200 West Street

200 West Street (Goldman Sachs Tower)
as seen from the Hudson River (2010)
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40°42′53″N 74°00′52″W / 40.71472°N 74.01444°W / 40.71472; -74.01444
Construction started	2005[1]
Completed	2009[1]
Opening	2010[1]
Cost	$2.1 billion
Owner	Goldman Sachs
Height
Roof	749 ft (228 m)[2]
Technical details
Floor count	44
Floor area	2,099,985 sq ft (195,095.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators	53
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with Adamson Associates Architects[3]
Developer	Goldman Sachs
Structural engineer	Halcrow Yolles
Main contractor	Tishman Construction Corporation

200 West Street is the global headquarters of the Goldman Sachs investment banking firm in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building is a 749-foot-tall (228 m), 44-story building located on West Street, between Vesey and Murray Streets in Lower Manhattan. It is adjacent to Brookfield Place and the Conrad Hotel, the Verizon Building, and the World Trade Center. It is the only office building in Battery Park City north of Brookfield Place, and it is also the tallest building located within Battery Park City.

The skyscraper was designed by Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with Adamson Associates Architects. Construction commenced in 2005 after New York City and state government officials gave Goldman Sachs large subsidies to fund the project. There were several incidents during construction, including a falling load that paralyzed an architect as well as a falling pane of glass. Workers started moving into 200 West Street in late 2009 and the project was completed the next year at a cost of $2.1 billion. The building received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification.