |last=Ley |first=Ana |date=January 25, 2023 |title=L.I.R.R. Service to Grand Central Begins Today at Long Last |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/nyregion/lirr-grand-central.html |access-date=January 25, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
One Vanderbilt's construction included improvements that would provide extra capacity for over 65,000 passengers going into the [[New York City Subway]] at [[Grand Central–42nd Street station|Grand Central–42nd Street]]. The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA) mandated the station improvements in exchange for allowing the tower's construction.<ref name="cny20140908">{{Cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew J. |date=September 8, 2014 |title=$210M upgrade for Grand Central's subway unveiled |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140908/BLOGS04/140909874/-210m-upgrade-for-grand-centrals-subway-unveiled |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802043133/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140908/BLOGS04/140909874/-210m-upgrade-for-grand-centrals-subway-unveiled |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017 |work=Crain's New York Business}}</ref><ref name="Budin 2014">{{Cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=September 8, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Comes with $200M of Subway Improvements |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/8/10049996/one-vanderbilt-comes-with-200m-of-subway-improvements |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/8/10049996/one-vanderbilt-comes-with-200m-of-subway-improvements |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref name="wsj201409112">{{Cite news |last=Kusisto |first=Laura |date=September 12, 2014 |title=Residents Try to Get Details on New Midtown East Plan |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/residents-try-to-get-details-on-new-midtown-east-plan-1410484574 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916101636/http://online.wsj.com/articles/residents-try-to-get-details-on-new-midtown-east-plan-1410484574 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The improvements included an underground connection between Grand Central Terminal and One Vanderbilt; new mezzanines and exits for the subway station, including an entrance directly to the [[42nd Street Shuttle]] platforms; three new stairways to each of the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line|Lexington Avenue Line]] platforms (along the {{NYCS trains|Lexington}}); and reconfiguration of columns supporting the nearby [[Grand Hyatt New York]] hotel. The project also includes a waiting room for the {{stn|Grand Central Madison}} terminal under Grand Central,<ref name="cny20140908" /><ref name="nyt20140530">{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=May 29, 2014 |title=65-Story Tower Planned Near Grand Central Terminal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/65-story-tower-planned-near-grand-central-terminal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802052847/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/nyregion/65-story-tower-planned-near-grand-central-terminal.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="amny20161017">{{Cite news |last1=Barone |first1=Vincent |last2=Pereira |first2=Ivan |date=October 17, 2016 |title=A glimpse at One Vanderbilt's transit improvements |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/one-vanderbilt-s-grand-central-station-improvements-a-glimpse-at-changes-to-come-1.12466831 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=am New York}}</ref> which opened in 2023 and was built for the [[Long Island Rail Road]] as part of the MTA's [[East Side Access]] project.<ref name="nyt-2023-01-25">{{Cite news |last=Ley |first=Ana |date=January 25, 2023 |title=L.I.R.R. Service to Grand Central Begins Today at Long Last |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/nyregion/lirr-grand-central.html |access-date=January 25, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


A {{Convert|4000|ft2|adj=on}} transit hall was created within One Vanderbilt itself to connect to the subway and railroad stations.<ref name="ENR 2020" /> In 2015, [[SL Green Realty]] gave $220 million toward the building's construction,<ref name="curbedmay" /> of which two-thirds would be used for station redesign,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gothamist.com/2016/10/18/subway_grand_central_plan.php |title=Inside The $220 Million Plan To Improve The Subway At Grand Central |last=Whitford |first=Emma |date=October 18, 2016 |website=Gothamist |access-date=October 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021161512/http://gothamist.com/2016/10/18/subway_grand_central_plan.php |archive-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> marking the largest private investment in the subway system to date.<ref name="amny20161017" /> The building's subway entrance opened on December 9, 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |date=December 9, 2020 |title=MTA Announces Grand Opening of New Entrances to Grand Central from One Vanderbilt Avenue |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-grand-opening-new-entrances-grand-central-one |access-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209164713/https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-grand-opening-new-entrances-grand-central-one |url-status=live}}</ref> The improvements, which cost over $200 million,<ref name="wsj20161017" /><ref name="Budin 2014"/> allowed the subway station to accommodate 4,000 to 6,000 more passengers per hour.<ref name="amny20161017" />
A {{Convert|4000|ft2|adj=on}} transit hall was created within One Vanderbilt itself to connect to the subway and railroad stations.<ref name="ENR 2020" /> In 2015, [[SL Green Realty]] gave $220 million toward the building's construction,<ref name="curbedmay" /> of which two-thirds would be used for station redesign,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitford |first=Emma |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Inside The $220 Million Plan To Improve The Subway At Grand Central |url=http://gothamist.com/2016/10/18/subway_grand_central_plan.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021161512/http://gothamist.com/2016/10/18/subway_grand_central_plan.php |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |website=Gothamist}}</ref> marking the largest private investment in the subway system to date.<ref name="amny20161017" /> The building's subway entrance opened on December 9, 2020.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=MTA Announces Grand Opening of New Entrances to Grand Central from One Vanderbilt Avenue |date=December 9, 2020 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-grand-opening-new-entrances-grand-central-one |access-date=December 9, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209164713/https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-grand-opening-new-entrances-grand-central-one |archive-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref> The improvements, which cost over $200 million,<ref name="wsj20161017" /><ref name="Budin 2014" /> allowed the subway station to accommodate 4,000 to 6,000 more passengers per hour.<ref name="amny20161017" />


== History ==
== History ==
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==== Initial plans ====
==== Initial plans ====
Developer SL Green Realty began looking at sites for a new office tower in Midtown in the early 2000s. The company began buying buildings on the block bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue, 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and 43rd Street.<ref name=wsj20161017/> The first acquisition was in 2001,<ref name="Herzenberg 2020">{{cite web |last=Herzenberg |first=Michael |date=January 8, 2020 |title=How One Vanderbilt Utilized Zoning Rights Enacted Under Mayor de Blasio |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/changing-skyline-of-new-york/2020/01/08/the-making-of-a-supertall-skyscraper--how-one-vanderbilt-utilized-zoning-rights-enacted-under-de-blasio-the-sky-s-the-limit |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/changing-skyline-of-new-york/2020/01/08/the-making-of-a-supertall-skyscraper--how-one-vanderbilt-utilized-zoning-rights-enacted-under-de-blasio-the-sky-s-the-limit |url-status=live}}</ref>
Developer SL Green Realty began looking at sites for a new office tower in Midtown in the early 2000s. The company began buying buildings on the block bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue, 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and 43rd Street.<ref name=wsj20161017/> The first acquisition was in 2001,<ref name="Herzenberg 2020">{{Cite web |last=Herzenberg |first=Michael |date=January 8, 2020 |title=How One Vanderbilt Utilized Zoning Rights Enacted Under Mayor de Blasio |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/changing-skyline-of-new-york/2020/01/08/the-making-of-a-supertall-skyscraper--how-one-vanderbilt-utilized-zoning-rights-enacted-under-de-blasio-the-sky-s-the-limit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/changing-skyline-of-new-york/2020/01/08/the-making-of-a-supertall-skyscraper--how-one-vanderbilt-utilized-zoning-rights-enacted-under-de-blasio-the-sky-s-the-limit |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City}}</ref> with 317 Madison Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2001 |title=SL Green Realty Corp. Announces the Acquisition of 317 Madison Avenue |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-announces-acquisition-317-madison-avenue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-announces-acquisition-317-madison-avenue |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=SL Green Realty Corp.}}</ref>
with 317 Madison Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 7, 2001 |title=SL Green Realty Corp. Announces the Acquisition of 317 Madison Avenue |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-announces-acquisition-317-madison-avenue |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=SL Green Realty Corp. |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-announces-acquisition-317-madison-avenue |url-status=live}}</ref>
SL Green initially intended to renovate the building and increase the rents. When two adjacent buildings on the same block were placed for sale in 2007, these were also acquired. According to SL Green managing director Robert Schiffer, this prompted the company to decide on razing these three buildings and replacing them with a larger structure at the address One Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020"/> In 2011, SL Green was able to buy 51 East 42nd Street, the final property on the block.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 7, 2011 |title=Sl Green Acquires 51 East 42nd Street for $18m |url=https://rebusinessonline.com/sl-green-acquires-51-east-42nd-street-for-18m/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=REBusinessOnline |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://rebusinessonline.com/sl-green-acquires-51-east-42nd-street-for-18m/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 14, 2020 |title=SL Green opens One Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-opens-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727051630/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-opens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
The four buildings themselves had cost $300 million in total, but SL Green still had to acquire over 150 leases in them.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020"/>


SL Green initially intended to renovate the building and increase the rents. When two adjacent buildings on the same block were placed for sale in 2007, these were also acquired. According to SL Green managing director Robert Schiffer, this prompted the company to decide on razing these three buildings and replacing them with a larger structure at the address One Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020" /> In 2011, SL Green was able to buy 51 East 42nd Street, the final property on the block.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2011 |title=Sl Green Acquires 51 East 42nd Street for $18m |url=https://rebusinessonline.com/sl-green-acquires-51-east-42nd-street-for-18m/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050129/https://rebusinessonline.com/sl-green-acquires-51-east-42nd-street-for-18m/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=REBusinessOnline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 14, 2020 |title=SL Green opens One Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-opens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727051630/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-opens-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> The four buildings themselves had cost $300 million in total, but SL Green still had to acquire over 150 leases in them.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020" />
SL Green also owned the Bowery Savings Bank Building at 110 East 42nd Street,<ref name="Herzenberg 2020"/> and it had transferred some [[air rights]] from the Bowery Savings Bank Building to the One Vanderbilt Avenue site in 2010.<ref name=nod/> Under the zoning rules at the time, a structure on the latter block could not be taller than about {{Convert|600|ft}}.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020"/> The site allowed an "as-of-right" [[floor area ratio]] (FAR) of up to 15, but with the Bowery Savings Bank's air rights and several development bonuses, SL Green could obtain a FAR of up to 20.7. This was not enough for SL Green, which required a FAR of 30 for the skyscraper to be profitable.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} SL Green and Hines met with the [[New York City Department of City Planning]] (DCP) in late 2012 to determine which features the planned One Vanderbilt Avenue skyscraper could have. The discussions influenced SL Green to include public indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as a distinctive design, as the DCP mandated.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} SL Green hired [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]] as the planned skyscraper's architect that November.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Eliot |date=November 26, 2012 |title=Designer's Chance in Midtown |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324469304578141363580181412.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901181533/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324469304578141363580181412.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=November 26, 2012 |title=KPF Designing Future Skyscraper Near Grand Central |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/11/26/10302922/kpf-designing-future-skyscraper-near-grand-central |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/11/26/10302922/kpf-designing-future-skyscraper-near-grand-central |url-status=live}}</ref>
Sketches published early the following month indicated that the skyscraper would be called "One Vanderbilt".<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2012 |title=REIT unveils, names its massive new Midtown tower |url=https://therealdeal.com/2012/12/03/reit-unveils-names-its-massive-new-midtown-tower/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://therealdeal.com/2012/12/03/reit-unveils-names-its-massive-new-midtown-tower/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Say Hello to 1 Vanderbilt, the KPF Tower Coming to Midtown |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/12/3/10299904/say-hello-to-1-vanderbilt-the-kpf-tower-coming-to-midtown |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/12/3/10299904/say-hello-to-1-vanderbilt-the-kpf-tower-coming-to-midtown |url-status=live}}</ref>


SL Green also owned the Bowery Savings Bank Building at 110 East 42nd Street,<ref name="Herzenberg 2020" /> and it had transferred some [[air rights]] from the Bowery Savings Bank Building to the One Vanderbilt Avenue site in 2010.<ref name=nod/> Under the zoning rules at the time, a structure on the latter block could not be taller than about {{Convert|600|ft}}.<ref name="Herzenberg 2020" /> The site allowed an "as-of-right" [[floor area ratio]] (FAR) of up to 15, but with the Bowery Savings Bank's air rights and several development bonuses, SL Green could obtain a FAR of up to 20.7. This was not enough for SL Green, which required a FAR of 30 for the skyscraper to be profitable.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} SL Green and Hines met with the [[New York City Department of City Planning]] (DCP) in late 2012 to determine which features the planned One Vanderbilt Avenue skyscraper could have. The discussions influenced SL Green to include public indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as a distinctive design, as the DCP mandated.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}} SL Green hired [[Kohn Pedersen Fox]] as the planned skyscraper's architect that November.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Eliot |date=November 26, 2012 |title=Designer's Chance in Midtown |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324469304578141363580181412.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901181533/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324469304578141363580181412.html |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=November 26, 2012 |title=KPF Designing Future Skyscraper Near Grand Central |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/11/26/10302922/kpf-designing-future-skyscraper-near-grand-central |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/11/26/10302922/kpf-designing-future-skyscraper-near-grand-central |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref>
In late 2013, the administration of outgoing Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] sought to change [[zoning]] regulations for 73 blocks adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. The plan would allow unused air rights above Grand Central Terminal to be transferred to developments on these blocks, including the proposed One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Clock Ticking, Bloomberg Seeks Council Approval of East Midtown Rezoning Plan |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/clock-ticking-bloomberg-seeks-council-approval-of-east-midtown-rezoning-plan.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/clock-ticking-bloomberg-seeks-council-approval-of-east-midtown-rezoning-plan.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Under the proposal, developers of structures on these blocks could deposit money into an improvement fund for East Midtown and, in exchange, receive a FAR of up to 24. Some sites would be eligible for a FAR of up to 30.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=August 27, 2013 |title=Bloomberg's Plan for Bigger East Midtown Towers Is 'Zoning for Dollars,' Group Says |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/nyregion/mayors-plan-for-bigger-east-midtown-towers-is-zoning-for-dollars-group-says.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/nyregion/mayors-plan-for-bigger-east-midtown-towers-is-zoning-for-dollars-group-says.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
The zoning provision would permit One Vanderbilt to obtain the desired FAR of 30.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=October 10, 2013 |title=New Views, Details for KPF's Midtown Giant One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/10/10/10188450/new-views-details-for-kpfs-midtown-giant-one-vanderbilt |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/10/10/10188450/new-views-details-for-kpfs-midtown-giant-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 8, 2013 |title=Revealed: One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/10/revealed-one-vanderbilt.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/10/revealed-one-vanderbilt.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Sketches published early the following month indicated that the skyscraper would be called "One Vanderbilt".<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2012 |title=REIT unveils, names its massive new Midtown tower |url=https://therealdeal.com/2012/12/03/reit-unveils-names-its-massive-new-midtown-tower/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://therealdeal.com/2012/12/03/reit-unveils-names-its-massive-new-midtown-tower/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=December 3, 2012 |title=Say Hello to 1 Vanderbilt, the KPF Tower Coming to Midtown |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2012/12/3/10299904/say-hello-to-1-vanderbilt-the-kpf-tower-coming-to-midtown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://ny.curbed.com/2012/12/3/10299904/say-hello-to-1-vanderbilt-the-kpf-tower-coming-to-midtown |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref>

Bloomberg withdrew his plans that November because residents, preservationists, and local politicians complained about the prospective influx of office workers to the area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=November 12, 2013 |title=End of Proposal to Raise Skyline on the East Side |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/nyregion/support-evaporates-for-bloombergs-plan-to-rezone-east-side.html |access-date=October 19, 2016 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019215508/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/nyregion/support-evaporates-for-bloombergs-plan-to-rezone-east-side.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Jen |date=November 13, 2013 |title=City Council Kills Bloomberg's East Midtown Rezoning Proposal |url=http://gothamist.com/news/city-council-kills-bloombergs-east-midtown-rezoning-proposal |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Gothamist |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729011937/https://gothamist.com/news/city-council-kills-bloombergs-east-midtown-rezoning-proposal}}</ref>
After the rezoning proposal failed, SL Green's CEO [[Marc Holliday]] said he was unsure if he would proceed with the development of One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=November 14, 2013 |title=425 Park Will Rise, One Vanderbilt May Stall Without Rezoning |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/14/10175370/425-park-will-rise-one-vanderbilt-may-stall-without-rezoning |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/14/10175370/425-park-will-rise-one-vanderbilt-may-stall-without-rezoning |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=November 14, 2013 |title=Future Unclear for Towers on East Side |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/nyregion/future-unclear-for-towers-on-east-side.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/nyregion/future-unclear-for-towers-on-east-side.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In late 2013, the administration of outgoing Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] sought to change [[zoning]] regulations for 73 blocks adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. The plan would allow unused air rights above Grand Central Terminal to be transferred to developments on these blocks, including the proposed One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Clock Ticking, Bloomberg Seeks Council Approval of East Midtown Rezoning Plan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/clock-ticking-bloomberg-seeks-council-approval-of-east-midtown-rezoning-plan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/nyregion/clock-ticking-bloomberg-seeks-council-approval-of-east-midtown-rezoning-plan.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Under the proposal, developers of structures on these blocks could deposit money into an improvement fund for East Midtown and, in exchange, receive a FAR of up to 24. Some sites would be eligible for a FAR of up to 30.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=August 27, 2013 |title=Bloomberg's Plan for Bigger East Midtown Towers Is 'Zoning for Dollars,' Group Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/nyregion/mayors-plan-for-bigger-east-midtown-towers-is-zoning-for-dollars-group-says.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/nyregion/mayors-plan-for-bigger-east-midtown-towers-is-zoning-for-dollars-group-says.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The zoning provision would permit One Vanderbilt to obtain the desired FAR of 30.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=October 10, 2013 |title=New Views, Details for KPF's Midtown Giant One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/10/10/10188450/new-views-details-for-kpfs-midtown-giant-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/10/10/10188450/new-views-details-for-kpfs-midtown-giant-one-vanderbilt |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2013 |title=Revealed: One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/10/revealed-one-vanderbilt.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135404/https://newyorkyimby.com/2013/10/revealed-one-vanderbilt.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY}}</ref>
Despite this, the design features of the planned skyscraper were retained.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}}
Bloomberg withdrew his plans that November because residents, preservationists, and local politicians complained about the prospective influx of office workers to the area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=November 12, 2013 |title=End of Proposal to Raise Skyline on the East Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/nyregion/support-evaporates-for-bloombergs-plan-to-rezone-east-side.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019215508/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/nyregion/support-evaporates-for-bloombergs-plan-to-rezone-east-side.html |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Jen |date=November 13, 2013 |title=City Council Kills Bloomberg's East Midtown Rezoning Proposal |url=http://gothamist.com/news/city-council-kills-bloombergs-east-midtown-rezoning-proposal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729011937/https://gothamist.com/news/city-council-kills-bloombergs-east-midtown-rezoning-proposal |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Gothamist |language=en}}</ref>

After the rezoning proposal failed, SL Green's CEO [[Marc Holliday]] said he was unsure if he would proceed with the development of One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=November 14, 2013 |title=425 Park Will Rise, One Vanderbilt May Stall Without Rezoning |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/14/10175370/425-park-will-rise-one-vanderbilt-may-stall-without-rezoning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/14/10175370/425-park-will-rise-one-vanderbilt-may-stall-without-rezoning |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=November 14, 2013 |title=Future Unclear for Towers on East Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/nyregion/future-unclear-for-towers-on-east-side.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135403/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/nyregion/future-unclear-for-towers-on-east-side.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021|work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Despite this, the design features of the planned skyscraper were retained.{{sfn|von Kamperer|2015|p=56}}


==== Revival of plans ====
==== Revival of plans ====
[[File:One Vanderbilt from Empire State Building.jpg|thumb|One Vanderbilt from the Empire State Building]]
[[File:One Vanderbilt from Empire State Building.jpg|thumb|One Vanderbilt from the [[Empire State Building]]]]
When [[Bill de Blasio]] succeeded Bloomberg as mayor in 2014, he wished to implement Bloomberg's Midtown East rezoning proposal.<ref>{{cite web |last=Khurshid |first=Samar |date=February 6, 2015 |title=New Phase of East Midtown Rezoning Prioritizes Public Benefits |url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/government/5574-new-phase-of-east-midtown-rezoning-prioritizes-public-benefits |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Gotham Gazette |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135413/https://www.gothamgazette.com/government/5574-new-phase-of-east-midtown-rezoning-prioritizes-public-benefits}}</ref> That May, [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]] announced its interest in expanding offices within New York City, focusing in particular on the delayed One Vanderbilt development, where it could be an anchor tenant.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Eliot |last2=Kusisto |first2=Laura |date=May 23, 2014 |title=TD Bank Eyes New York City Expansion |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304479704579578360641033906.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612163801/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304479704579578360641033906 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=May 23, 2014 |title=TD Bank Eyes Unbuilt Grand Central Tower, Meaning It's On |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/23/10096032/td-bank-eyes-unbuilt-grand-central-tower-meaning-its-on |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/23/10096032/td-bank-eyes-unbuilt-grand-central-tower-meaning-its-on |url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, SL Green officially revived its plans for One Vanderbilt. Mayor de Blasio's administration proposed rezoning the area around Vanderbilt Avenue to allow One Vanderbilt to be constructed.<ref name="nyt20140530" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=May 30, 2014 |title=New Tower in Rezoned Midtown East May Top Chrysler Building |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/30/10093770/new-tower-in-rezoned-midtown-east-may-top-chrysler-building |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/30/10093770/new-tower-in-rezoned-midtown-east-may-top-chrysler-building |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj20140530">{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Eliot |last2=Kusisto |first2=Laura |date=May 30, 2014 |title=City Plans Midtown East Rezoning to Aid Tower |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-mayor-may-seek-zoning-change-that-would-allow-tower-near-grand-central-station-1401393403 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=June 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604044912/http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-mayor-may-seek-zoning-change-that-would-allow-tower-near-grand-central-station-1401393403 |url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike Bloomberg's proposal, which would have converted all of Vanderbilt Avenue to a pedestrian plaza, de Blasio's proposal only called for the conversion of a short section outside One Vanderbilt.<ref name="wsj20140530" />
When [[Bill de Blasio]] succeeded Bloomberg as mayor in 2014, he wished to implement Bloomberg's Midtown East rezoning proposal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khurshid |first=Samar |date=February 6, 2015 |title=New Phase of East Midtown Rezoning Prioritizes Public Benefits |url=https://www.gothamgazette.com/government/5574-new-phase-of-east-midtown-rezoning-prioritizes-public-benefits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729135413/https://www.gothamgazette.com/government/5574-new-phase-of-east-midtown-rezoning-prioritizes-public-benefits |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Gotham Gazette}}</ref> That May, [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]] announced its interest in expanding offices within New York City, focusing in particular on the delayed One Vanderbilt development, where it could be an anchor tenant.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Eliot |last2=Kusisto |first2=Laura |date=May 23, 2014 |title=TD Bank Eyes New York City Expansion |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304479704579578360641033906.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612163801/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304479704579578360641033906 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=May 23, 2014 |title=TD Bank Eyes Unbuilt Grand Central Tower, Meaning It's On |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/23/10096032/td-bank-eyes-unbuilt-grand-central-tower-meaning-its-on |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/23/10096032/td-bank-eyes-unbuilt-grand-central-tower-meaning-its-on |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> The following week, SL Green officially revived its plans for One Vanderbilt. Mayor de Blasio's administration proposed rezoning the area around Vanderbilt Avenue to allow One Vanderbilt to be constructed.<ref name="nyt20140530" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alberts |first=Hana R. |date=May 30, 2014 |title=New Tower in Rezoned Midtown East May Top Chrysler Building |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/30/10093770/new-tower-in-rezoned-midtown-east-may-top-chrysler-building |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/5/30/10093770/new-tower-in-rezoned-midtown-east-may-top-chrysler-building |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref name="wsj20140530">{{Cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Eliot |last2=Kusisto |first2=Laura |date=May 30, 2014 |title=City Plans Midtown East Rezoning to Aid Tower |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-mayor-may-seek-zoning-change-that-would-allow-tower-near-grand-central-station-1401393403 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604044912/http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-mayor-may-seek-zoning-change-that-would-allow-tower-near-grand-central-station-1401393403 |archive-date=June 4, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Unlike Bloomberg's proposal, which would have converted all of Vanderbilt Avenue to a pedestrian plaza, de Blasio's proposal only called for the conversion of a short section outside One Vanderbilt.<ref name="wsj20140530" />


[[File:Demolition for 1 Vanderbilt at 43 & Vanderbilt jeh.jpg|alt=A machine moves demolition debris|thumb|Demolition underway, August 2016]]
[[File:Demolition for 1 Vanderbilt at 43 & Vanderbilt jeh.jpg|alt=A machine moves demolition debris|thumb|Demolition underway, August 2016]]


Since Grand Central Terminal was a [[New York City designated landmark]], the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (LPC) had to endorse development around the terminal. SL Green thus applied to the LPC for a "certificate of appropriateness" regarding the transfer of air rights from the Bowery Savings Bank Building.<ref name="Horsley 2014">{{cite web |last=Horsley |first=Carter B. |date=July 21, 2014 |title=Landmarks Deems S.L. Green's Supertall One Vanderbilt Tower 'Appropriate' for Its Grand Central Site |url=https://www.6sqft.com/landmarks-deems-s-l-greens-supertall-one-vanderbilt-tower-appropriate-for-its-grand-central-site/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729005207/https://www.6sqft.com/landmarks-deems-s-l-greens-supertall-one-vanderbilt-tower-appropriate-for-its-grand-central-site/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At a hearing in July 2014, the LPC endorsed One Vanderbilt's construction,<ref name="nycurbed 20140722" /><ref name="nod" /> though the [[Historic Districts Council]] and the Society for the Architecture of the City both expressed strong opposition.<ref name="Horsley 2014" /> In exchange for further increases to the FAR, and thus the building's height, SL Green proposed transit improvements around Grand Central in September 2014.<ref name="Budin 2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |title=$200M in improvements proposed for Grand Central |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2014/09/200m-in-improvements-proposed-for-grand-central-015583 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Politico |date=September 8, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2014/09/200m-in-improvements-proposed-for-grand-central-015583 |url-status=live}}</ref> At public hearings for the proposed transit improvements, neighborhood residents questioned the high price of the improvements, which was quoted at $210 million.<ref name="wsj201409112" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=September 12, 2014 |title=Neighbors Suspicious of One Vanderbilt's Transit Improvements |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/12/10047914/neighbors-suspicious-of-one-vanderbilts-transit-improvements |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/12/10047914/neighbors-suspicious-of-one-vanderbilts-transit-improvements |url-status=live}}</ref> Conversely, transit experts stated that the cost of the improvements was justified due to the amount of work that was necessary.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=October 16, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Developer Outlines $210M of Transit Upgrades |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/16/10034718/one-vanderbilt-developer-outlines-210m-of-transit-upgrades |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164528/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/16/10034718/one-vanderbilt-developer-outlines-210m-of-transit-upgrades |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |date=October 18, 2014 |title=SL Green details costs for Grand Central improvements |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8554579/sl-green-details-costs-grand-central-improvements |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018012953/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8554579/sl-green-details-costs-grand-central-improvements |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Capital New York}}</ref>
Since Grand Central Terminal was a [[New York City designated landmark]], the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] (LPC) had to endorse development around the terminal. SL Green thus applied to the LPC for a "certificate of appropriateness" regarding the transfer of air rights from the Bowery Savings Bank Building.<ref name="Horsley 2014">{{Cite web |last=Horsley |first=Carter B. |date=July 21, 2014 |title=Landmarks Deems S.L. Green's Supertall One Vanderbilt Tower 'Appropriate' for Its Grand Central Site |url=https://www.6sqft.com/landmarks-deems-s-l-greens-supertall-one-vanderbilt-tower-appropriate-for-its-grand-central-site/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729005207/https://www.6sqft.com/landmarks-deems-s-l-greens-supertall-one-vanderbilt-tower-appropriate-for-its-grand-central-site/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref> At a hearing in July 2014, the LPC endorsed One Vanderbilt's construction,<ref name="nycurbed 20140722" /><ref name="nod" /> though the [[Historic Districts Council]] and the Society for the Architecture of the City both expressed strong opposition.<ref name="Horsley 2014" /> In exchange for further increases to the FAR, and thus the building's height, SL Green proposed transit improvements around Grand Central in September 2014.<ref name="Budin 2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |date=September 8, 2014 |title=$200M in improvements proposed for Grand Central |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2014/09/200m-in-improvements-proposed-for-grand-central-015583 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2014/09/200m-in-improvements-proposed-for-grand-central-015583 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref> At public hearings for the proposed transit improvements, neighborhood residents questioned the high price of the improvements, which was quoted at $210 million.<ref name="wsj201409112" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=September 12, 2014 |title=Neighbors Suspicious of One Vanderbilt's Transit Improvements |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/12/10047914/neighbors-suspicious-of-one-vanderbilts-transit-improvements |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/12/10047914/neighbors-suspicious-of-one-vanderbilts-transit-improvements |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> Conversely, transit experts stated that the cost of the improvements was justified due to the amount of work that was necessary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=October 16, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Developer Outlines $210M of Transit Upgrades |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/16/10034718/one-vanderbilt-developer-outlines-210m-of-transit-upgrades |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164528/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/16/10034718/one-vanderbilt-developer-outlines-210m-of-transit-upgrades |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |date=October 18, 2014 |title=SL Green details costs for Grand Central improvements |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8554579/sl-green-details-costs-grand-central-improvements |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018012953/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/10/8554579/sl-green-details-costs-grand-central-improvements |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Capital New York}}</ref>


Shortly after One Vanderbilt's plans were revived, [[Andrew Penson]]—the founder of [[Argent Ventures|Midtown TDR Ventures]], which owned the land under Grand Central Terminal—threatened to sue for $1 billion in a dispute concerning the air rights above the terminal's underground tracks.<ref>{{cite web |last=Salinger |first=Tobias |date=July 16, 2014 |title=Grand Central Landlord Threatens Lawsuit Over One Vanderbilt – Commercial Observer |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/grand-central-landlord-threatens-lawsuit-over-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=September 13, 2014 |work=Commercial Observer |archive-date=September 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914004408/http://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/grand-central-landlord-threatens-lawsuit-over-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In its September 2014 proposal to the city, SL Green proposed to pay $400 per square foot for the air rights, then build a {{convert|1500|ft|m|adj=on}}, 67-story building, twice as big as the zoning rules permitted.<ref name="nyt20140923" /> Penson proposed paying SL Green $400 million for {{convert|1.3|e6sqft|m2}} of air rights, and he also proposed assuming the $210 million cost of the transit improvements SL Green planned to make. Penson valued the air rights at up to {{convert|600|$/ft2}}, nearly 10 times the {{convert|61|$/sqft|$/m2}} he paid when he bought the station in 2006. SL Green rejected Penson's offer as a "publicity stunt".<ref>{{cite web |date=September 24, 2014 |title=Grand Central owner offers SL Green $400M for One Vanderbilt |url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/24/grand-central-owner-offers-sl-green-400m-for-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=October 12, 2014 |work=The Real Deal |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017021204/http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/24/grand-central-owner-offers-sl-green-400m-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt20140923">{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=September 23, 2014 |title=Owner of Grand Central Vies With Developer Over Skyscraper on an Adjacent Block |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-vies-with-developer-over-skyscraper-on-an-adjacent-block.html |access-date=January 21, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121183718/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-vies-with-developer-over-skyscraper-on-an-adjacent-block.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Shortly after One Vanderbilt's plans were revived, [[Andrew Penson]]—the founder of [[Argent Ventures|Midtown TDR Ventures]], which owned the land under Grand Central Terminal—threatened to sue for $1 billion in a dispute concerning the air rights above the terminal's underground tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salinger |first=Tobias |date=July 16, 2014 |title=Grand Central Landlord Threatens Lawsuit Over One Vanderbilt – Commercial Observer |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/grand-central-landlord-threatens-lawsuit-over-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914004408/http://commercialobserver.com/2014/07/grand-central-landlord-threatens-lawsuit-over-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=September 14, 2014 |access-date=September 13, 2014 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref> In its September 2014 proposal to the city, SL Green proposed to pay $400 per square foot for the air rights, then build a {{convert|1500|ft|m|adj=on}}, 67-story building, twice as big as the zoning rules permitted.<ref name="nyt20140923" /> Penson proposed paying SL Green $400 million for {{convert|1.3|e6sqft|m2}} of air rights, and he also proposed assuming the $210 million cost of the transit improvements SL Green planned to make. Penson valued the air rights at up to {{convert|600|$/ft2}}, nearly 10 times the {{convert|61|$/sqft|$/m2}} he paid when he bought the station in 2006. SL Green rejected Penson's offer as a "publicity stunt".<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2014 |title=Grand Central owner offers SL Green $400M for One Vanderbilt |url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/24/grand-central-owner-offers-sl-green-400m-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017021204/http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/09/24/grand-central-owner-offers-sl-green-400m-for-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |access-date=October 12, 2014 |website=The Real Deal}}</ref><ref name="nyt20140923">{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=September 23, 2014 |title=Owner of Grand Central Vies With Developer Over Skyscraper on an Adjacent Block |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-vies-with-developer-over-skyscraper-on-an-adjacent-block.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121183718/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-vies-with-developer-over-skyscraper-on-an-adjacent-block.html |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


By October 2014, One Vanderbilt was projected to be {{Convert|1514|ft}} high.<ref>{{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=October 28, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Will Be Even Taller Than Originally Thought |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/28/10030624/one-vanderbilt-will-be-even-taller-than-originally-thought |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/28/10030624/one-vanderbilt-will-be-even-taller-than-originally-thought |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fedak |first=Nikolai |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Height Bump & New Look: One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2014/10/height-bump-new-look-one-vanderbilt-to-stand-1514-feet-tall.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://newyorkyimby.com/2014/10/height-bump-new-look-one-vanderbilt-to-stand-1514-feet-tall.html}}</ref> The following month, TD Bank signed a lease at the building, officially becoming an anchor tenant.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Eliot |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Planned 1,500-foot New York Skyscraper Lures TD Bank as Tenant |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/11/17/planned-1500-foot-new-york-skyscraper-lures-td-bank-as-tenant/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920033857/http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/11/17/planned-1500-foot-new-york-skyscraper-lures-td-bank-as-tenant/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=November 17, 2014 |title=TD Bank Signs As One Vanderbilt Anchor; Beekman Update |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/11/17/10020646/td-bank-signs-as-one-vanderbilt-anchor-beekman-update |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/11/17/10020646/td-bank-signs-as-one-vanderbilt-anchor-beekman-update |url-status=live}}</ref> Disputes over the proposed transit improvements at One Vanderbilt continued. That December, an advisory task force composed of two local community boards indicated that it would oppose the improvements unless the building's energy efficiency was increased and one of the Grand Central entrances was relocated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anuta |first=Joe |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Task force to vote 'no' on 1 Vanderbilt spire |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141209/REAL_ESTATE/141209823/task-force-to-vote-no-on-1-vanderbilt-spire |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729170034/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141209/REAL_ESTATE/141209823/task-force-to-vote-no-on-1-vanderbilt-spire |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Neighbors Dislike 1 Vanderbilt's Green Goals, Access to Transit |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/12/9/10013584/neighbors-dislike-1-vanderbilts-green-goals-access-to-transit |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164526/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/12/9/10013584/neighbors-dislike-1-vanderbilts-green-goals-access-to-transit |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Babin |first=Janet |date=December 10, 2014 |title=Community Board to Vote on One Vanderbilt Proposal |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/community-board-vote-one-vanderbilt-proposal/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=WNYC |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.wnyc.org/story/community-board-vote-one-vanderbilt-proposal/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2015, Manhattan Borough President [[Gale Brewer]] endorsed the project with several stipulations, including benches and restrooms in the proposed transit hall, as well as a requirement that SL Green maintain the plaza on Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=January 30, 2015 |title=1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt Is One Step Closer To Reality |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/1/30/9996978/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-one-step-closer-to-reality |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164532/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/1/30/9996978/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-one-step-closer-to-reality |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pham |first=Diane |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Gale Brewer Shows Support for One Vanderbilt, Negotiates Even More Public Improvements |url=https://www.6sqft.com/gale-brewer-shows-support-for-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-negotiates-even-more-public-improvements-from-sl-green/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.6sqft.com/gale-brewer-shows-support-for-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-negotiates-even-more-public-improvements-from-sl-green/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Public hearings on the proposed rezoning of One Vanderbilt proceeded the next month. [[Constitution of the United States|Constitutional]] lawyer [[Laurence Tribe]] testified against the proposal on behalf of Penson, under the argument that SL Green had taken Grand Central's air rights from the city rather than purchasing them from Penson.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=February 5, 2015 |title=Grand Central Owner Still Trying to Thwart One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/2/5/9995250/grand-central-owner-still-trying-to-thwart-one-vanderbilt |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164524/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/2/5/9995250/grand-central-owner-still-trying-to-thwart-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=February 5, 2015 |title=Law Professor Opposes Grand Central Tower Plan |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-professor-opposes-grand-central-tower-plan.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-professor-opposes-grand-central-tower-plan.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2015, the DCP approved the Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |date=March 30, 2015 |title=Planning commission approves rezoning for Vanderbilt project |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2015/03/planning-commission-approves-rezoning-for-vanderbilt-project-020906 |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Politico PRO |language=en |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2015/03/planning-commission-approves-rezoning-for-vanderbilt-project-020906}}</ref> as well as SL Green's proposal for One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=March 30, 2015 |title=1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt Approved By City Planning |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/3/30/9975594/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-approved-by-city-planning |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108225319/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/03/30/1500foot_one_vanderbilt_approved_by_city_planning.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bockmann |first=Rich |date=March 30, 2015 |title=City Planning approves One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/03/30/city-planning-approves-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164527/https://therealdeal.com/2015/03/30/city-planning-approves-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref>
By October 2014, One Vanderbilt was projected to be {{Convert|1514|ft}} high.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=October 28, 2014 |title=One Vanderbilt Will Be Even Taller Than Originally Thought |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/28/10030624/one-vanderbilt-will-be-even-taller-than-originally-thought |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/10/28/10030624/one-vanderbilt-will-be-even-taller-than-originally-thought |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fedak |first=Nikolai |date=October 28, 2014 |title=Height Bump & New Look: One Vanderbilt |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2014/10/height-bump-new-look-one-vanderbilt-to-stand-1514-feet-tall.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://newyorkyimby.com/2014/10/height-bump-new-look-one-vanderbilt-to-stand-1514-feet-tall.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US}}</ref> The following month, TD Bank signed a lease at the building, officially becoming an anchor tenant.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Eliot |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Planned 1,500-foot New York Skyscraper Lures TD Bank as Tenant |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/11/17/planned-1500-foot-new-york-skyscraper-lures-td-bank-as-tenant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920033857/http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/11/17/planned-1500-foot-new-york-skyscraper-lures-td-bank-as-tenant/ |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=November 17, 2014 |title=TD Bank Signs As One Vanderbilt Anchor; Beekman Update |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/11/17/10020646/td-bank-signs-as-one-vanderbilt-anchor-beekman-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/11/17/10020646/td-bank-signs-as-one-vanderbilt-anchor-beekman-update |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> Disputes over the proposed transit improvements at One Vanderbilt continued. That December, an advisory task force composed of two local community boards indicated that it would oppose the improvements unless the building's energy efficiency was increased and one of the Grand Central entrances was relocated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anuta |first=Joe |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Task force to vote 'no' on 1 Vanderbilt spire |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141209/REAL_ESTATE/141209823/task-force-to-vote-no-on-1-vanderbilt-spire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729170034/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141209/REAL_ESTATE/141209823/task-force-to-vote-no-on-1-vanderbilt-spire |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Neighbors Dislike 1 Vanderbilt's Green Goals, Access to Transit |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/12/9/10013584/neighbors-dislike-1-vanderbilts-green-goals-access-to-transit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164526/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/12/9/10013584/neighbors-dislike-1-vanderbilts-green-goals-access-to-transit |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Babin |first=Janet |date=December 10, 2014 |title=Community Board to Vote on One Vanderbilt Proposal |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/community-board-vote-one-vanderbilt-proposal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.wnyc.org/story/community-board-vote-one-vanderbilt-proposal/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=WNYC}}</ref> In January 2015, Manhattan Borough President [[Gale Brewer]] endorsed the project with several stipulations, including benches and restrooms in the proposed transit hall, as well as a requirement that SL Green maintain the plaza on Vanderbilt Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=January 30, 2015 |title=1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt Is One Step Closer To Reality |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/1/30/9996978/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-one-step-closer-to-reality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164532/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/1/30/9996978/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-is-one-step-closer-to-reality |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pham |first=Diane |date=November 21, 2014 |title=Gale Brewer Shows Support for One Vanderbilt, Negotiates Even More Public Improvements |url=https://www.6sqft.com/gale-brewer-shows-support-for-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-negotiates-even-more-public-improvements-from-sl-green/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://www.6sqft.com/gale-brewer-shows-support-for-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-negotiates-even-more-public-improvements-from-sl-green/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=6sqft}}</ref> Public hearings on the proposed rezoning of One Vanderbilt proceeded the next month. [[Constitution of the United States|Constitutional]] lawyer [[Laurence Tribe]] testified against the proposal on behalf of Penson, under the argument that SL Green had taken Grand Central's air rights from the city rather than purchasing them from Penson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=February 5, 2015 |title=Grand Central Owner Still Trying to Thwart One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/2/5/9995250/grand-central-owner-still-trying-to-thwart-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164524/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/2/5/9995250/grand-central-owner-still-trying-to-thwart-one-vanderbilt |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=February 5, 2015 |title=Law Professor Opposes Grand Central Tower Plan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-professor-opposes-grand-central-tower-plan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-professor-opposes-grand-central-tower-plan.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In March 2015, the DCP approved the Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Ryan |date=March 30, 2015 |title=Planning commission approves rezoning for Vanderbilt project |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2015/03/planning-commission-approves-rezoning-for-vanderbilt-project-020906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2015/03/planning-commission-approves-rezoning-for-vanderbilt-project-020906 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Politico PRO |language=en}}</ref> as well as SL Green's proposal for One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=March 30, 2015 |title=1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt Approved By City Planning |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/3/30/9975594/1500-foot-one-vanderbilt-approved-by-city-planning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108225319/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/03/30/1500foot_one_vanderbilt_approved_by_city_planning.php |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bockmann |first=Rich |date=March 30, 2015 |title=City Planning approves One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/03/30/city-planning-approves-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164527/https://therealdeal.com/2015/03/30/city-planning-approves-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>


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The Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning received unanimous approval from the [[New York City Council]] in May 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlanger |first=Danielle |date=May 27, 2015 |title=1 Vanderbilt Gets the Go-Ahead from City Council |work=Commercial Observer |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2015/05/1-vanderbilt-gets-the-go-ahead-from-city-council/ |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011716/https://commercialobserver.com/2015/05/1-vanderbilt-gets-the-go-ahead-from-city-council/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dailey 2015">{{cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=May 27, 2015 |title=City Council Green Lights 1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/5/27/9956470/city-council-green-lights-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180308/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/5/27/9956470/city-council-green-lights-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live}}</ref> following an endorsement by the council's zoning subcommittee.<ref>{{cite web |last=Durkin |first=Erin |date=May 5, 2015 |title=NYC zoning committee approves luxury 63-story skyscraper One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/vanderbilt-zoning-premilimanarily-approved-article-1.2211178 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=New York Daily News |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180304/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/vanderbilt-zoning-premilimanarily-approved-article-1.2211178 |url-status=live}}</ref> Immediately afterward, SL Green announced it would start demolishing structures on the site.<ref name="Dailey 2015" /> During demolition of one of the buildings that July, a chandelier and a banister fell on four construction workers who were taking down the chandelier, injuring them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Kate |date=July 25, 2015 |title=NYC Construction Workers Hurt During Demolition for Office Block |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/construction-workers-hurt-after-partial-ceiling-collapse-in-midtown-manhattan-1437758545 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180305/https://www.wsj.com/articles/construction-workers-hurt-after-partial-ceiling-collapse-in-midtown-manhattan-1437758545 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 7, 2015 |title=Four construction workers injured at One Vanderbilt site |work=The Real Deal |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/04/07/four-construction-workers-injured-at-331-madison/ |access-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070641/https://therealdeal.com/2015/04/07/four-construction-workers-injured-at-331-madison/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By the following month, some excavations had begun.<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=August 17, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt, soon to rise 1,400 feet, is now a big hole in the ground |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/17/12516068/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertall-construction-photo |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728201901/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/17/12516068/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertall-construction-photo |url-status=live}}</ref> With excavation ongoing, in September 2015, SL Green filed construction plans for a {{Convert|1400|ft|4=-tall|adj=mid}} tower, slightly shorter than what had been announced the previous year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=September 4, 2015 |title=One Vanderbilt Will Soon Rise 1,400 Feet Over Midtown East |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/4/9923828/one-vanderbilt-will-soon-rise-1400-feet-over-midtown-east |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/4/9923828/one-vanderbilt-will-soon-rise-1400-feet-over-midtown-east |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stulberg |first=Ariel |date=September 4, 2015 |title=SL Green finally files One Vanderbilt plans |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/04/sl-green-finally-files-one-vanderbilt-plans/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/04/sl-green-finally-files-one-vanderbilt-plans/}}</ref> The same month, Penson sued the city and SL Green for $1.1 billion, claiming that the city government had given SL Green the air rights over Grand Central for free.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Grand Central owner suing city, SL Green for $1.1B |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/29/grand-central-owner-suing-city-sl-green-for-1-1b/ |access-date=January 21, 2019 |website=The Real Deal New York |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232557/https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/29/grand-central-owner-suing-city-sl-green-for-1-1b/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Owner of Grand Central Sues Developer and City for $1.1 Billion Over Air Rights |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-sues-developer-and-city-for-1-1-billion-over-air-rights.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-sues-developer-and-city-for-1-1-billion-over-air-rights.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Midtown TDR dropped the lawsuit in August 2016 in exchange for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=August 10, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt lawsuit settled, paving way forward for Midtown supertall |url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12421944/one-vanderbilt-lawsuit-settled-sl-green |access-date=October 20, 2016 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021070253/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12421944/one-vanderbilt-lawsuit-settled-sl-green |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=August 10, 2016 |title=Owners of Grand Central Drop Lawsuit, Clearing Way for a 1,401-Foot-Tall Skyscraper |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/nyregion/owners-of-grand-central-drop-lawsuit-clearing-way-for-a-1401-foot-tall-skyscraper.html |access-date=January 21, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232501/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/nyregion/owners-of-grand-central-drop-lawsuit-clearing-way-for-a-1401-foot-tall-skyscraper.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=August 16, 2016 |title=KPF's One Vanderbilt skyscraper for Manhattan moves forward |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/16/kohn-pedersen-fox-kpf-one-vanderbilt-supertall-skyscraper-manhattan-new-york-lawsuit-dropped-grand-central-terminal/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Dezeen |language=en |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215715/https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/16/kohn-pedersen-fox-kpf-one-vanderbilt-supertall-skyscraper-manhattan-new-york-lawsuit-dropped-grand-central-terminal/}}</ref>
The Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning received unanimous approval from the [[New York City Council]] in May 2015,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schlanger |first=Danielle |date=May 27, 2015 |title=1 Vanderbilt Gets the Go-Ahead from City Council |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2015/05/1-vanderbilt-gets-the-go-ahead-from-city-council/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011716/https://commercialobserver.com/2015/05/1-vanderbilt-gets-the-go-ahead-from-city-council/ |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |work=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref name="Dailey 2015">{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Jessica |date=May 27, 2015 |title=City Council Green Lights 1,500-Foot One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/5/27/9956470/city-council-green-lights-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180308/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/5/27/9956470/city-council-green-lights-1500-foot-one-vanderbilt |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> following an endorsement by the council's zoning subcommittee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Durkin |first=Erin |date=May 5, 2015 |title=NYC zoning committee approves luxury 63-story skyscraper One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/vanderbilt-zoning-premilimanarily-approved-article-1.2211178 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180304/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/vanderbilt-zoning-premilimanarily-approved-article-1.2211178 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=New York Daily News}}</ref> Immediately afterward, SL Green announced it would start demolishing structures on the site.<ref name="Dailey 2015" /> During demolition of one of the buildings that July, a chandelier and a banister fell on four construction workers who were taking down the chandelier, injuring them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Kate |date=July 25, 2015 |title=NYC Construction Workers Hurt During Demolition for Office Block |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/construction-workers-hurt-after-partial-ceiling-collapse-in-midtown-manhattan-1437758545 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180305/https://www.wsj.com/articles/construction-workers-hurt-after-partial-ceiling-collapse-in-midtown-manhattan-1437758545 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 7, 2015 |title=Four construction workers injured at One Vanderbilt site |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/04/07/four-construction-workers-injured-at-331-madison/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202070641/https://therealdeal.com/2015/04/07/four-construction-workers-injured-at-331-madison/ |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |work=The Real Deal}}</ref> By the following month, some excavations had begun.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=August 17, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt, soon to rise 1,400 feet, is now a big hole in the ground |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/17/12516068/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertall-construction-photo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728201901/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/17/12516068/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertall-construction-photo |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> With excavation ongoing, in September 2015, SL Green filed construction plans for a {{Convert|1400|ft|4=-tall|adj=mid}} tower, slightly shorter than what had been announced the previous year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=September 4, 2015 |title=One Vanderbilt Will Soon Rise 1,400 Feet Over Midtown East |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/4/9923828/one-vanderbilt-will-soon-rise-1400-feet-over-midtown-east |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/9/4/9923828/one-vanderbilt-will-soon-rise-1400-feet-over-midtown-east |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stulberg |first=Ariel |date=September 4, 2015 |title=SL Green finally files One Vanderbilt plans |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/04/sl-green-finally-files-one-vanderbilt-plans/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/04/sl-green-finally-files-one-vanderbilt-plans/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> The same month, Penson sued the city and SL Green for $1.1 billion, claiming that the city government had given SL Green the air rights over Grand Central for free.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Grand Central owner suing city, SL Green for $1.1B |url=https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/29/grand-central-owner-suing-city-sl-green-for-1-1b/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232557/https://therealdeal.com/2015/09/29/grand-central-owner-suing-city-sl-green-for-1-1b/ |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |website=The Real Deal New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=September 29, 2015 |title=Owner of Grand Central Sues Developer and City for $1.1 Billion Over Air Rights |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-sues-developer-and-city-for-1-1-billion-over-air-rights.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/nyregion/owner-of-grand-central-sues-developer-and-city-for-1-1-billion-over-air-rights.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Midtown TDR dropped the lawsuit in August 2016 in exchange for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=August 10, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt lawsuit settled, paving way forward for Midtown supertall |url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12421944/one-vanderbilt-lawsuit-settled-sl-green |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021070253/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/8/10/12421944/one-vanderbilt-lawsuit-settled-sl-green |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagli |first=Charles V. |date=August 10, 2016 |title=Owners of Grand Central Drop Lawsuit, Clearing Way for a 1,401-Foot-Tall Skyscraper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/nyregion/owners-of-grand-central-drop-lawsuit-clearing-way-for-a-1401-foot-tall-skyscraper.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232501/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/nyregion/owners-of-grand-central-drop-lawsuit-clearing-way-for-a-1401-foot-tall-skyscraper.html |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=August 16, 2016 |title=KPF's One Vanderbilt skyscraper for Manhattan moves forward |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/16/kohn-pedersen-fox-kpf-one-vanderbilt-supertall-skyscraper-manhattan-new-york-lawsuit-dropped-grand-central-terminal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726215715/https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/16/kohn-pedersen-fox-kpf-one-vanderbilt-supertall-skyscraper-manhattan-new-york-lawsuit-dropped-grand-central-terminal/ |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref>


At a forum in June 2016, SL Green had indicated that the building could cost about $3.14 billion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=June 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt May Cost More Than $3B to Construct |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11877626/one-vanderbilt-sl-green-supertall-cost |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164531/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11877626/one-vanderbilt-sl-green-supertall-cost |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mashayekhi |first=Rey |date=June 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt to cost over $3.1B: SL Green |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/07/one-vanderbilt-to-cost-over-3-1b-sl-green/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/07/one-vanderbilt-to-cost-over-3-1b-sl-green/}}</ref> That month, a consortium of banks including [[Wells Fargo]], [[The Bank of New York Mellon]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[Toronto-Dominion Bank]], [[Bank of China]], and [[Landesbank Baden-Württemberg]] offered a $1.5 billion, five-year loan for the tower's construction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putzier |first=Konrad |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Consortium including Bank of China, Wells Fargo set to provide $1.5B loan for One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/21/consortium-including-bank-of-china-wells-fargo-set-to-provide-1-5b-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/21/consortium-including-bank-of-china-wells-fargo-set-to-provide-1-5b-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Coen |first1=Andrew |last2=Burke |first2=Mack |date=June 21, 2016 |title=SL Green Lines Up Lenders for $1.5B One Vanderbilt Loan |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2016/06/sl-green-lines-up-five-banks-for-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-loan/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://commercialobserver.com/2016/06/sl-green-lines-up-five-banks-for-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-loan/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The loan was finalized that September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2016 |title=SL Green closes on $1.5B One Vanderbilt construction loan |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/28/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-construction-loan/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164524/https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/28/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-construction-loan/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Balbi |first=Danielle |date=September 28, 2016 |title=SL Green Closes on $1.5B Construction Loan for One Vanderbilt |work=Commercial Observer |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2016/09/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-construction-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011323/https://commercialobserver.com/2016/09/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-construction-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, general contractor AECOM Tishman subcontracted the construction of One Vanderbilt to Navillus Tile for $135.9 million.<ref name="trd20180123">{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Navillus seeks to finish the job at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/23/navillus-seeks-to-finish-work-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/23/navillus-seeks-to-finish-work-at-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref> [[Liberty Mutual]] was the [[guarantor]] for the contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 20, 2021 |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |title=Contract Killers: Construction Disputes Can Spell Disaster for Projects |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/contract-killers/ |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=The Real Deal Los Angeles |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/contract-killers/ |url-status=live}}</ref> An official [[groundbreaking]] occurred on October 18, 2016.<ref name="nyt20161016" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hurowitz |first=Noah |title=One Vanderbilt Construction Underway After Official Groundbreaking |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161018/midtown/one-vanderbilt-ground-breaking-bill-de-blasio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042545/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161018/midtown/one-vanderbilt-ground-breaking-bill-de-blasio |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |website=DNAinfo New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For One Vanderbilt Avenue |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/18/one-vanderbilt-avenue-groundbreaking/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=CBS New York |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/18/one-vanderbilt-avenue-groundbreaking/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At the ceremony, de Blasio described One Vanderbilt as the "right kind" of development in East Midtown, while Brewer said the planned skyscraper had "set the bar very high" for other new developments nearby. No other tenants besides TD Bank had yet signed leases for space in One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Officials tout One Vanderbilt as model for Midtown East rezoning |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/10/18/officials-tout-one-vanderbilt-as-model-for-midtown-east-rezoning/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://therealdeal.com/2016/10/18/officials-tout-one-vanderbilt-as-model-for-midtown-east-rezoning/}}</ref> That December, plans for the building's observation deck were announced.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=December 5, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt unveils plans for soaring 1,020-foot observation deck |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/12/5/13844036/one-vanderbilt-observation-deck-1020-feet |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164527/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/12/5/13844036/one-vanderbilt-observation-deck-1020-feet |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2016 |title=SL Green will build an observation deck at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/12/05/sl-green-will-build-an-observation-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://therealdeal.com/2016/12/05/sl-green-will-build-an-observation-at-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref>
At a forum in June 2016, SL Green had indicated that the building could cost about $3.14 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=June 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt May Cost More Than $3B to Construct |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11877626/one-vanderbilt-sl-green-supertall-cost |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164531/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11877626/one-vanderbilt-sl-green-supertall-cost |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mashayekhi |first=Rey |date=June 7, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt to cost over $3.1B: SL Green |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/07/one-vanderbilt-to-cost-over-3-1b-sl-green/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/07/one-vanderbilt-to-cost-over-3-1b-sl-green/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> That month, a consortium of banks including [[Wells Fargo]], [[The Bank of New York Mellon]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[Toronto-Dominion Bank]], [[Bank of China]], and [[Landesbank Baden-Württemberg]] offered a $1.5 billion, five-year loan for the tower's construction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putzier |first=Konrad |date=June 21, 2016 |title=Consortium including Bank of China, Wells Fargo set to provide $1.5B loan for One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/21/consortium-including-bank-of-china-wells-fargo-set-to-provide-1-5b-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/21/consortium-including-bank-of-china-wells-fargo-set-to-provide-1-5b-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Coen |first1=Andrew |last2=Burke |first2=Mack |date=June 21, 2016 |title=SL Green Lines Up Lenders for $1.5B One Vanderbilt Loan |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2016/06/sl-green-lines-up-five-banks-for-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-loan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://commercialobserver.com/2016/06/sl-green-lines-up-five-banks-for-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-loan/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref> The loan was finalized that September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2016 |title=SL Green closes on $1.5B One Vanderbilt construction loan |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/28/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-construction-loan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164524/https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/28/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-one-vanderbilt-construction-loan/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Balbi |first=Danielle |date=September 28, 2016 |title=SL Green Closes on $1.5B Construction Loan for One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2016/09/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-construction-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011323/https://commercialobserver.com/2016/09/sl-green-closes-on-1-5b-construction-loan-for-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |work=Commercial Observer}}</ref> The following month, general contractor AECOM Tishman subcontracted the construction of One Vanderbilt to Navillus Tile for $135.9 million.<ref name="trd20180123">{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=January 23, 2018 |title=Navillus seeks to finish the job at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/23/navillus-seeks-to-finish-work-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/23/navillus-seeks-to-finish-work-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Liberty Mutual]] was the [[guarantor]] for the contract.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=July 20, 2021 |title=Contract Killers: Construction Disputes Can Spell Disaster for Projects |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/contract-killers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731174026/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/contract-killers/ |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |website=The Real Deal Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref> An official [[groundbreaking]] occurred on October 18, 2016.<ref name="nyt20161016" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hurowitz |first=Noah |title=One Vanderbilt Construction Underway After Official Groundbreaking |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161018/midtown/one-vanderbilt-ground-breaking-bill-de-blasio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042545/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161018/midtown/one-vanderbilt-ground-breaking-bill-de-blasio |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |website=DNAinfo New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For One Vanderbilt Avenue |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/18/one-vanderbilt-avenue-groundbreaking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/18/one-vanderbilt-avenue-groundbreaking/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=CBS New York}}</ref> At the ceremony, de Blasio described One Vanderbilt as the "right kind" of development in East Midtown, while Brewer said the planned skyscraper had "set the bar very high" for other new developments nearby. No other tenants besides TD Bank had yet signed leases for space in One Vanderbilt.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Officials tout One Vanderbilt as model for Midtown East rezoning |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/10/18/officials-tout-one-vanderbilt-as-model-for-midtown-east-rezoning/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164521/https://therealdeal.com/2016/10/18/officials-tout-one-vanderbilt-as-model-for-midtown-east-rezoning/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> That December, plans for the building's observation deck were announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=December 5, 2016 |title=One Vanderbilt unveils plans for soaring 1,020-foot observation deck |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/12/5/13844036/one-vanderbilt-observation-deck-1020-feet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164527/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/12/5/13844036/one-vanderbilt-observation-deck-1020-feet |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2016 |title=SL Green will build an observation deck at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/12/05/sl-green-will-build-an-observation-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164522/https://therealdeal.com/2016/12/05/sl-green-will-build-an-observation-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>


In January 2017, South Korea's [[National Pension Service]] and development firm Hines Interests Limited Partnership paid a combined $525 million for a 27.6% and 1.4% stake in the development, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2017 |title=SL Green sells stake in One Vanderbilt to Korean pension fund, Hines |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/26/sl-green-sells-stake-in-one-vanderbilt-to-korean-pension-fund/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/26/sl-green-sells-stake-in-one-vanderbilt-to-korean-pension-fund/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=January 26, 2017 |title=SL Green Forms One Vanderbilt JV with Korean Pension Fund, Hines |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/01/sl-green-forms-one-vanderbilt-jv-with-korean-pension-fund-hines/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518213220/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/01/sl-green-forms-one-vanderbilt-jv-with-korean-pension-fund-hines/ |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, SL Green projected that One Vanderbilt would earn $198 million annually, including $42 million from the observation deck alone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putzier |first=Konrad |date=January 27, 2017 |title=SL Green expects office tower One Vanderbilt to make almost $200M per year |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/27/sl-green-expects-office-tower-one-vanderbilt-to-make-almost-200m-per-year/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/27/sl-green-expects-office-tower-one-vanderbilt-to-make-almost-200m-per-year/}}</ref> Foundation laying started the next month. The work included one of the largest continuous concrete pours to ever take place in New York City.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2017" /><ref name="Plitt 2017">{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=February 8, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt will start going vertical in May |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/8/14550270/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180305/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/8/14550270/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Andrew |date=February 9, 2017 |title=4,000 cubic yards of concrete go into One Vanderbilt foundation |url=https://archpaper.com/2017/02/one-vanderbilt-foundation-concrete/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Archpaper.com |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103323/https://archpaper.com/2017/02/one-vanderbilt-foundation-concrete/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By that June, the skyscraper's first vertical beams had been constructed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Ameena |date=June 24, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt begins its vertical ascent |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/6/24/15868338/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/6/24/15868338/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |url-status=live}}</ref> One Vanderbilt's superstructure reached above ground level in October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=October 4, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt's steel superstructure finally rises above ground |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/4/16418512/one-vanderbilt-construction-midtown-steel-superstructure |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103326/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/4/16418512/one-vanderbilt-construction-midtown-steel-superstructure |url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, Navillus filed for bankruptcy,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corrigan |first=Tom |date=November 22, 2017 |title=Navillus Seeks Access to $135 Million in Bankruptcy Financing |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/navillus-seeks-access-to-135-million-in-bankruptcy-financing-1511384663 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://www.wsj.com/articles/navillus-seeks-access-to-135-million-in-bankruptcy-financing-1511384663 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Contractor insolvency roils One Vanderbilt, Manhattan West |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/11/10/contractor-insolvency-roils-one-vanderbilt-manhattan-west/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2017/11/10/contractor-insolvency-roils-one-vanderbilt-manhattan-west/}}</ref> and Tishman moved to end its subcontract with Navillus, though work on the skyscraper continued.<ref name="trd20180123" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Slowey |first=Kim |date=December 6, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt developer could turn to EB-5 financing |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/one-vanderbilt-developer-could-turn-to-eb-5-financing/512383/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Construction Dive |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172150/https://www.constructiondive.com/news/one-vanderbilt-developer-could-turn-to-eb-5-financing/512383/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, Tishman, SL Green, and Liberty Mutual agreed to let Navillus complete the subcontract for One Vanderbilt's construction.<ref name="trd20180123" />
In January 2017, South Korea's [[National Pension Service]] and development firm Hines Interests Limited Partnership paid a combined $525 million for a 27.6% and 1.4% stake in the development, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2017 |title=SL Green sells stake in One Vanderbilt to Korean pension fund, Hines |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/26/sl-green-sells-stake-in-one-vanderbilt-to-korean-pension-fund/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/26/sl-green-sells-stake-in-one-vanderbilt-to-korean-pension-fund/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=January 26, 2017 |title=SL Green Forms One Vanderbilt JV with Korean Pension Fund, Hines |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/01/sl-green-forms-one-vanderbilt-jv-with-korean-pension-fund-hines/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518213220/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/01/sl-green-forms-one-vanderbilt-jv-with-korean-pension-fund-hines/ |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref> At the time, SL Green projected that One Vanderbilt would earn $198 million annually, including $42 million from the observation deck alone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putzier |first=Konrad |date=January 27, 2017 |title=SL Green expects office tower One Vanderbilt to make almost $200M per year |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/27/sl-green-expects-office-tower-one-vanderbilt-to-make-almost-200m-per-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164525/https://therealdeal.com/2017/01/27/sl-green-expects-office-tower-one-vanderbilt-to-make-almost-200m-per-year/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> Foundation laying started the next month. The work included one of the largest continuous concrete pours to ever take place in New York City.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2017" /><ref name="Plitt 2017">{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=February 8, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt will start going vertical in May |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/8/14550270/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728180305/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/2/8/14550270/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Andrew |date=February 9, 2017 |title=4,000 cubic yards of concrete go into One Vanderbilt foundation |url=https://archpaper.com/2017/02/one-vanderbilt-foundation-concrete/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103323/https://archpaper.com/2017/02/one-vanderbilt-foundation-concrete/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Archpaper.com}}</ref> By that June, the skyscraper's first vertical beams had been constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ameena |date=June 24, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt begins its vertical ascent |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/6/24/15868338/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729164523/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/6/24/15868338/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction-photos |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> One Vanderbilt's superstructure reached above ground level in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=October 4, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt's steel superstructure finally rises above ground |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/4/16418512/one-vanderbilt-construction-midtown-steel-superstructure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103326/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/4/16418512/one-vanderbilt-construction-midtown-steel-superstructure |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> The following month, Navillus filed for bankruptcy,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corrigan |first=Tom |date=November 22, 2017 |title=Navillus Seeks Access to $135 Million in Bankruptcy Financing |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/navillus-seeks-access-to-135-million-in-bankruptcy-financing-1511384663 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://www.wsj.com/articles/navillus-seeks-access-to-135-million-in-bankruptcy-financing-1511384663 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2017 |title=Contractor insolvency roils One Vanderbilt, Manhattan West |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/11/10/contractor-insolvency-roils-one-vanderbilt-manhattan-west/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2017/11/10/contractor-insolvency-roils-one-vanderbilt-manhattan-west/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> and Tishman moved to end its subcontract with Navillus, though work on the skyscraper continued.<ref name="trd20180123" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Slowey |first=Kim |date=December 6, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt developer could turn to EB-5 financing |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/one-vanderbilt-developer-could-turn-to-eb-5-financing/512383/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172150/https://www.constructiondive.com/news/one-vanderbilt-developer-could-turn-to-eb-5-financing/512383/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Construction Dive |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2018, Tishman, SL Green, and Liberty Mutual agreed to let Navillus complete the subcontract for One Vanderbilt's construction.<ref name="trd20180123" />


One Vanderbilt's construction proceeded faster than originally scheduled and, by February 2018, the tower had been completed to the ninth floor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Ameena |date=February 28, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt construction is already ahead of schedule |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/2/28/17063976/nyc-one-vanderbilt-construction-update |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103244/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/2/28/17063976/nyc-one-vanderbilt-construction-update |url-status=live}}</ref> By June of the same year, the tower had reached the sixteenth floor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=June 6, 2018 |title=Aerial photos show off One Vanderbilt's swift rise in Midtown |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17434044/midtown-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction-photos |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103257/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17434044/midtown-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction-photos |url-status=live}}</ref> Facade installation began in August 2018, at which point the structure had passed the 30th floor, or more than half its eventual height.<ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=August 14, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt's Terracotta Facade Installation Begins as Superstructure Passes Halfway Point in Midtown Manhattan |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=New York YIMBY |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205211845/https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html |url-status=live}}</ref> By November, the structure had reached the 56th floor, high enough to provide views above neighboring buildings.<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=November 2, 2018 |title=See the views from Midtown's soon-to-be supertall One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/2/18052636/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103310/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/2/18052636/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction |url-status=live}}</ref> Around that time, SL Green refinanced the construction loan, increasing it to $1.75 billion and reducing the interest rate.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Betsy |date=December 3, 2018 |title=TD Securities Signs Two SL Green Leases Renting 170,000 SF |url=https://www.globest.com/2018/12/03/td-securities-signs-two-sl-green-leases-renting-170000-sf/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=GlobeSt |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172150/https://www.globest.com/2018/12/03/td-securities-signs-two-sl-green-leases-renting-170000-sf/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The building topped out on September 17, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=September 17, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt tops out at 1,401 feet, becomes tallest office building in Midtown |work=6sqft.com |url=https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilt-tops-out-at-1401-feet-becomes-tallest-office-building-in-midtown/ |access-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612222331/https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilt-tops-out-at-1401-feet-becomes-tallest-office-building-in-midtown/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=September 19, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt tops out at 1,401 feet in Midtown East |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/19/20873336/midtown-east-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=Curbed NY |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806015721/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/19/20873336/midtown-east-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction |url-status=live}}</ref>
One Vanderbilt's construction proceeded faster than originally scheduled and, by February 2018, the tower had been completed to the ninth floor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ameena |date=February 28, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt construction is already ahead of schedule |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/2/28/17063976/nyc-one-vanderbilt-construction-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103244/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/2/28/17063976/nyc-one-vanderbilt-construction-update |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> By June of the same year, the tower had reached the sixteenth floor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=June 6, 2018 |title=Aerial photos show off One Vanderbilt's swift rise in Midtown |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17434044/midtown-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction-photos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103257/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17434044/midtown-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction-photos |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> Facade installation began in August 2018, at which point the structure had passed the 30th floor, or more than half its eventual height.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=August 14, 2018 |title=One Vanderbilt's Terracotta Facade Installation Begins as Superstructure Passes Halfway Point in Midtown Manhattan |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205211845/https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/08/one-vanderbilts-terracotta-facade-installation-begins-as-superstructure-passes-halfway-point-in-midtown-manhattan.html |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=New York YIMBY}}</ref> By November, the structure had reached the 56th floor, high enough to provide views above neighboring buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=November 2, 2018 |title=See the views from Midtown's soon-to-be supertall One Vanderbilt |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/2/18052636/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103310/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/2/18052636/midtown-east-one-vanderbilt-skyscraper-construction |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref> Around that time, SL Green refinanced the construction loan, increasing it to $1.75 billion and reducing the interest rate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Betsy |date=December 3, 2018 |title=TD Securities Signs Two SL Green Leases Renting 170,000 SF |url=https://www.globest.com/2018/12/03/td-securities-signs-two-sl-green-leases-renting-170000-sf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172150/https://www.globest.com/2018/12/03/td-securities-signs-two-sl-green-leases-renting-170000-sf/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=GlobeSt}}</ref> The building topped out on September 17, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=September 17, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt tops out at 1,401 feet, becomes tallest office building in Midtown |url=https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilt-tops-out-at-1401-feet-becomes-tallest-office-building-in-midtown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612222331/https://www.6sqft.com/one-vanderbilt-tops-out-at-1401-feet-becomes-tallest-office-building-in-midtown/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2019 |work=6sqft.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=September 19, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt tops out at 1,401 feet in Midtown East |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/19/20873336/midtown-east-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806015721/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/19/20873336/midtown-east-new-york-one-vanderbilt-construction |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=Curbed NY |language=en}}</ref>


=== Completion and early years ===
=== Completion and early years ===
At the end of 2019, SL Green announced that the building was expected to open the following August.<ref name="Ricciulli 2019">{{cite web |last=Ricciulli |first=Valeria |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Midtown East's One Vanderbilt has an opening date |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/11/21011241/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertalls-midtown-east-skycraper-sl-green |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/11/21011241/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertalls-midtown-east-skycraper-sl-green |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Young 201912"/> Shortly afterward, the top part of the spire was temporarily removed so construction cranes could add cladding to the crown.<ref name="Young 201912">{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=December 29, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt Progresses Toward August 2020 Opening in Midtown East |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/12/one-vanderbilt-progresses-towards-august-2020-opening-in-midtown-east.html |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724045338/https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/12/one-vanderbilt-progresses-towards-august-2020-opening-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The building's completion was delayed slightly in early 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]].<ref name="amNewYork 2020" /> By that June, the building was 67 percent leased in spite of the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Randall |date=July 6, 2020 |title=If You Want to See Where New York Is Heading, These REITs Offer a Clue |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-want-to-see-where-new-york-is-heading-these-reits-offer-a-clue-11593995640 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722235711/https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-want-to-see-where-new-york-is-heading-these-reits-offer-a-clue-11593995640 |url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, One Vanderbilt's leasing agents had sought for the building to be 82 percent leased by the end of 2020; however, the agents revised their forecast to 72 percent.<ref name="ny1-20200914" /><ref name="wsj20200908">{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=September 8, 2020 |title=SL Green's $3 Billion One Vanderbilt in New York City Faces Big Challenges |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sl-greens-3-billion-one-vanderbilt-in-new-york-city-faces-big-challenges-11599566410 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://www.wsj.com/articles/sl-greens-3-billion-one-vanderbilt-in-new-york-city-faces-big-challenges-11599566410 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[New York City Department of Buildings]] issued a temporary [[certificate of occupancy]] for One Vanderbilt on September 11, 2020.<ref name="ENR 2020" /> One Vanderbilt was formally opened with a ceremony three days later, on September 14.<ref name="ny1-20200914" /><ref name="amNewYork 2020" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Wong |first=Natalie |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Manhattan's Newest Skyscraper Opens Up to a Dead Midtown |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/manhattan-s-newest-skyscraper-is-opening-up-to-a-dead-midtown |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Bloomberg |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916235852/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/manhattan-s-newest-skyscraper-is-opening-up-to-a-dead-midtown |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, tenant spaces were incomplete, and the first tenants could not move into the building until that November.<ref name="wsj20200908" />
At the end of 2019, SL Green announced that the building was expected to open the following August.<ref name="Ricciulli 2019">{{Cite web |last=Ricciulli |first=Valeria |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Midtown East's One Vanderbilt has an opening date |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/11/21011241/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertalls-midtown-east-skycraper-sl-green |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/12/11/21011241/one-vanderbilt-nyc-supertalls-midtown-east-skycraper-sl-green |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Curbed NY}}</ref><ref name="Young 201912" /> Shortly afterward, the top part of the spire was temporarily removed so construction cranes could add cladding to the crown.<ref name="Young 201912">{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Michael |date=December 29, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt Progresses Toward August 2020 Opening in Midtown East |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/12/one-vanderbilt-progresses-towards-august-2020-opening-in-midtown-east.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724045338/https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/12/one-vanderbilt-progresses-towards-august-2020-opening-in-midtown-east.html |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |website=New York YIMBY |language=en-US}}</ref> The building's completion was delayed slightly in early 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]].<ref name="amNewYork 2020" /> By that June, the building was 67 percent leased in spite of the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Randall |date=July 6, 2020 |title=If You Want to See Where New York Is Heading, These REITs Offer a Clue |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-want-to-see-where-new-york-is-heading-these-reits-offer-a-clue-11593995640 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722235711/https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-want-to-see-where-new-york-is-heading-these-reits-offer-a-clue-11593995640 |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 23, 2020 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, One Vanderbilt's leasing agents had sought for the building to be 82 percent leased by the end of 2020; however, the agents revised their forecast to 72 percent.<ref name="ny1-20200914" /><ref name="wsj20200908">{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=September 8, 2020 |title=SL Green's $3 Billion One Vanderbilt in New York City Faces Big Challenges |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sl-greens-3-billion-one-vanderbilt-in-new-york-city-faces-big-challenges-11599566410 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143746/https://www.wsj.com/articles/sl-greens-3-billion-one-vanderbilt-in-new-york-city-faces-big-challenges-11599566410 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The [[New York City Department of Buildings]] issued a temporary [[certificate of occupancy]] for One Vanderbilt on September 11, 2020.<ref name="ENR 2020" /> One Vanderbilt was formally opened with a ceremony three days later, on September 14.<ref name="ny1-20200914" /><ref name="amNewYork 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Natalie |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Manhattan's Newest Skyscraper Opens Up to a Dead Midtown |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/manhattan-s-newest-skyscraper-is-opening-up-to-a-dead-midtown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916235852/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/manhattan-s-newest-skyscraper-is-opening-up-to-a-dead-midtown |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Bloomberg}}</ref> At the time, tenant spaces were incomplete, and the first tenants could not move into the building until that November.<ref name="wsj20200908" />


The Le Pavillon restaurant at the building's base opened in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chandler |first=John |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Le Pavillon Opens Its Doors at One Vanderbilt, Latest Restaurant from Chef Daniel Boulud |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/le-pavillon-opens-its-doors-at-one-vanderbilt-latest-restaurant-from-chef-daniel-boulud/3065638/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=NBC New York |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624231235/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/le-pavillon-opens-its-doors-at-one-vanderbilt-latest-restaurant-from-chef-daniel-boulud/3065638/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nowosielska |first=Anetta |date=May 23, 2021 |title=Le Pavillon Opens at One Vanderbilt in New York's Midtown |url=https://hauteliving.com/2021/05/stunning-le-pavillon-opens-at-one-vanderbilt-in-new-yorks-midtown/698462/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Haute Living |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055538/https://hauteliving.com/2021/05/stunning-le-pavillon-opens-at-one-vanderbilt-in-new-yorks-midtown/698462/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, a banking consortium led by Wells Fargo and [[Goldman Sachs]] refinanced One Vanderbilt for about $3 billion. The refinancing included a 10-year, fixed-rate loan using [[Commercial mortgage-backed security|commercial mortgage-backed securities]] and was intended to pay off part of the $1.75 billion debt incurred during construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2021 |title=SL Green Inks $3B Refi for One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/29/sl-green-closes-on-3b-one-vanderbilt-refi/ |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/29/sl-green-closes-on-3b-one-vanderbilt-refi/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 28, 2021 |title=SL Green closes record-shattering $3B refi' on one Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-closes-record-shattering-3b-refi-on-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 27, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-closes-record-shattering-3b-refi-on-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By July 2021, SL Green was advertising the top two floors at rates of up to {{Convert|322|$/ft2}}, the highest office rents in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lovinger |first=Joe |date=July 21, 2021 |title=SL Green Asking Record $322 Per Square Foot at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/07/21/sl-green-asking-record-322-psf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 27, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050130/https://therealdeal.com/2021/07/21/sl-green-asking-record-322-psf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ticket sales for Summit One Vanderbilt launched in September 2021, a month before the planned October 21 opening,<ref name="Davenport 2021" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Matt |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Get a sneak peek of One Vanderbilt's dizzying observation deck ahead of its October debut |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/get-a-sneak-peek-of-summit-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=The Architect's Newspaper |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917181839/https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/get-a-sneak-peek-of-summit-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and a press preview was held on September 24.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alan |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Views From (and of) Summit at One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/10/views-summit-one-vanderbilt/620330/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=The Atlantic |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009160907/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/10/views-summit-one-vanderbilt/620330/}}</ref> The building was 90 percent leased by October 2021; the ''[[Financial Times]]'' quoted Holliday as saying he wished the building "had 20 more floors because if [he] did we could lease them".<ref name="ft_oct2021">{{cite news |last1=Chaffin |first1=Joshua |date=October 9, 2021 |title=Manhattan's office towers are a tale of the haves and the have-nots |work=The Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0fc60c68-7e8f-492d-ae4c-f66272793212 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009141713/https://www.ft.com/content/0fc60c68-7e8f-492d-ae4c-f66272793212 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summit One Vanderbilt opened on October 21 of that year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Davidson |first=Justin |title=The Observation Deck at One Vanderbilt Is a Ridiculous Place |website=Curbed |date=October 21, 2021 |url=https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/review-observation-deck-one-vanderbilt-summit-air.html |access-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021220334/https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/review-observation-deck-one-vanderbilt-summit-air.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Duddridge |first=Natalie |title=Summit One Vanderbilt Observation Deck Opens In Midtown |website=CBS New York |date=October 21, 2021 |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |access-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021180316/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By late 2022, ninety-nine percent of One Vanderbilt's office space had been leased.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2022">{{cite web | title=SL Green Signs FIS Global to 25,000 Square Foot Lease at One Vanderbilt | website=Real Estate Weekly | date=September 17, 2022 | url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-signs-fis-global-to-25000-square-foot-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ | access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Wong 2022">{{cite web | last=Wong | first=Natalie | title=NYC's One Vanderbilt Tower Hits 99% Leased as New Tenant Signed | website=Bloomberg | date=September 15, 2022 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-15/manhattan-s-one-vanderbilt-tower-nearly-full-with-new-tenant | access-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref>
The Le Pavillon restaurant at the building's base opened in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandler |first=John |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Le Pavillon Opens Its Doors at One Vanderbilt, Latest Restaurant from Chef Daniel Boulud |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/le-pavillon-opens-its-doors-at-one-vanderbilt-latest-restaurant-from-chef-daniel-boulud/3065638/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624231235/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/le-pavillon-opens-its-doors-at-one-vanderbilt-latest-restaurant-from-chef-daniel-boulud/3065638/ |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=NBC New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nowosielska |first=Anetta |date=May 23, 2021 |title=Le Pavillon Opens at One Vanderbilt in New York's Midtown |url=https://hauteliving.com/2021/05/stunning-le-pavillon-opens-at-one-vanderbilt-in-new-yorks-midtown/698462/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725055538/https://hauteliving.com/2021/05/stunning-le-pavillon-opens-at-one-vanderbilt-in-new-yorks-midtown/698462/ |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=Haute Living}}</ref> The following month, a banking consortium led by Wells Fargo and [[Goldman Sachs]] refinanced One Vanderbilt for about $3 billion. The refinancing included a 10-year, fixed-rate loan using [[Commercial mortgage-backed security|commercial mortgage-backed securities]] and was intended to pay off part of the $1.75 billion debt incurred during construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2021 |title=SL Green Inks $3B Refi for One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/29/sl-green-closes-on-3b-one-vanderbilt-refi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/29/sl-green-closes-on-3b-one-vanderbilt-refi/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2021 |title=SL Green closes record-shattering $3B refi' on one Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-closes-record-shattering-3b-refi-on-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050128/https://rew-online.com/sl-green-closes-record-shattering-3b-refi-on-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref> By July 2021, SL Green was advertising the top two floors at rates of up to {{Convert|322|$/ft2}}, the highest office rents in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lovinger |first=Joe |date=July 21, 2021 |title=SL Green Asking Record $322 Per Square Foot at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/07/21/sl-green-asking-record-322-psf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727050130/https://therealdeal.com/2021/07/21/sl-green-asking-record-322-psf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref> Ticket sales for Summit One Vanderbilt launched in September 2021, a month before the planned October 21 opening,<ref name="Davenport 2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickman |first=Matt |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Get a sneak peek of One Vanderbilt's dizzying observation deck ahead of its October debut |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/get-a-sneak-peek-of-summit-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917181839/https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/get-a-sneak-peek-of-summit-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=The Architect's Newspaper}}</ref> and a press preview was held on September 24.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alan |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Views From (and of) Summit at One Vanderbilt |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/10/views-summit-one-vanderbilt/620330/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009160907/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2021/10/views-summit-one-vanderbilt/620330/ |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref> The building was 90 percent leased by October 2021; the ''[[Financial Times]]'' quoted Holliday as saying he wished the building "had 20 more floors because if [he] did we could lease them".<ref name="ft_oct2021">{{Cite news |last=Chaffin |first=Joshua |date=October 9, 2021 |title=Manhattan's office towers are a tale of the haves and the have-nots |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0fc60c68-7e8f-492d-ae4c-f66272793212 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009141713/https://www.ft.com/content/0fc60c68-7e8f-492d-ae4c-f66272793212 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |work=The Financial Times}}</ref> Summit One Vanderbilt opened on October 21 of that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Justin |date=October 21, 2021 |title=The Observation Deck at One Vanderbilt Is a Ridiculous Place |url=https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/review-observation-deck-one-vanderbilt-summit-air.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021220334/https://www.curbed.com/2021/10/review-observation-deck-one-vanderbilt-summit-air.html |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=October 21, 2021 |website=Curbed}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duddridge |first=Natalie |date=October 21, 2021 |title=Summit One Vanderbilt Observation Deck Opens In Midtown |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021180316/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/21/observation-deck-opens-at-summit-one-vanderbilt-in-midtown/ |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=October 21, 2021 |website=CBS New York}}</ref> By late 2022, ninety-nine percent of One Vanderbilt's office space had been leased.<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2022">{{Cite news |date=September 17, 2022 |title=SL Green Signs FIS Global to 25,000 Square Foot Lease at One Vanderbilt |url=https://rew-online.com/sl-green-signs-fis-global-to-25000-square-foot-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Real Estate Weekly}}</ref><ref name="Wong 2022">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Natalie |date=September 15, 2022 |title=NYC's One Vanderbilt Tower Hits 99% Leased as New Tenant Signed |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-15/manhattan-s-one-vanderbilt-tower-nearly-full-with-new-tenant |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Bloomberg}}</ref>


One Vanderbilt's Centurion New York club opened in March 2023 on the 55th floor.<ref name="Walker 2023" /> On March 21, 2023, an elevator for Summit One Vanderbilt rapidly fell three stories and struck a buffer spring; no one was injured.<ref name="trd_elevatorcar">{{cite news |last1=Dilakian |first1=Steven |title=SL Green's One Vanderbilt Shaken by Elevator Mishap |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/03/21/huge-shake-at-one-vanderbilt-prompts-evacuation/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=The Real Deal |date=21 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The collision caused the building to shake<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Clio |title='The Floor Just Dropped and Then Started Bouncing' |url=https://www.curbed.com/2023/03/one-vanderbilt-elevator-malfunction-shake.html |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=Curbed |date=22 March 2023 |language=en-us}}</ref> and prompted some tenants to evacuate.<ref name="trd_elevatorcar" />
One Vanderbilt's Centurion New York club opened in March 2023 on the 55th floor.<ref name="Walker 2023" /> On March 21, 2023, an elevator for Summit One Vanderbilt rapidly fell three stories and struck a buffer spring; no one was injured.<ref name="trd_elevatorcar">{{Cite news |last=Dilakian |first=Steven |date=March 21, 2023 |title=SL Green's One Vanderbilt Shaken by Elevator Mishap |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/03/21/huge-shake-at-one-vanderbilt-prompts-evacuation/ |access-date=March 22, 2023 |work=The Real Deal |language=en}}</ref> The collision caused the building to shake<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chang |first=Clio |date=March 22, 2023 |title='The Floor Just Dropped and Then Started Bouncing' |url=https://www.curbed.com/2023/03/one-vanderbilt-elevator-malfunction-shake.html |access-date=March 22, 2023 |work=Curbed |language=en-us}}</ref> and prompted some tenants to evacuate.<ref name="trd_elevatorcar" /> By September 2024, the building's space was fully leased.<ref name="Long 2024">{{cite web | last=Long | first=Ciara | title=This Week's N.Y. Deal Sheet: One Vanderbilt Hits 100% Occupancy With $265-Per-SF Lease (September 9, 2024) | website=Bisnow | date=September 2, 2024 | url=https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/deal-sheet/this-weeks-ny-deal-sheet-125733 | access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, the [[Mori Building Company]] bought an 11% ownership stake in One Vanderbilt; at the time, the building was valued at $4.7 billion.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bockmann | first=Rich | title=SL Green deal values One Vanderbilt at $4.7B | website=The Real Deal | date=November 21, 2024 | url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/11/21/sl-green-sells-one-vanderbilt-stake-to-mori-building-company/ | access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Wong | first=Natalie | title=NYC's One Vanderbilt Valued at $4.7 Billion in Stake Sale | website=Bloomberg.com | date=November 21, 2024 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/sl-green-sells-stake-in-one-vanderbilt-to-japanese-property-firm | access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
To attract tenants to One Vanderbilt, SL Green offered to pay off their old leases, such as that of [[The Carlyle Group]], whose lease SL Green paid off for around $100 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2018 |title=SL Green agreed to pay off old lease to lure firm to One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/13/sl-green-agreed-to-pay-off-old-lease-to-lure-firm-to-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/13/sl-green-agreed-to-pay-off-old-lease-to-lure-firm-to-one-vanderbilt/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Geiger |first=Daniel |date=August 13, 2018 |title=To land high-flying financial firm, Midtown spire developer made huge concession |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180813/REAL_ESTATE/180819978/to-land-high-flying-financial-firm-midtown-spire-developer-made-huge-concession |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729183700/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180813/REAL_ESTATE/180819978/to-land-high-flying-financial-firm-midtown-spire-developer-made-huge-concession |url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|October 2021}}, the building is 90&nbsp;percent leased.<ref name="ft_oct2021" /> Tenants include:
To attract tenants to One Vanderbilt, SL Green offered to pay off their old leases, such as that of [[The Carlyle Group]], whose lease SL Green paid off for around $100 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2018 |title=SL Green agreed to pay off old lease to lure firm to One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/13/sl-green-agreed-to-pay-off-old-lease-to-lure-firm-to-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729172149/https://therealdeal.com/2018/08/13/sl-green-agreed-to-pay-off-old-lease-to-lure-firm-to-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Geiger |first=Daniel |date=August 13, 2018 |title=To land high-flying financial firm, Midtown spire developer made huge concession |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180813/REAL_ESTATE/180819978/to-land-high-flying-financial-firm-midtown-spire-developer-made-huge-concession |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729183700/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180813/REAL_ESTATE/180819978/to-land-high-flying-financial-firm-midtown-spire-developer-made-huge-concession |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business}}</ref> {{As of|October 2021}}, the building is 90&nbsp;percent leased.<ref name="ft_oct2021" /> Tenants include:
* Ground floor: [[Watches of Switzerland]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Campuzano |first=Luis |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Watches of Switzerland Opens Latest Multibrand Showroom in Midtown Manhattan |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/watches-of-switzerland-opens-multi-brand-showroom-imidtown-manhattan-1236405175/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=WWD}}</ref>
* Lobby and anchor tenant: FL 14, 20, 21, 22, 23 [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]]<ref name="nyt20140530" /><ref name="curbedmay" />
* Lobby and anchor tenant: FL 14, 20, 21, 22, 23 [[TD Bank, N.A.|TD Bank]]<ref name="nyt20140530" /><ref name="curbedmay" />
* 2nd floor: [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]] restaurant<ref>{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Keiko |title=One Vanderbilt Taps Daniel Boulud to Create a Restaurant and Cafe |website=Wall Street Journal |date=April 17, 2017 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-vanderbilt-taps-daniel-boulud-to-create-a-restaurant-and-cafe-1492461677 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103303/https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-vanderbilt-taps-daniel-boulud-to-create-a-restaurant-and-cafe-1492461677 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2nd floor: [[Le Pavillon (Daniel Boulud restaurant)|Le Pavillon]] restaurant<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Keiko |date=April 17, 2017 |title=One Vanderbilt Taps Daniel Boulud to Create a Restaurant and Cafe |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-vanderbilt-taps-daniel-boulud-to-create-a-restaurant-and-cafe-1492461677 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103303/https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-vanderbilt-taps-daniel-boulud-to-create-a-restaurant-and-cafe-1492461677 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Wall Street Journal}}</ref>
* 10th–12th floors: [[TD Securities]]<ref>{{cite web |title=TD Bank's investment-banking arm takes 120K sf at One Vanderbilt |website=The Real Deal New York |date=December 3, 2018 |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/03/td-banks-investment-banking-arm-takes-120k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103233/https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/03/td-banks-investment-banking-arm-takes-120k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 10th–12th floors: [[TD Securities]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2018 |title=TD Bank's investment-banking arm takes 120K sf at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/03/td-banks-investment-banking-arm-takes-120k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103233/https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/03/td-banks-investment-banking-arm-takes-120k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=The Real Deal New York}}</ref>
* 15th floor: [[Kyndryl]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Gourarie |first=Chava |title=Kyndryl Makes One Vanderbilt Its Global HQ |website=Commercial Observer |date=May 13, 2021 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/05/ibm-spinoff-kyndryl-makes-one-vanderbilt-its-global-hq/ |access-date=February 11, 2023}}</ref>
* 15th floor: [[Kyndryl]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gourarie |first=Chava |date=May 13, 2021 |title=Kyndryl Makes One Vanderbilt Its Global HQ |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/05/ibm-spinoff-kyndryl-makes-one-vanderbilt-its-global-hq/ |access-date=February 11, 2023 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref>
* 15th–16th floors: Oak Hill Advisors<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2019/10/oak-hill-advisors-the-carlyle-group-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp/ |title=Oak Hill Takes 46K SF and Carlyle Group Expands at One Vanderbilt |date=October 29, 2019 |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |website=Commercial Observer |language=en |access-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-date=October 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031012014/https://commercialobserver.com/2019/10/oak-hill-advisors-the-carlyle-group-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="q2">{{cite web |date=April 23, 2020 |title=SL Green Realty Corp. Signs 107,000 Square Feet of Leases to Start Q2 2020 |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-signs-107000-square-feet-leases-start-q2 |publisher=SL Green |access-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613182814/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-signs-107000-square-feet-leases-start-q2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 15th–16th floors: Oak Hill Advisors<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=October 29, 2019 |title=Oak Hill Takes 46K SF and Carlyle Group Expands at One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2019/10/oak-hill-advisors-the-carlyle-group-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031012014/https://commercialobserver.com/2019/10/oak-hill-advisors-the-carlyle-group-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp/ |archive-date=October 31, 2019 |access-date=October 31, 2019 |website=Commercial Observer |language=en}}</ref><ref name="q2">{{Cite web |date=April 23, 2020 |title=SL Green Realty Corp. Signs 107,000 Square Feet of Leases to Start Q2 2020 |url=https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-signs-107000-square-feet-leases-start-q2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613182814/https://slgreen.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sl-green-realty-corp-signs-107000-square-feet-leases-start-q2 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |publisher=SL Green}}</ref>
* 24th floor: Accordion Partners, InTandem Capital Partners, and Sagewind Capital LLC<ref name="q2" />
* 24th floor: Accordion Partners, InTandem Capital Partners, and Sagewind Capital LLC<ref name="q2" />
* 26th floor: [[DZ Bank]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rizzi |first1=Nicholas |title=German Bank Becomes One Vanderbilt's Second Office Tenant |website=Commercial Observer |date=September 27, 2017 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/09/german-bank-becomes-one-vanderbilts-first-office-tenant/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203121312/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/09/german-bank-becomes-one-vanderbilts-first-office-tenant/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 26th floor: [[DZ Bank]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=September 27, 2017 |title=German Bank Becomes One Vanderbilt's Second Office Tenant |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/09/german-bank-becomes-one-vanderbilts-first-office-tenant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203121312/https://commercialobserver.com/2017/09/german-bank-becomes-one-vanderbilts-first-office-tenant/ |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref>
* 27th–28th floors: [[SL Green Realty|SL Green]]<ref name="trd20190701">{{Cite web |title=One Vanderbilt Goes Viral |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/one-vanderbilt-goes-viral/ |date=July 1, 2019 |first=Kevin |last=Sun |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727182545/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/one-vanderbilt-goes-viral/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 27th–28th floors: [[SL Green Realty|SL Green]]<ref name="trd20190701">{{Cite web |last=Sun |first=Kevin |date=July 1, 2019 |title=One Vanderbilt Goes Viral |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/one-vanderbilt-goes-viral/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727182545/https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/one-vanderbilt-goes-viral/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 29th–31st floors: [[Greenberg Traurig]]<ref name="trd20190701" />{{efn|When Greenberg Traurig's lease was announced in 2018, media reported that they took four contiguous floors but did not specify the floor numbers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rizzi |first1=Nicholas |title=Greenberg Traurig Taking Four Floors at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |website=Commercial Observer |date=January 26, 2018 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2018/01/greenberg-traurig-taking-four-floors-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205060745/https://commercialobserver.com/2018/01/greenberg-traurig-taking-four-floors-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Greenberg Traurig finalizes big office lease at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/26/greenberg-traurig-finalizes-big-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143745/https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/26/greenberg-traurig-finalizes-big-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
* 29th–31st floors: [[Greenberg Traurig]]<ref name="trd20190701" />{{efn|When Greenberg Traurig's lease was announced in 2018, media reported that they took four contiguous floors but did not specify the floor numbers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Greenberg Traurig Taking Four Floors at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2018/01/greenberg-traurig-taking-four-floors-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205060745/https://commercialobserver.com/2018/01/greenberg-traurig-taking-four-floors-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Greenberg Traurig finalizes big office lease at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/26/greenberg-traurig-finalizes-big-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143745/https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/26/greenberg-traurig-finalizes-big-lease-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
* 33rd floor: [[Walker & Dunlop]]<ref name="Yahoo Finance 2021" />
* 33rd floor: [[Walker & Dunlop]]<ref name="Yahoo Finance 2021" />
* 34th–38th floors: [[The Carlyle Group]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 31, 2018 |title=Carlyle Group signs lease at One Vanderbilt in New York |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-carlyle-onevanderbilt-idUSKBN1KL361 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-carlyle-onevanderbilt-idUSKBN1KL361 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 34th–38th floors: [[The Carlyle Group]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 31, 2018 |title=Carlyle Group signs lease at One Vanderbilt in New York |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-carlyle-onevanderbilt-idUSKBN1KL361 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-carlyle-onevanderbilt-idUSKBN1KL361 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
* 44th–47th, 67th floors: [[McDermott Will & Emery]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Law Firm McDermott Will & Emery Taking 106K SF at One Vanderbilt |website=Commercial Observer |date=April 25, 2018 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/law-firm-mcdermott-will-emery-taking-106k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=December 4, 2018 |last=La Guerre |first=Liam |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205060729/https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/law-firm-mcdermott-will-emery-taking-106k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2018 |title=It's filling up: Law firm signs big lease at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/04/25/its-filling-up-law-firm-signs-big-lease-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143748/https://therealdeal.com/2018/04/25/its-filling-up-law-firm-signs-big-lease-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 44th–47th, 67th floors: [[McDermott Will & Emery]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=La Guerre |first=Liam |date=April 25, 2018 |title=Law Firm McDermott Will & Emery Taking 106K SF at One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/law-firm-mcdermott-will-emery-taking-106k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205060729/https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/law-firm-mcdermott-will-emery-taking-106k-sf-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=December 5, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2018 |title=It's filling up: Law firm signs big lease at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2018/04/25/its-filling-up-law-firm-signs-big-lease-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143748/https://therealdeal.com/2018/04/25/its-filling-up-law-firm-signs-big-lease-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 48th floor: MFA Financial<ref name="trd20190701" />
* 48th floor: MFA Financial<ref name="trd20190701" />
* 51st floor: [[Mamoura Holdings]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2021 |title=SL Green Inks Three Leases Covering 81,304 Square Feet at One Vanderbilt Avenue |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210504006063/en/SL-Green-Inks-Three-Leases-Covering-81304-Square-Feet-at-One-Vanderbilt-Avenue/ |access-date=October 20, 2021 |website=businesswire |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202025020/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210504006063/en/SL-Green-Inks-Three-Leases-Covering-81304-Square-Feet-at-One-Vanderbilt-Avenue/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 51st floor: [[Mubadala]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2021 |title=SL Green Inks Three Leases Covering 81,304 Square Feet at One Vanderbilt Avenue |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210504006063/en/SL-Green-Inks-Three-Leases-Covering-81304-Square-Feet-at-One-Vanderbilt-Avenue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202025020/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210504006063/en/SL-Green-Inks-Three-Leases-Covering-81304-Square-Feet-at-One-Vanderbilt-Avenue/ |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |website=businesswire |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 52nd floor: [[KPS Capital Partners]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Echikson |first=Julia |title=Private Equity Firm Takes 28K SF at One Vanderbilt |website=Commercial Observer |date=April 17, 2019 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2019/04/kps-capital-partners-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-corp/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143745/https://commercialobserver.com/2019/04/kps-capital-partners-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-corp/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2019 |title=SL Green snags private-equity firm at One Vanderbilt |first=David |last=Jeans |url=https://therealdeal.com/2019/04/17/sl-green-snags-private-equity-firm-at-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727185618/https://therealdeal.com/2019/04/17/sl-green-snags-private-equity-firm-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 52nd floor: [[KPS Capital Partners]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Echikson |first=Julia |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Private Equity Firm Takes 28K SF at One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2019/04/kps-capital-partners-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-corp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143745/https://commercialobserver.com/2019/04/kps-capital-partners-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-corp/ |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeans |first=David |date=April 17, 2019 |title=SL Green snags private-equity firm at One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2019/04/17/sl-green-snags-private-equity-firm-at-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727185618/https://therealdeal.com/2019/04/17/sl-green-snags-private-equity-firm-at-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 55th floor: American Express' Centurion New York club;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ekstein |first1=Nikki |title=What It's Like to Dine at Centurion New York, AmEx's Black Card Clubhouse |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-14/centurion-new-york-review-how-to-get-into-american-express-black-card-clubhouse?srnd=premium&sref=CIpmV6x8 |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=Bloomberg |date=14 April 2023}}</ref> previously reported as an undisclosed financial service firm<ref name="Yahoo Finance 2021">{{cite web |date=January 27, 2021 |title=SL Green Signs Two New Leases at One Vanderbilt Avenue Covering 43,000 Square Feet |website=Yahoo Finance |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sl-green-signs-two-leases-214300217.html |access-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sl-green-signs-two-leases-214300217.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 55th floor: American Express' Centurion New York club;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ekstein |first=Nikki |date=April 14, 2023 |title=What It's Like to Dine at Centurion New York, AmEx's Black Card Clubhouse |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-14/centurion-new-york-review-how-to-get-into-american-express-black-card-clubhouse?srnd=premium&sref=CIpmV6x8 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref> previously reported as an undisclosed financial service firm<ref name="Yahoo Finance 2021">{{Cite web |date=January 27, 2021 |title=SL Green Signs Two New Leases at One Vanderbilt Avenue Covering 43,000 Square Feet |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sl-green-signs-two-leases-214300217.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729143744/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sl-green-signs-two-leases-214300217.html |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=July 29, 2021 |website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref>
* 60th floor: [[UiPath]], a software company for robotic process automation<ref name=ft_oct2021/>
* 60th floor: [[UiPath]], a software company for robotic process automation<ref name=ft_oct2021/>
* 62nd floor: [[FIS Global]]<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2022"/><ref name="Wong 2022"/>
* 62nd floor: [[FIS Global]]<ref name="Real Estate Weekly 2022" /><ref name="Wong 2022" />
* 73rd floor: [[GFL Environmental]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Celia |title=Environmental Services Company Inks 10K-SF Deal at One Vanderbilt |website=Commercial Observer |date=April 20, 2022 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2022/04/gfl-environmental-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp-hines-national-pension-service-of-korea/ |access-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501021813/https://commercialobserver.com/2022/04/gfl-environmental-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp-hines-national-pension-service-of-korea/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Lois |last=Weiss |date=April 19, 2022 |title=SL Green's One Vanderbilt Tower Nets Record NYC Office Rent |url=https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/19/one-vanderbilt-lease-at-300-psf-may-be-citys-highest-office-rent-ever/ |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501021813/https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/19/one-vanderbilt-lease-at-300-psf-may-be-citys-highest-office-rent-ever/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 73rd floor: [[GFL Environmental]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Celia |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Environmental Services Company Inks 10K-SF Deal at One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2022/04/gfl-environmental-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp-hines-national-pension-service-of-korea/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501021813/https://commercialobserver.com/2022/04/gfl-environmental-lease-one-vanderbilt-sl-green-realty-corp-hines-national-pension-service-of-korea/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Lois |date=April 19, 2022 |title=SL Green's One Vanderbilt Tower Nets Record NYC Office Rent |url=https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/19/one-vanderbilt-lease-at-300-psf-may-be-citys-highest-office-rent-ever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501021813/https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/19/one-vanderbilt-lease-at-300-psf-may-be-citys-highest-office-rent-ever/ |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Four unidentified floors: [[Stone Ridge Asset Management]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Engquist |first=Erik |date=August 18, 2021 |title=Stone Ridge Leases 100K SF at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/08/18/finance-firm-leases-100k-sf-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415130825/https://therealdeal.com/2021/08/18/finance-firm-leases-100k-sf-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rizzi 2021">{{cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |title=Asset Manager Stone Ridge Takes 100K SF at One Vanderbilt |website=Commercial Observer |date=August 17, 2021 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/08/stone-ridge-asset-management-one-vanderbilt-lease/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819025154/https://commercialobserver.com/2021/08/stone-ridge-asset-management-one-vanderbilt-lease/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Four unidentified floors: [[Stone Ridge Asset Management]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Engquist |first=Erik |date=August 18, 2021 |title=Stone Ridge Leases 100K SF at SL Green's One Vanderbilt |url=https://therealdeal.com/2021/08/18/finance-firm-leases-100k-sf-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415130825/https://therealdeal.com/2021/08/18/finance-firm-leases-100k-sf-at-sl-greens-one-vanderbilt/ |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Rizzi 2021">{{Cite web |last=Rizzi |first=Nicholas |date=August 17, 2021 |title=Asset Manager Stone Ridge Takes 100K SF at One Vanderbilt |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2021/08/stone-ridge-asset-management-one-vanderbilt-lease/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819025154/https://commercialobserver.com/2021/08/stone-ridge-asset-management-one-vanderbilt-lease/ |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=Commercial Observer}}</ref>


== Critical reception ==
== Reception ==
Writing for ''[[The Real Deal (magazine)|The Real Deal]]'' magazine in December 2015, James Gardiner said the proposal "does not feel as striking or impressive as one could want", in that it failed to stand out in any way other than its height.<ref name="Gardiner 2015" /> [[Justin Davidson]] of [[New York (magazine)|''New York'']] magazine described One Vanderbilt as a rare "civic-minded [[Goliath]]" in that, while other skyscrapers are usually built in a design that maximizes profit, One Vanderbilt's base is designed for easier pedestrian and transit access in the nearby area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Justin |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Is One Vanderbilt the 1,400-Foot-Tall Building We Need? |newspaper=Daily Intelligencer |publisher=New York Magazine |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/is-one-vanderbilt-the-1-400-foot-building-we-need.html |access-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020192719/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/is-one-vanderbilt-the-1-400-foot-building-we-need.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Writing for ''[[The Real Deal (magazine)|The Real Deal]]'' magazine in December 2015, James Gardiner said the proposal "does not feel as striking or impressive as one could want", in that it failed to stand out in any way other than its height.<ref name="Gardiner 2015" /> [[Justin Davidson]] of [[New York (magazine)|''New York'']] magazine described One Vanderbilt as a rare "civic-minded [[Goliath]]" in that, while other skyscrapers are usually built in a design that maximizes profit, One Vanderbilt's base is designed for easier pedestrian and transit access in the nearby area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson |first=Justin |date=October 18, 2016 |title=Is One Vanderbilt the 1,400-Foot-Tall Building We Need? |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/is-one-vanderbilt-the-1-400-foot-building-we-need.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020192719/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/is-one-vanderbilt-the-1-400-foot-building-we-need.html |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2016 |work=Daily Intelligencer |publisher=New York Magazine}}</ref> A writer for the ''Commercial Observer'' said in 2023 that "One Vanderbilt has quickly staked its claim as {{em|the}} prime office property in all of New York City" because of its location, design, and amenities.<ref>{{cite web | last=Pascus | first=Brian | title=What's Happening at SL Green? | website=Commercial Observer | date=October 24, 2023 | url=https://commercialobserver.com/2023/10/sl-green-mathias-distress-office-2023-holliday/ | access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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===Sources===
===Sources===
* {{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Big and Beautiful: Jumbo HSS Help Crown a Supertall Office Tower |url=https://www.atlastube.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/One-Vanderbilt-Case-Study.pdf |publisher=Atlas Tube |ref={{harvid|Atlas Tube|2021}}}}
* {{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Big and Beautiful: Jumbo HSS Help Crown a Supertall Office Tower |url=https://www.atlastube.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/One-Vanderbilt-Case-Study.pdf |publisher=Atlas Tube |ref={{harvid|Atlas Tube|2021}}}}
* {{cite web |date=June 9, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://siny.org/project/one-vanderbilt/ |publisher=Steel Institute of New York |ref={{harvid|Steel Institute of New York|2020}}}}
* {{Cite web |date=June 9, 2020 |title=One Vanderbilt |url=https://siny.org/project/one-vanderbilt/ |publisher=Steel Institute of New York |ref={{harvid|Steel Institute of New York|2020}}}}
* {{Cite web |last=von Kamperer |first=James |date=2015 |title=One Vanderbilt: Approving Midtown's Tallest Office Building |url=https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/2438-one-vanderbilt-approving-midtowns-tallest-office-building.pdf |publisher=Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}
* {{Cite web |last=von Kamperer |first=James |date=2015 |title=One Vanderbilt: Approving Midtown's Tallest Office Building |url=https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/2438-one-vanderbilt-approving-midtowns-tallest-office-building.pdf |publisher=Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}


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One Vanderbilt
View of One Vanderbilt from the northwest
One Vanderbilt in April 2023
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice building
LocationMidtown Manhattan
AddressOne Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°45′11″N 73°58′43″W / 40.7530°N 73.9785°W / 40.7530; -73.9785
Construction startedOctober 18, 2016; 8 years ago (October 18, 2016)
OpenedSeptember 14, 2020; 4 years ago (September 14, 2020)
Cost$3.31 billion
OwnerSL Green Realty, National Pension Service of Korea, Hines Interests Limited Partnership, Mori Building Company
Height
Antenna spire1,401 feet (427 m)
Roof1,301 feet (397 m)
Top floor73
Observatory1,020 feet (310.9 m)
Technical details
Floor count59
Floor area1,750,212 sq ft (162,600.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators49
Design and construction
Architect(s)Kohn Pedersen Fox
DeveloperSL Green Realty
EngineerJaros, Baum & Bolles (MEP)
Structural engineerSeverud Associates
Civil engineerLangan, Stantec
Main contractorAECOM Tishman
Website
www.onevanderbilt.com

One Vanderbilt is a 73-story supertall skyscraper at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for developer SL Green Realty, the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire is 1,401 feet (427 m) above ground, making it the city's fourth-tallest building after One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, and 111 West 57th Street.

One Vanderbilt's facade and design is intended to harmonize with Grand Central Terminal immediately to the east. The building's base contains a wedge-shaped void, and the tower tapers as it rises, with several "pavilions" and a pinnacle at the top. The facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the spandrels between stories are made of terracotta. The superstructure is made of steel and concrete, and the interior spaces are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32 m). The lobby has a bank branch and an entrance to the nearby railroad terminal and the associated subway station, while the second floor contains the Le Pavillon restaurant. Most of the building is devoted to office space. The top stories contain the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck.

SL Green acquired the site between 2001 and 2011 and announced plans to construct the building in 2012. A planned zoning amendment for the neighborhood failed in 2013, delaying the project for several months. TD Bank signed as the anchor tenant in May 2014 and after the skyscraper was approved one year later, the existing structures on the site were demolished. A groundbreaking ceremony for One Vanderbilt was held in October 2016. Topping out occurred on September 17, 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its completion. The building opened in September 2020, followed by the observation deck 13 months later.

Site

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One Vanderbilt is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, just west of Grand Central Terminal. The building takes up the city block bounded by Madison Avenue to the west, the former alignment of Vanderbilt Avenue to the east, 42nd Street to the south, and 43rd Street to the north.[1] The building's rectangular land lot covers 44,048 square feet (4,092.2 m2),[2] with dimensions of 200 by 215 feet (61 by 66 m).[2][3] Nearby structures include the Lefcourt Colonial Building and One Grand Central Place to the south; Grand Central Terminal to the east; the MetLife Building to the northeast; and 335 Madison Avenue to the north. In addition, the Grand Hyatt New York hotel and the Chrysler Building are one block east, while the Pershing Square Building, the Bowery Savings Bank Building, and the Chanin Building are to the southeast.[2]

The skyscraper replaced several structures built as part of the Terminal City development around Grand Central in the 20th century.[4] The 18-story Vanderbilt Avenue Building, a Warren and Wetmore-designed structure at 51 East 42nd Street, opened as a six-story office complex in 1902 and expanded in the 1920s. It had a two-story Modell's store that sold sport-related items.[4] Some of 51 East 42nd Street's ornate facade details, including terracotta porpoises and cherubs, were saved by the developer and stored until the New York Landmarks Conservancy found a place for them.[5] The 23-story building at 317 Madison Avenue, on the corner with 42nd Street,[6] was designed by Carrère and Hastings and opened in 1922 as the Liggett Building.[4][7][8] The Prudence Bond & Mortgage Building at Madison and 43rd, where Governor Al Smith once had gubernatorial campaign headquarters, dates to 1923.[4] Two small structures along 43rd Street respectively housed "an Irish pub and a T.G.I. Friday's."[4]

Pedestrian plaza

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As part of the construction of One Vanderbilt, the section of Vanderbilt Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets was decommissioned in September 2016[9] and redesigned as a pedestrian zone.[10] Designed by PWP Landscape Architecture,[11][12] the plaza covers 14,000 square feet (1,300 m2).[13][14] It measures 200 feet (61 m) long and 60 feet (18 m) wide, taking the entire width of the former roadbed of Vanderbilt Avenue.[15] The Vanderbilt Avenue plaza contains five raised planters as well as LED lighting accents.[11] Unlike other plazas in New York City, it lacks dedicated seating because the plaza was intended to facilitate pedestrian traffic rather than act as a meeting area.[15]

Architecture

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One Vanderbilt was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.[16] Severud Associates was the structural engineer, Langan Engineering was the civil engineering consultant, and Jaros, Baum & Bolles was the mechanical and electrical engineer.[16][17] Structural consultant Thornton Tomasetti worked with Severud to create models for the building's superstructure.[16][13] Hines Interests Limited Partnership was the project manager, and Tishman Construction was the general contractor.[16][17] The skyscraper's top floor is numbered 73.[18] According to The Skyscraper Center and building permits, One Vanderbilt has 58 usable stories above ground,[16][19] while according to Emporis and Hines, the building has 59 stories.[1][20] Early plans called for a 67-story skyscraper.[20][19]

One Vanderbilt's roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high; including its spire, it is 1,401 feet (427 m) tall.[16] A building on the site would normally have been restricted to 600 feet (180 m), but One Vanderbilt's developer SL Green was able to more than double this height with additional air rights. SL Green had transferred some air rights from the Bowery Savings Building, and it received additional air rights from the New York City government by improving public transit and adding public space to the area.[21] One Vanderbilt is the city's fourth-tallest building after One World Trade Center, 111 West 57th Street, and Central Park Tower.[22][23] At completion, it was the second-tallest office building in the city after One World Trade Center, rising above the Chrysler Building.[24] As of 2022, the building is the 27th-tallest in the world.[25] The building cost $3.31 billion in total.[26]

Form and facade

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One Vanderbilt is set 10 feet (3.0 m) back from the street to allow better views of Grand Central.[4] On the bottom few floors, the top section of the facade slopes upward, while the bottom section slopes downward, creating a diagonal wedge. As a result, the lobby area on Vanderbilt Avenue (facing Grand Central) has a ceiling sloping from 50 to 110 feet (15 to 34 m) from west to east.[27] Above the wedged base, the building tapers at higher levels.[28][29] The building's shape allows more sunlight to reach street level compared to alternative designs. Several alternatives were considered before the shape was finalized.[30]

The facade consists mostly of a glass curtain wall with panels that extend from the floor to ceiling of each story.[4] The curtain wall was fabricated by the Permasteelisa Group.[16][17] According to Permasteelisa, the facade is made of 8,743 pieces in 1,060 distinct shapes, covering 753,500 sq ft (70,000 m2). Of these, about 660 panels are placed at the corners; they had to be manufactured in different shapes because the building slopes upward. There are two typical shapes of panels used in the facade: vision glass windows, which extend up to 22 feet (6.7 m) high, as well as ventilated spandrels between each story, which are made of terracotta.[31]

Detail of the facade on lower stories
Detail of the bottom of the facade

Boston Valley Terra Cotta manufactured the terracotta cladding.[16] According to Permasteelisa, there are 34,845 terracotta tiles used in One Vanderbilt's facade.[31] Studio Christine Jetten designed glazing for the terracotta tiles.[32] The panels contain gradual concave curves and are pearl-colored.[33] The tiles reference the color and material used in Grand Central Terminal.[34] and alluded to the color of other office buildings on Madison Avenue.[34] There are mechanical stories on the fourth, fifth, and twelfth floors. At these mechanical stories, there are vertical openings for intake and exhaust, which appear as though they are part of the glass curtain wall.[35]

The top of One Vanderbilt consists of a group of pavilions at different heights, which taper to the antenna.[29] Between the main roof on the 60th floor and a point just above the 66th floor, there are C-shaped screens on the east and west sides, collectively known as "the crown".[36] Diagonally sloped steel beams are visible on the exterior of the crown.[37][38] The western section of the crown has aluminum accent strips on both the diagonal and horizontal beams. The eastern section of the crown has aluminum strips covering the diagonal beams and terracotta tiles covering the horizontal beams.[37]

Structural features

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The building rests on a foundation measuring 9.5 feet (2.9 m) deep, with 8,438 short tons (7,534 long tons; 7,655 t) of concrete.[39][a] The foundation contains 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) of rebar and is anchored to the underlying bedrock using 83 tiebacks.[41] The underlying bedrock could support loads of 60 short tons per square foot (590 t/m2). The columns at the perimeter of the foundations are supported on spread footings measuring as much as 14 by 14 feet (4.3 by 4.3 m) across and 9 feet (2.7 m) thick. The perimeter walls themselves are up to 53 feet (16 m) tall and are composed of concrete with a strength of 10,000 pounds per square inch (69,000 kPa).[28] About 60,000 cubic yards (46,000 m3) of rock had to be excavated for the foundation.[41] Because the base of One Vanderbilt is directly above the train tracks serving Grand Central,[3] several large box columns had to be custom-designed for the building. One such column at the southeast corner does not contain bracing between the ground and sixth stories, allowing the southeast corner to be cantilevered.[39]

The superstructure consists of a steel-and-concrete mechanical core surrounded by a steel frame.[42][13] The building uses more than 26,000 short tons (23,000 long tons; 24,000 t) of steel,[28][43][44] manufactured by Bankers Steel,[16][45] as well as 74,000 cubic yards (57,000 m3) of concrete.[44][b] The steel was installed in the core first, with the concrete poured around it, which allowed the skyscraper to be constructed similarly to buildings without any concrete core.[13][28] By the time Severud had published its "100% construction documents" that finalized the construction details, several stories of the steel frame had been erected.[35][13] The method of construction allowed the steel inside the core to be erected six to twelve floors ahead of the concrete. At the base, the core walls are 30 inches (760 mm) thick and can resist forces of 14,000 pounds per square inch (97,000 kPa). On higher stories, the core walls gradually decrease in strength to 6,000 pounds per square inch (41,000 kPa) with a minimum thickness of 24 inches (610 mm).[28] The rebar is made of 90 percent recycled material.[41]

One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street in background to the left
One Vanderbilt in October 2019 with Central Park Tower and 111 West 57th Street in background to the left

Most floors do not contain interior columns, and the steel frame contains beams that span up to 70 feet (21 m) from the core.[28] On the three mechanical levels, the concrete shear walls around the core are reinforced by steel outrigger trusses.[35][28] The office space requirements prevented lateral bracing or floor diaphragms from being used throughout much of the building, so many of the structural elements are unbraced for distances of up to 40 feet (12 m).[36] At the building's crown, the diagonal beams have a cross-section of 18 by 18 inches (460 by 460 mm), and the horizontal and vertical beams have a cross-section of 22 by 22 inches (560 by 560 mm).[37] The top of the building is stabilized by a tuned mass damper system weighing around 500 short tons (450 long tons; 450 t)[46] or 520 short tons (460 long tons; 470 t).[17]

Interior

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Commercial and office space

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The interior spaces in One Vanderbilt are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32 m).[4] Underneath the building is a basement loading dock with a turntable, which is accessed by two truck elevators.[39] The base includes a lobby covering 4,500 square feet (420 m2).[47] The interior of the lobby contains a bronze "art wall"[48][49] and a starburst-shaped bronze installation suspended on metal cables.[33] TD Bank was signed as the anchor tenant for the building,[50] operating within a ground-floor space of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2).[51]

There are also 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of tenant amenities in the building's base, including tenant valet parking at ground level.[52][53] On the second floor is Daniel Boulud's restaurant Le Pavillon, accessed by its own entrance from ground level.[54] The restaurant space covers 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2)[43][55] and contains a ceiling height of 57 feet (17 m),[56] with a main room and an auxiliary room.[55] On the third floor is an auditorium, a boardroom, and a flexible meeting space known as the Vandy Club.[52][53][57] The flexible space has showers for executives as well as pantries.[52][53] The third-floor amenities were designed by Gensler.[57]

The subsequent 58 floors[27] contain 1.5 million square feet (140,000 m2) of office space.[58] There are fewer stories than in other skyscrapers of similar height because each story's ceiling is 14.6 to 24 feet (4.5 to 7.3 m) high.[43][59] Because of the building's tapering shape, the office space on lower stories is larger than on upper stories. The lower office floors, spanning up to 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) each, were designed for tenants who needed large amounts of open space, such as newsrooms and trading floors. The middle office floors, spanning 20,000 to 30,000 square feet (1,900 to 2,800 m2), were designed for corporate tenants. The upper stories, covering 15,000 to 20,000 square feet (1,400 to 1,900 m2), were designed for smaller firms such as hedge funds.[30] In marketing documents, floors 10 to 15 are labeled as "podium floors", floors 20 to 38 as "executive floors", floors 44 to 55 as "tower floors", floors 60 to 68 as "penthouse floors", and floors 72 and 73 as "sky floors".[18] On the 55th floor is Centurion New York.[60][61] a 11,500-square-foot (1,070 m2) suite of clubrooms that is open only to holders of the Centurion Card, an invitation-only card for wealthy American Express clients.[62]

The mechanical space on the 12th physical story contains a chiller plant and electrical transformers.[35] One Vanderbilt was planned to be environmentally efficient from its inception.[41][63] The building has its own cogeneration plant capable of 1.2 megawatts (1,600 hp) daily as well as a rainwater collection system with a capacity of 90,000 US gallons (340,000 L; 75,000 imp gal).[44][64] Much of the building's electricity is generated by natural gas–powered turbines on the 39th physical story. The roof contains a cooling tower with five fans, which remove heat from the building's hot-water pipes; cold water is then sent back to the lower stories.[63] To reduce energy consumption, One Vanderbilt uses both waterside and airside economizers, which use the natural temperature of the building's surroundings.[41][64] The natural-gas turbines were perceived as energy-efficient when One Vanderbilt was proposed in the 2010s, but they quickly became obsolete; the New York City Council banned fossil fuels in all new buildings in 2021, shortly after One Vanderbilt opened.[63]

Summit One Vanderbilt

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Part of the observation deck at Summit One Vanderbilt is covered in mirrors and windows
Southern view from Summit One Vanderbilt
The observation deck as seen from 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Above floor 73,[65] the top of One Vanderbilt contains an observation deck called Summit One Vanderbilt (branded in all-uppercase letters as SUMMIT One Vanderbilt).[66] Summit One Vanderbilt spans 71,938 square feet (6,683.3 m2) and contains some restaurants.[65][66] In 2018, Summit One Vanderbilt was projected to cost approximately $35–39 million.[67] As of 2021, the adult ticket fee is $39, but New York City residents receive a discount.[68][69]

Summit One Vanderbilt consists of four components, the interiors of which are being designed by Snøhetta. The first part, "Rise", has three high-speed Schindler 7000 series elevators, which take visitors from the Grand Central Terminal level to the observation area 1,020 feet (310 m) above ground in less than 50 seconds. The second part, "Levitation", is composed of enclosed glass balconies that protrude from the facade. The third part, "Ascent", has two all-glass Cimolai Custom Rack-and-pinion outside elevators which bring visitors near the top of the building.[70] The interior of the top floor features a glass parapet and a bar.[23][71][72] One space at Summit is an "infinity room" containing a ceiling 40 feet (12 m) tall.[49] The bars are operated by Danny Meyer's Union Square Events. Summit One Vanderbilt also contains an interactive art exhibit created by Kenzo Digital.[73][74][75] According to a press release published in mid-2021, Summit One Vanderbilt also has a green space, advertised as the world's highest urban "alpine meadow".[72][76]

Grand Central subway improvements

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Subway entrance in the lobby of One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt subway entrance in 2020

One Vanderbilt's construction included improvements that would provide extra capacity for over 65,000 passengers going into the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) mandated the station improvements in exchange for allowing the tower's construction.[77][78][79] The improvements included an underground connection between Grand Central Terminal and One Vanderbilt; new mezzanines and exits for the subway station, including an entrance directly to the 42nd Street Shuttle platforms; three new stairways to each of the Lexington Avenue Line platforms (along the 4, ​5, ​6, and <6> trains); and reconfiguration of columns supporting the nearby Grand Hyatt New York hotel. The project also includes a waiting room for the Grand Central Madison terminal under Grand Central,[77][10][80] which opened in 2023 and was built for the Long Island Rail Road as part of the MTA's East Side Access project.[81]

A 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) transit hall was created within One Vanderbilt itself to connect to the subway and railroad stations.[13] In 2015, SL Green Realty gave $220 million toward the building's construction,[50] of which two-thirds would be used for station redesign,[82] marking the largest private investment in the subway system to date.[80] The building's subway entrance opened on December 9, 2020.[83] The improvements, which cost over $200 million,[27][78] allowed the subway station to accommodate 4,000 to 6,000 more passengers per hour.[80]

History

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Planning

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Initial plans

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Developer SL Green Realty began looking at sites for a new office tower in Midtown in the early 2000s. The company began buying buildings on the block bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue, 42nd Street, Madison Avenue, and 43rd Street.[27] The first acquisition was in 2001,[21] with 317 Madison Avenue.[84]

SL Green initially intended to renovate the building and increase the rents. When two adjacent buildings on the same block were placed for sale in 2007, these were also acquired. According to SL Green managing director Robert Schiffer, this prompted the company to decide on razing these three buildings and replacing them with a larger structure at the address One Vanderbilt Avenue.[21] In 2011, SL Green was able to buy 51 East 42nd Street, the final property on the block.[85][86] The four buildings themselves had cost $300 million in total, but SL Green still had to acquire over 150 leases in them.[21]

SL Green also owned the Bowery Savings Bank Building at 110 East 42nd Street,[21] and it had transferred some air rights from the Bowery Savings Bank Building to the One Vanderbilt Avenue site in 2010.[47] Under the zoning rules at the time, a structure on the latter block could not be taller than about 600 feet (180 m).[21] The site allowed an "as-of-right" floor area ratio (FAR) of up to 15, but with the Bowery Savings Bank's air rights and several development bonuses, SL Green could obtain a FAR of up to 20.7. This was not enough for SL Green, which required a FAR of 30 for the skyscraper to be profitable.[30] SL Green and Hines met with the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) in late 2012 to determine which features the planned One Vanderbilt Avenue skyscraper could have. The discussions influenced SL Green to include public indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as a distinctive design, as the DCP mandated.[30] SL Green hired Kohn Pedersen Fox as the planned skyscraper's architect that November.[87][88]

Sketches published early the following month indicated that the skyscraper would be called "One Vanderbilt".[89][90]

In late 2013, the administration of outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought to change zoning regulations for 73 blocks adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. The plan would allow unused air rights above Grand Central Terminal to be transferred to developments on these blocks, including the proposed One Vanderbilt.[91] Under the proposal, developers of structures on these blocks could deposit money into an improvement fund for East Midtown and, in exchange, receive a FAR of up to 24. Some sites would be eligible for a FAR of up to 30.[92] The zoning provision would permit One Vanderbilt to obtain the desired FAR of 30.[93][94] Bloomberg withdrew his plans that November because residents, preservationists, and local politicians complained about the prospective influx of office workers to the area.[95][96]

After the rezoning proposal failed, SL Green's CEO Marc Holliday said he was unsure if he would proceed with the development of One Vanderbilt.[97][98] Despite this, the design features of the planned skyscraper were retained.[30]

Revival of plans

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One Vanderbilt from the Empire State Building

When Bill de Blasio succeeded Bloomberg as mayor in 2014, he wished to implement Bloomberg's Midtown East rezoning proposal.[99] That May, TD Bank announced its interest in expanding offices within New York City, focusing in particular on the delayed One Vanderbilt development, where it could be an anchor tenant.[100][101] The following week, SL Green officially revived its plans for One Vanderbilt. Mayor de Blasio's administration proposed rezoning the area around Vanderbilt Avenue to allow One Vanderbilt to be constructed.[10][102][103] Unlike Bloomberg's proposal, which would have converted all of Vanderbilt Avenue to a pedestrian plaza, de Blasio's proposal only called for the conversion of a short section outside One Vanderbilt.[103]

A machine moves demolition debris
Demolition underway, August 2016

Since Grand Central Terminal was a New York City designated landmark, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) had to endorse development around the terminal. SL Green thus applied to the LPC for a "certificate of appropriateness" regarding the transfer of air rights from the Bowery Savings Bank Building.[104] At a hearing in July 2014, the LPC endorsed One Vanderbilt's construction,[34][47] though the Historic Districts Council and the Society for the Architecture of the City both expressed strong opposition.[104] In exchange for further increases to the FAR, and thus the building's height, SL Green proposed transit improvements around Grand Central in September 2014.[78][105] At public hearings for the proposed transit improvements, neighborhood residents questioned the high price of the improvements, which was quoted at $210 million.[79][106] Conversely, transit experts stated that the cost of the improvements was justified due to the amount of work that was necessary.[107][108]

Shortly after One Vanderbilt's plans were revived, Andrew Penson—the founder of Midtown TDR Ventures, which owned the land under Grand Central Terminal—threatened to sue for $1 billion in a dispute concerning the air rights above the terminal's underground tracks.[109] In its September 2014 proposal to the city, SL Green proposed to pay $400 per square foot for the air rights, then build a 1,500-foot (460 m), 67-story building, twice as big as the zoning rules permitted.[110] Penson proposed paying SL Green $400 million for 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m2) of air rights, and he also proposed assuming the $210 million cost of the transit improvements SL Green planned to make. Penson valued the air rights at up to $600 per square foot ($6,500/m2), nearly 10 times the $61 per square foot ($660/m2) he paid when he bought the station in 2006. SL Green rejected Penson's offer as a "publicity stunt".[111][110]

By October 2014, One Vanderbilt was projected to be 1,514 feet (461 m) high.[112][113] The following month, TD Bank signed a lease at the building, officially becoming an anchor tenant.[114][115] Disputes over the proposed transit improvements at One Vanderbilt continued. That December, an advisory task force composed of two local community boards indicated that it would oppose the improvements unless the building's energy efficiency was increased and one of the Grand Central entrances was relocated.[116][117][118] In January 2015, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer endorsed the project with several stipulations, including benches and restrooms in the proposed transit hall, as well as a requirement that SL Green maintain the plaza on Vanderbilt Avenue.[119][120] Public hearings on the proposed rezoning of One Vanderbilt proceeded the next month. Constitutional lawyer Laurence Tribe testified against the proposal on behalf of Penson, under the argument that SL Green had taken Grand Central's air rights from the city rather than purchasing them from Penson.[121][122] In March 2015, the DCP approved the Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning[123] as well as SL Green's proposal for One Vanderbilt.[124][125]

Construction

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Construction progress
Construction work at the foundation of One Vanderbilt, seen in August 2017
August 2017
Construction work at One Vanderbilt, seen in August 2018
August 2018
Construction work at One Vanderbilt, seen in October 2018
October 2018
Construction work at One Vanderbilt, seen in February 2019
February 2019

The Vanderbilt Avenue rezoning received unanimous approval from the New York City Council in May 2015,[126][127] following an endorsement by the council's zoning subcommittee.[128] Immediately afterward, SL Green announced it would start demolishing structures on the site.[127] During demolition of one of the buildings that July, a chandelier and a banister fell on four construction workers who were taking down the chandelier, injuring them.[129][130] By the following month, some excavations had begun.[131] With excavation ongoing, in September 2015, SL Green filed construction plans for a 1,400-foot-tall (430 m) tower, slightly shorter than what had been announced the previous year.[132][133] The same month, Penson sued the city and SL Green for $1.1 billion, claiming that the city government had given SL Green the air rights over Grand Central for free.[134][135] Midtown TDR dropped the lawsuit in August 2016 in exchange for an undisclosed sum.[136][137][138]

At a forum in June 2016, SL Green had indicated that the building could cost about $3.14 billion.[139][140] That month, a consortium of banks including Wells Fargo, The Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of China, and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg offered a $1.5 billion, five-year loan for the tower's construction.[141][142] The loan was finalized that September.[143][144] The following month, general contractor AECOM Tishman subcontracted the construction of One Vanderbilt to Navillus Tile for $135.9 million.[145] Liberty Mutual was the guarantor for the contract.[146] An official groundbreaking occurred on October 18, 2016.[4][147][148] At the ceremony, de Blasio described One Vanderbilt as the "right kind" of development in East Midtown, while Brewer said the planned skyscraper had "set the bar very high" for other new developments nearby. No other tenants besides TD Bank had yet signed leases for space in One Vanderbilt.[149] That December, plans for the building's observation deck were announced.[150][151]

In January 2017, South Korea's National Pension Service and development firm Hines Interests Limited Partnership paid a combined $525 million for a 27.6% and 1.4% stake in the development, respectively.[152][153] At the time, SL Green projected that One Vanderbilt would earn $198 million annually, including $42 million from the observation deck alone.[154] Foundation laying started the next month. The work included one of the largest continuous concrete pours to ever take place in New York City.[45][40][155] By that June, the skyscraper's first vertical beams had been constructed.[156] One Vanderbilt's superstructure reached above ground level in October 2017.[157] The following month, Navillus filed for bankruptcy,[158][159] and Tishman moved to end its subcontract with Navillus, though work on the skyscraper continued.[145][160] In January 2018, Tishman, SL Green, and Liberty Mutual agreed to let Navillus complete the subcontract for One Vanderbilt's construction.[145]

One Vanderbilt's construction proceeded faster than originally scheduled and, by February 2018, the tower had been completed to the ninth floor.[161] By June of the same year, the tower had reached the sixteenth floor.[162] Facade installation began in August 2018, at which point the structure had passed the 30th floor, or more than half its eventual height.[163] By November, the structure had reached the 56th floor, high enough to provide views above neighboring buildings.[164] Around that time, SL Green refinanced the construction loan, increasing it to $1.75 billion and reducing the interest rate.[165] The building topped out on September 17, 2019.[166][167]

Completion and early years

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At the end of 2019, SL Green announced that the building was expected to open the following August.[65][168] Shortly afterward, the top part of the spire was temporarily removed so construction cranes could add cladding to the crown.[168] The building's completion was delayed slightly in early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.[14] By that June, the building was 67 percent leased in spite of the pandemic.[169] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, One Vanderbilt's leasing agents had sought for the building to be 82 percent leased by the end of 2020; however, the agents revised their forecast to 72 percent.[24][58] The New York City Department of Buildings issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for One Vanderbilt on September 11, 2020.[13] One Vanderbilt was formally opened with a ceremony three days later, on September 14.[24][14][170] At the time, tenant spaces were incomplete, and the first tenants could not move into the building until that November.[58]

The Le Pavillon restaurant at the building's base opened in May 2021.[171][172] The following month, a banking consortium led by Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs refinanced One Vanderbilt for about $3 billion. The refinancing included a 10-year, fixed-rate loan using commercial mortgage-backed securities and was intended to pay off part of the $1.75 billion debt incurred during construction.[173][174] By July 2021, SL Green was advertising the top two floors at rates of up to $322 per square foot ($3,470/m2), the highest office rents in the city.[175] Ticket sales for Summit One Vanderbilt launched in September 2021, a month before the planned October 21 opening,[74][176] and a press preview was held on September 24.[177] The building was 90 percent leased by October 2021; the Financial Times quoted Holliday as saying he wished the building "had 20 more floors because if [he] did we could lease them".[178] Summit One Vanderbilt opened on October 21 of that year.[179][180] By late 2022, ninety-nine percent of One Vanderbilt's office space had been leased.[181][182]

One Vanderbilt's Centurion New York club opened in March 2023 on the 55th floor.[62] On March 21, 2023, an elevator for Summit One Vanderbilt rapidly fell three stories and struck a buffer spring; no one was injured.[183] The collision caused the building to shake[184] and prompted some tenants to evacuate.[183] By September 2024, the building's space was fully leased.[185] In November 2024, the Mori Building Company bought an 11% ownership stake in One Vanderbilt; at the time, the building was valued at $4.7 billion.[186][187]

Tenants

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To attract tenants to One Vanderbilt, SL Green offered to pay off their old leases, such as that of The Carlyle Group, whose lease SL Green paid off for around $100 million.[188][189] As of October 2021, the building is 90 percent leased.[178] Tenants include:

Reception

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Writing for The Real Deal magazine in December 2015, James Gardiner said the proposal "does not feel as striking or impressive as one could want", in that it failed to stand out in any way other than its height.[29] Justin Davidson of New York magazine described One Vanderbilt as a rare "civic-minded Goliath" in that, while other skyscrapers are usually built in a design that maximizes profit, One Vanderbilt's base is designed for easier pedestrian and transit access in the nearby area.[212] A writer for the Commercial Observer said in 2023 that "One Vanderbilt has quickly staked its claim as the prime office property in all of New York City" because of its location, design, and amenities.[213]

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ A less precise figure of 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and 8,500 short tons (7,600 long tons; 7,700 t) is given by Curbed.[40] Severud Associates says the foundation is over 9 feet (2.7 m) deep.[28]
  2. ^ This is also cited as 75,000 cubic yards (57,000 m3) of concrete.[43]
  3. ^ When Greenberg Traurig's lease was announced in 2018, media reported that they took four contiguous floors but did not specify the floor numbers.[198][199]

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