First Phase Of Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island Campus Makes Significant Progress

Cornell Tech'sCornell Tech's campus November construction, image by Craig Ruttle for AMNY

YIMBY last brought you a construction update in September, when foundation work was just wrapping up on multiple buildings of Cornell Tech’s planned Roosevelt Island campus. Since then, phase one’s academic buildings and residential tower have risen in the form of steel beams and concrete pours, respectively. Now, Snøhetta has been tasked to design the Verizon Executive Education Building, The Real Deal reports. It will be a conference center and is included in the first construction phase, which is due for completion in mid-2017. The other three buildings going up are the Bloomberg Center, The Bridge, and CornellTECH Residential, which are being designed by Morphosis Architecture, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture, and Handel Architects.

The entire campus will eventually include 10 buildings with two million square feet. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing the 12-acre master plan, expected to be complete by 2043. Hudson Companies, Related Companies, and Forest City Ratner Companies are developers in the project.

Cornell Tech Campus

Cornell Tech Campus phase one, image via Cornell Tech

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