53 West 53 Fact Sheet This fact sheet was downloaded on Saturday September 25, 2021 from The Skyscraper Center. Please visit the CTBUH website for more on tall buildings. view building webpage Images Facts Official Name 53 West 53 Former / Other Name Tour de Verre / 53W53, 53 West 53 Above MoMA, MoMA Expansion Tower No image to display Type building Status completed Country City New York City Street Address 53 West 53rd Street Building Function residential Structural Material concrete Proposed 2006 Start of Construction 2015 Completion 2019 Global Ranking #109 tallest building in the world Regional Ranking #14 tallest building in North America National Ranking #14 tallest building in City Ranking #7 tallest building in New York City Official Website http://www.53w53.com/ Companies Figures Owners Height: Architectural 320.07 meter / 1050.10 feet • Current Goldman Sachs; Hines; Pontiac Land Height: Occupied 271.27 meter / 889.99 feet Group Height: To Tip 320.07 meter / 1050.10 feet Developer Hines Floors Above Ground 77 Architects Floors Below Ground 2 • Design Ateliers Jean Nouvel # of Elevators 6 • Architect of Record AAI Architects, P.C.; SLCE Architects Top Elevator Speed 7.1 m/s Structural Engineer WSP Tower GFA 67,355 m sq. / 725,003 ft sq. MEP Engineer WSP # of Apartments 162 Main Contractor Lendlease Corporation Other Consultants • Building Monitoring Vidaris, Inc. • Civil Langan Engineering • Damping GERB Vibration Control Systems, Inc • Energy Concept Vidaris, Inc. • Environmental Langan Engineering • Façade Vidaris, Inc. • Geotechnical Langan Engineering • Interiors The Office of Thierry W Despont Ltd. • Land Surveyor Langan Engineering • Landscape Patrick Blanc • Marketing Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; Knightsbridge Strategies • Roofing Vidaris, Inc. • Security Kroll Inc • Sustainability Vidaris, Inc. Material Suppliers • Cladding Enclos Corp. • Concrete Ferrara Brothers • Crane Morrow Equipment Company • Façade MaintenanceCoxGomyl Equipment.