- A 38-story mixed-use tower located at the southern-most tip of Manhattan
- The 550,000 sf building contains a five-star hotel, luxury condominiums, and has the distinct honor of housing the New York Skyscraper Museum
- The entire structure is founded on 600 200-ton piles, extending through the landfill and bear directly on the bedrock below
- The proximity to the Hudson River and the required depth of excavation needed designing a foundation system capable of resisting as much as 18 feet of water pressure
- The tower structure is comprised of reinforced concrete walls and columns supporting flat-plate slab construction
- A coupled shear wall system resists high wind loading and provides the energy dissipating capabilities necessary for resisting seismic loads
- Awards:
New York Construction Awards – Residential Project of the Year 2001