3 WTC, NYC’s fifth tallest tower, will debut next week

The 80-story tower stands 1,079 feet tall and spans 2.5 million square feet

On Monday, June 11, the World Trade Center complex will tick off another major accomplishment: the official completion of 3 World Trade Center. The opening of the supertall on Monday will mark the completion of four of the five buildings that will make up the new World Trade Center complex.

At 1,079 feet, 3 WTC is the second tallest building in the WTC complex, and the fifth tallest building in New York City. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers of Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners, the massive glass-clad structure measures 2.5 million square feet.

So far, 38 percent of the Silverstein Properties-developed building has been leased out, and GroupM is the tenant with the largest space—700,000 square feet spread out over nine floors. Other notable tenants include McKinsey, and IEX.

Some of the notable features of the building include the column-free floorplates that range in size between 30,000 to 70,000 square feet. The 80-story tower has ceiling heights that range from a little more than 13 feet to 24 feet. There are also five floors of retail—one on the ground floor, two above that, and two below ground. The building also has three outdoor terraces on the 17th, 60th, and 76th floors—Curbed had a chance to see what the views from that height will be like when it toured the construction site in 2016.

• Touring 3 World Trade Center, a Supertall On the Rise in Lower Manhattan [Curbed]
• 3 World Trade Center nears the finish line in the Financial District [Curbed]
• 3 WTC Archives [Curbed]