The facility will feature two 750-foot tall towers together withclusters of smaller buildings and include the 249-room MandarinOriental hotel, 203 condominium apartments, 193,000 sf of class Aoffice space, 364,000 sf of retail space and a concert hall forJazz at Lincoln Center that will seat 1,100

The project got its start 15 years ago when the MetropolitanTransit Authority, which owned the land, and the city sought out adeveloper to replace the Coliseum, then 30 years old. BostonProperties held development rights for nine years but eventuallyabandoned the project. Later, the Related Cos. partnered withApollo Real Estate Advisors and the Palladium Co. to purchase theproperty for $345 million.

Time Warner will occupy the sixth and eighth floors of the northtower, sections of floors four and five as well as the ninththrough the 20th floors of the south tower. Condominiums will takeup the floors 36 through 49 in the north tower and 20 through 49 inthe south tower. Floors 15 to 35 of the north tower will house thehotel. A circular shopping gallery will provide access at West 60thStreet and allow pedestrians to walk to West 58th Street.