Format
Full
City
New York
State/Province
NY
Country
USA
Metro Area
New York
Project Type
Multifamily Rental
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Education
Medical
Multifamily Rental Housing
Open space
Parking
Plaza
Retail
Keywords
Design for healthy living
High-rise building
Park
Rental housing
Transit-oriented development
Site Size
1
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2003
Date Opened
2011
Designed by the renowned architect Frank Gehry, New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street is an 899-unit residential apartment building that also includes a pre-K to grade 8 public school, an ambulatory care center, retail space, and parking on the lower levels. The 1,040,904-square-foot, 76-story building is 870 feet tall and was at the time of its completion the tallest residential building in North America. The building, which features a rippling, undulating stainless steel facade, has become an iconic landmark that has captured both local and global attention and won critical acclaim.
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Format
Full
City
New York
State/Province
NY
Country
USA
Metro Area
New York
Project Type
Multifamily Rental
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Education
Medical
Multifamily Rental Housing
Open space
Parking
Plaza
Retail
Keywords
Design for healthy living
High-rise building
Park
Rental housing
Transit-oriented development
Site Size
1
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2003
Date Opened
2011
Website
www.newyorkbygehry.com
Developer/owner
Forest City Ratner Companies LLC
1 Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, New York 11201
www.forestcity.net
Equity development partner/owner
National Real Estate Advisors on behalf of the
National Electrical Benefit Fund
New York, New York
Investor/owner
TIAA-CREF
New York, New York
www.tiaa-cref.org
Architect
Gehry Partners LLP
Los Angeles, California
www.foga.com
School owner
New York City Department of Education
New York, New York
schools.nyc.gov
Medical space/parking garage owner
New York Downtown Hospital
CONTRACTORS AND
CONSULTANTS
School architect
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
New York, New York
Landscape architects
James Corner Field Operations
New York, New York
Piet Oudolf Gardens and Landscapes
Hummelo, Netherlands
Structural engineer
WSP Cantor Seinuk
New York, New York
Civil engineer
Philip Habib & Associates
New York, New York
Construction manager
Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction
Company Inc.
Scarsdale, New York
OTHER RESOURCES
Interviewees
MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO,
Forest City Ratner Companies, New York
Christopher L. Clayton, executive vice president,
Forest City Ratner Companies–Finance
Shwetha Subramanian, vice president,
Forest City Ratner Companies–Residential
Development
Scott Walsh, vice president, Forest City Ratner
Companies–Residential Development
Carlin MacDougal, a consultant to Forest City
Ratner, also provided assistance in the
preparation of this case study.