Two Manhattan West is the last piece of a project more than 40 years in the making. The 935-foot SOM office tower opened in early 2024 on the far West Side, closing out the seven-million-square-foot Manhattan West complex that Brookfield stitched together over a working rail yard.
Project Scope
- 58 stories and about 1.9 million square feet of office space, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Brookfield Properties.
- Built on a platform over active Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit tracks, one of the trickier parts of the whole development.
- Anchor tenants include Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which moved its headquarters into 13 floors, alongside BBVA, Clifford Chance, and Crowell & Moring.
- Topped out in 2022 and completed in January 2024.
Why It Matters
Brookfield made a bet most developers won’t: it built the tower on spec, without a signed anchor tenant, in a market full of doubt about new office space. Then it filled the building with blue-chip law and finance names. The structural story is the platform. Decking over live commuter tracks meant the foundations and column grid had to thread around trains that never stopped running. The finished tower knits the Penn District to Hudson Yards and joins New York’s recent crop of supertall and large-floorplate offices, including The Spiral.
Project Team & Details
| Developer | Brookfield Properties |
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| Owner / Client | Brookfield Properties |
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| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) |
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| Consultants | AECOM (Engineering) |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Funding Source | Private |
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