NYC’s Penn Station Is Getting an $8 Billion, Trump-Approved Glow Up

NYC’s Penn Station is getting an $8 billion, Trump-approved glow up

The new Penn Station is going to be big, airy, and very bronze.  New renderings, obtained by the Gothamist on May 26, offer a first look at the official redesign plans for the iconic New York City train station, which has long been derided for its windowless interior and maze-like tunnels—a subterranean hub that The Verge has described as a “hell hole,” The New Yorker has dubbed a “grimy ant farm,” and Insider has called “the worst place in New …

Trump's Name on Penn Station: Leaked Plans Show Redesign

The nation's busiest rail hub is getting an $8 billion makeover, and if leaked architectural plans hold, commuters passing through a new Eighth Avenue entrance will walk beneath Donald Trump's name and a presidential seal carved into marble. Architectural renderings and engineering documents obtained by the New York Post show a dramatic reimagining of Penn Station that replaces decades of grim, low-ceilinged corridors with cavernous halls, monum…

Development Team, Renderings Revealed for Penn Station Overhaul in Midtown, Manhattan

The long-gestating plan to revitalize Penn Station has taken a significant step forward with the selection of a development team for the Midtown, Manhattan transit hub. Penn Transformation Partners, a joint venture between Halmar and Skanska, will lead the project, which will involve extensive exterior and interior revisions to the facility while preserving and re-cladding Madison Square Garden.

Skanska team lands Penn Station master developer role - Global Construction Review

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Amtrak have appointed “Penn Transformation Partners”, a team of Halmar and Sweden’s Skanska, to be master developer for the $6bn renovation of New York’s Penn Station. They’ll build a new entrance on Eighth Avenue leading to a new train hall, replace cramped walkways, expand track capacity, add new retail spaces, improve below-ground infrastructure and add classical-style cladding. The project’s …

Penn Station Transformation Moves Forward as Halmar and Skanska Named Developers for $8Bn Build

New York Penn Station, located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is set for a generational overhaul after the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Amtrak Board of Directors selected the Penn Transformation Partners (Halmar and Skanska) consortium as the lead private master developer for the project. The consortium, a joint venture between construction majors […] The post Penn Station Transformation Moves Forward as Halmar and Skanska Nam…