25 years after 9/11, final World Trade Center office tower is rising
Construction has commenced on 2 World Trade Center, the final office tower in the site's master plan, which will serve as the new headquarters for American Express. The project is expected to be completed by 2031, marking the final phase of the site's post-9/11 redevelopment.
Why it matters
This marks a symbolic and physical milestone in the long-term reconstruction of the World Trade Center site 25 years after the attacks.
Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks destroyed Lower Manhattan's skyline, construction has begun on the final commercial office tower planned for the 16-acre World Trade Center site. The 55-storey, 1,226-foot supertall tower at 200 Greenwich Street, known as 2 World Trade Center, will become the global headquarters of financial services company American Express. The company has agreed to become the building's sole tenant. The nearly two-million-square-foot tower is expected to be fully occupied by 2031. Developed by Silverstein Properties on land owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the project brings progress to a part of the site that remained largely at foundation level for nearly 15 years because of planning and financing delays.
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