How much did Hearst Tower cost to build?
The Hearst Tower is the 46-storey, 182 m office tower on Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by Foster + Partners as a glass and steel diagrid rising from the 1928 Hearst Magazine Building base of Joseph Urban, begun on 30 April 2003, topped out on 11 February 2005 and completed in 2006 as the first LEED Gold office building in the city. Wikipedia, citing The New York Times of 18 September 2005, says the Hearst Tower cost 500 million dollars.
Reported project cost
$500 million
Cost basis: 2006
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2006
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- Heightarchiweb.cz
- 182 m
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