A 900-foot-tall mixed-use skyscraper is planned for 5 World Trade Center (“5 WTC”) in lower Manhattan. Located at the southern end of the World Trade Center campus at 130 Liberty Street, the building is slated to have 190,000sf of office space, a 12,000sf community facility space, 55,000sf of public amenity space, 7,000sf of retail space, and 1.2 million square feet of residential space divided into 1,325 apartments, of which 330 units (25 percent) will be affordable, according to Silverstein Properties. A portion of the affordable units will be offered to those living and working in lower Manhattan during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the New York State Governor’s website. GlobeSt reports that the supertall will be jointly developed by Brookfield Properties, Silverstein Properties, Omni New York and Dabar Development Partners. Construction of 5 WTC is expected to start in 2024, according to CBS News.

Last Updated on October 5, 2023 by Ramin Seddiq