Page 7 - Javits Tour Booklet

■ Project Summary

- Location:
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion
655 West 34 street, New York, New York 10001
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- Use: Convention Center
- Area:
1.2-million-square-foot section is being designed by tvsdesign at a cost of nearly $1.5 billion. This will increase
the total area of the facility to 3.3 million square feet. The expansion will add an extra 22,000 square feet to
what is already the largest green roof in New York City.

The large and deep diagonal trusses form the underside of the slightly pitched roof. This will be the highest point
of the building at 180 feet above street level. The construction and design build is being overseen by Lendlease
in a joint venture with Turner Construction Company

Starting from the bottom, there will be a four-level, 655,000-square-foot truck garage with new freight elevators
and 27 loading docks. Above that will be a multi-story atrium, 100,000 square feet of permanent exhibition
spaces, a 165,000-square-foot conference room, and finally, a 58,000-square-foot ballroom that is slated to be
the largest on the East Coast. All of this will sit under a green roof that can hold up to 1,500 people overlooking
the Hudson River and Hudson Yards district.

• Expanded exhibition space, which when combined with the existing exhibition space, creates a
contiguous exhibition hall
• New state-of-the-art meeting rooms / ballroom space
• Flexible, day-lit pre-function spaces
• A roof terrace for outdoor events and including an expanded green roof area which aligns to the current
centers green room vision
• New kitchen and food service areas in line with the indicative design
• Additional back-of-house and administrative spaces