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Ground Zero towers face 20 year delay, says report

BD THE ARCHITECTS' WEBSITE • APRIL 2009 • BY ANNA WINSTON
Richard Rogers and Norman Foster’s towers for New York’s Ground Zero site may not be completed for another 20 years, according to a leaked report commissioned by the city’s Port Authority

The report, by real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield, claims the New York property market cannot support the extra 700,000sq m of commercial space that developer Larry Silverstein’s three towers would create on the 6.5ha site.

It suggests that Tower 3, by Rogers Stirk Harbour, would not be built until 2030, finally being fully let in 2037, while Tower 2, by Foster’s, could be built by 2013 and not be fully let until 2026.

Work on the third tower, by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, has started on site, as has that on SOM’s Freedom Tower, now being developed by the Port Authority.

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