Feb
06
Lendlease, Turner to Lead $1.5B Javits Expansion
ByThe project will be funded through a combination of state appropriations and bond proceeds.
New York—Lendlease and Turner Construction will comprise the design-build team for the $1.5 billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, on Manhattan’s West Side, it was announced last week by Empire State Development, a subsidiary of which owns the convention center.
The size of the expansion is in keeping with the stature of the Javits Center, the nation’s busiest convention venue, and already enormous. Sited on Eleventh Avenue between West 34th and West 40th streets, the facility covers six blocks and encompasses 2.1 million square feet, of which 840,000 square feet is exhibition space…
