The rise of Manhattan’s Far West Side

A new neighborhood is sprouting just north of Hudson Yards, with nearly 12 million square feet of development underway

Hudson Yards rendering (courtesy of CityRealty)
Hudson Yards rendering (courtesy of CityRealty)

From the May issue: When the city rezoned the Far West Side in 2005, it wasn’t just to get mega projects — like the Related Companies’ Hudson Yards and Brookfield Property Partners’ Manhattan West — built.

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The idea was to spur development in a 48 block-wide swath west of Eighth Avenue. And it worked like a charm.

This month, The Real Deal zeroed in on the area that’s buzzing with the most activity within that zone — the hub from 34th to 42nd streets concentrated between 10th and 11th avenues, which currently has 11.8 million square feet of new construction either underway or in the planning stages. [more]