WTC Leasing Takes A New Direction

High-tech, media and creative firms are the new class of tenants taking space at the 16-acre redevelopment site. But with more than seven million square feet to go, challenges remain.

By Jacqueline Hlavenka | March 28, 2012 at 01:52 PM

Despite headwinds from the financial services industry, rising construction costs and political squabbling from both municipal and state agencies, leasing activity at the World Trade Center has managed to remain on solid ground. Over the past year, 7 World Trade Center reached 100% occupancy, magazine publisher Cond

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