The completion of Two Manhattan West marks the final chapter of the development of Manhattan West. The two-million-square-foot, LEED-Gold-targeting tower joins One Manhattan West, completed in 2019, as the development’s two largest towers. Both in the skyline and at grade level, these two towers form the gateway into the development and the westbound expansion of the Midtown urban fabric.

Manhattan West, first conceived in the 1990s and developed by Brookfield Properties, is a seven-million-square-foot, mixed-use development above active railroad tracks where minimal buildable land existed. It is an entirely new neighborhood, bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues and West 31st and West 33rd Streets, that SOM Master planned as part of the larger revitalization of Manhattan’s Midtown West. The master plan encompasses six buildings–four designed by SOM and all but one engineered by SOM–that bring two acres of public space, offices, residences, hospitality, and retail to a previously underdeveloped district.