One Bryant Park
One Bryant Park


One Bryant Park
New York, NY

VDA is providing full consulting services for the vertical transportation in this new 2.1 million square foot, 54-story, ultra-energy-efficient building, which will be the first high-rise office building to strive for the LEED Platinum designation.

One Bryant Park will use translucent high-performance glass in floor-to-ceiling glazing to permit maximum sunlight in interior spaces, in addition to featuring "floating" floors to facilitate more even, healthful, and efficient heating and cooling. It will capture and reuse all rainwater and wastewater, saving millions of gallons of precious water each year. A very high percentage of the buildings materials will come from recycled and renewable source within 500 miles of New York city.

The project includes 52 elevators and 3 escalators to serve the NY headquarters of Bank of America and other office tenants, and a recreated Henry Miller's Theater, which had been located on the site since 1918. There will also be an elevator to the transit mezzanine below ground.

The 54-story building, rising 945 feet above the west side of Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Streets, is expected to be occupied by 2008. The $1 billion project is being co-developed by The Durst Organization and Bank of America, which has committed to a 20-year lease for 1.1 million square feet as their New York operations headquarters.

Project Details
  • Client: The Durst Organization
  • Status: In progress
  • Services provided: New Construction
  • Cost: $1 billion
  • VDA Office: New York, NY