Due north of Ground Zero's 16 acres is 7 World Trade Center (7 WTC), which was the last tower to fall on September 11, 2001, and the first to rise again. The 52-story "green" tower is one of the safest office buildings in the country, and began leasing commercial space in early 2006.
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For more information about 7 WTC, including leasing information, contact Mr. Dara McQuillan, communications director at Silverstein Properties, at (212) 551-7352 or dmcquillan@silvprop.com.
More information about the building and entire World Trade Center site can be found at www.wtc.com.
Because 7 WTC is governed by a different ground lease than the main WTC site and because the base of the building houses a critical downtown Con Edison electrical substation, Silverstein was able to begin rebuilding the tower in May 2002. The main WTC site has required detailed planning and coordination for its office towers, cultural buildings, memorial, and transportation hub.
The original 7 WTC stood 47 stories tall, between West Broadway and Washington Street. The new building is 52 stories (750 feet) tall and is narrower, to allow for the reopening of Greenwich Street through the main Trade Center site -- under which the 1 and 9 subway lines run. While both the original and the new tower accommodate the Con Edison substation in their lower 11 floors, the new building has many new safety and environmental features. For instance, the new building is built with two-foot-thick, fireproofed concrete walls in its core structure, which houses stairwells, utilities, and emergency features like back-up phones and lighting. It also is built partly with recycled materials and is engineered to conserve water and energy.
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