One Vanderbilt and SUMMIT
Opened in 2020, the One Vanderbilt commercial tower alongside Grand Central Terminal is a significant new transit-oriented development in Midtown Manhattan.
AKRF first prepared the CEQR Environmental Impact Statement for the 1,401-foot-tall, 1.7 million-square-foot One Vanderbilt building and the Vanderbilt Corridor, addressing a series of complex planning and environmental issues and extensive developer-funded transit improvements.
We prepared a VISWALK pedestrian simulation of the planned connections to Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street Shuttle, and future East Side Access concourse, as well as a multi-floor VISWALK pedestrian microsimulation model for the SUMMIT observation deck lobby and experience space, including elevators, escalators, viewing areas, and interactive areas.
The project was developed by Hines and SL Green and designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
All photos by Max Touhey
Industry Honors
2021 ENR New York Regional Winner
2021 ULI New York Awards for Excellence in Development
2016 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
“One Vanderbilt is a testament to what a public-private partnership can achieve to strengthen New York City … to deliver to New Yorkers an extraordinary array of privately funded public improvements in and around Grand Central Terminal. ”
Chairman and CEO of SL Green, 2020
Featured Team Members
Michael Beattie, PE, PTOE
Senior Vice President, Traffic and Transportation
Anne Locke, Associate AIA
Senior Vice President, Environmental and Land Use Planning
Nathan Riddle
Vice President, Cultural Resources
Kenny Mui, LEED AP
Vice President, Construction Analysis
Amy Crader, AICP
Vice President, Cultural Resources
Christian Thompson
Vice President, Acoustics, Noise and Vibration
Chi Chan
Vice President, Traffic and Transportation
