Goldman Sachs is one of two large financial firms currentlyinvesting in Downtown's future--Goldman Sachs at Site 26 and JPMorgan Chase at Tower 5. In November 2005, the company broke groundon its 43-story tower to be located on the last remainingcommercial parcel in Battery Park City.

"Goldman Sachs has called Lower Manhattan its home for 136 yearsand we are proud to reaffirm our commitment to this neighborhoodand to the City of New York," noted Henry Paulson Jr., chairman andCEO of Goldman Sachs at the time of groundbreaking. The companyexplained that it is building the new headquarters and maintaining9,000 employees with the expectation of creating thousands of jobsin the next decade.

Goldman's current home, One New York Plaza, is located at Waterand Whitehall streets and is the southernmost of all Manhattanskyscrapers. Constructed in 1970, this 50-story Downtown buildingis comprised of almost 2.5 million sf and has a 111,000-sf base.The building underwent a renovation in 1995, which consisted ofrepainting the "waffle-iron" facade from its original black.

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