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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)

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, Real Tactics Pro 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]

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