One Bryant Park

Setting a new standard in sustainable commercial construction, the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park was the first skyscraper in North America to achieve LEED Platinum certification and ranks among the most environmentally advanced skyscrapers in the world. The 2.35-million-square-foot, 51-story office tower was completed in 2010 and conceived with the vision of creating the highest quality modern workplace emphasizing daylight, fresh air, and an intrinsic connection to the outdoors.

One Bryant Park houses Bank of America’s global corporate and investment banking businesses, The Durst Organization’s corporate headquarters, and several other prestigious tenants. Notable features include an urban garden room, 4.6-megawatt combined heat and power plant, ice cooling system, building-wide water reclamation system, green roofs that utilize compost from tenant waste, state-of-the-art air filtration for exceptional indoor air quality, destination dispatch elevator controls, and dedicated backup emergency generators.

Major Tenants:

Bank of America
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
The Durst Organization
Charlie Palmer Steak
Burger & Lobster

Amenities

PUBLIC SPACE

Three times the public circulation space required by zoning
New glass-enclosed dual-stair subway entrance at 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas
Widened sidewalks
Urban Garden Room at 43rd Street and Avenue of the Americas, serves as an indoor extension of Bryant Park and Grace Plaza

THROUGH-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE

Through-block public passageway connecting 42nd and 43rd streets features Broadway-inspired programming and attractions

Stephen Sondheim Theatre (housed within One Bryant Park)

(formerly known as the Henry Miller Theatre)

DESIGN INTENT

To create a state-of-the-art Broadway playhouse that captures the intimacy of the original Henry Miller’s Theatre and invokes its design intent and spirit
To captivate present-day audiences with excellent sightlines, spacious and accessible audience amenities and a newly configured auditorium

RESTORATION AND RECONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

50,000 square foot reconstructed theater
Seating capacity increased to 1,000
Neo-Georgian landmarked façade of original 1918 Allen, Ingalls & Hoffman–designed theater preserved and restored
Restoration and reconstruction of the historic oval reception room, doors and decorative plasterwork, and incorporation of salvaged elements into the new design
Fully ADA–accessible, including approximately 20 wheelchair viewing positions and a spacious box office lobby
Three times the number of female toilets required by code
Incorporation of a large lobby bar at the orchestra level, a bar/café on the ground floor level, and a restaurant at an upper mezzanine within one building
Fully functional fly-tower and scenic loading facilities
Operated by Roundabout Theatre

Sustainability

The Bank of America Tower is the first commercial high-rise in the United States to earn LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council. The building’s advanced technologies include a clean-burning, on-site, 5.0 MW cogeneration plant, which provides approximately 65% of the building’s annual electricity requirements and lowers daytime peak demand by 30%. A thermal ice storage system further helps reduce peak load on the city’s over-taxed electrical grid by producing ice at night, which is then melted during the day to provide cooling. Rain and snow that fall on the site are captured and re-used as gray water to flush toilets and supply the cooling towers. These strategies, along with low-flow fixtures, save approximately 7.7 million gallons of potable water per year.

The building’s exceptionally high indoor environmental quality results from hospital-grade, 95% filtered air; abundant natural daylight and 9.5ft ceilings; an under-floor ventilation system with individually-controlled floor diffusers; round-the-clock air quality monitoring; and views through a clear, floor-to-ceiling high-performance glass curtain wall. This curtain wall minimizes solar heat gain through low-E glass and heat-reflecting ceramic frit, and has allowed the Bank of America Tower to reduce artificial lighting with an automated daylight dimming system, reducing lighting and cooling energy by up to 30%.

Green buildings perform better than conventional ones. They save energy, use less water, generate less construction waste, and provide healthier and more comfortable indoor environments. Studies show that working in a green building increases productivity and reduces absenteeism. Green buildings provide tenants the opportunity to promote their healthy workspace to enhance their business brand and attract quality personnel.

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