Developer Related Companies filed plans with New York City outlining an ambitious $12 billion casino-hotel complex in the Hudson Yards area of Manhattan.
The plan, one of 11 bids spread across New York City’s five boroughs, calls for a 13-acre development on a platform over Western Rail Yards on the Hudson River that would include three skyscrapers including 1,500 apartments, a report hotel, 2 million square feet of office space, a public school, a day care center, and a casino operated by Wynn Resorts.
The casino would span 2.7 million square feet on the north side of the lot. It would stand 80 stories and 1,200 feet tall and house a 1,750-key hotel, a ballroom, conference space, retail space and restaurants. The casino would be at the bottom of the tower, spanning five floors.
A 1,400-foot-tall tower on the southeast corner of the lot would hold the offices and a 750-seat school. The southwest corner would feature a 1,200-foot tower with 1,507 housing units, 324 of which would be affordable. Six acres of public space would be tucked within the three towers.
Related needs approval from the city because there would be fewer and more dense buildings than what was agreed to in the sweeping 2009 rezoning that allowed for the Hudson Yards building complex.
The 11 New York City casino proposals are vying for three downstate casino licenses. Many expect two of those licenses to go to the existing racinos, Resorts World New York City in Queens and MGM’s Empire City Casino in Yonkers.
