Related Companies and Wynn Resorts have unveiled their objectively massive plan for what their New York City casino complex would look like.
In filings with the New York City Planning Department, the companies would take the 13 acres between West 30th and West 33rd Streets and Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues in Manhattan and build a trio of skyscrapers: a casino/hotel, an apartment complex, and an office building. Each one would be at least 74 stories tall.
Even by New York City standards, these are large buildings. The office complex would be the tallest of the three, clocking in at 1,366 feet, which would make it the third tallest building in the city.
The casino/hotel would be up to 1,189 feet, which would make it the sixth tallest building in New York, eclipsing the proposed apartment complex at 1,172 feet.
$12 billion outlay
The plan would cost roughly $12 billion, according to Crain’s New York, and would include 1,500 units in the apartment building, a public school, a day care center, over two million square feet of office space, and, of course, the casino.
The casino itself would span five floors, and the hotel would have 1,750 rooms plus a ballroom, conference rooms, numerous restaurants, and retail outlets. Related and Wynn’s plans are one of 11 expected bids for three downstate New York casino licenses.
The New York State Gaming Commission is expected to open the official process for bidding once they publish answers to a series of questions posed by the potential bidders.
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