American Express unveils plan to build 55-story tower at World Trade Center site
NY Post
The World Trade Center raised a victory flag on Wednesday over what was once Ground Zero.
American Express announced it will build its new headquarters at Two World Trade Center — the last of the four towers first announced in the original post-9/11 master plan in 2003.
The site of the most devastating terrorist attack in American history, which destroyed the original World Trade Center and took 2,977 lives, will now be completely reborn.
The Church Street site, which is currently a beer garden, lies next to the “Freedom Tower” of One World Trade, home to Conde Nast, and two other towers leased to financial and tech companies.
They ring the 9/11 Memorial Museum and its “void” fountains, as well as the porcupine Oculus transportation hub.
Larry Silverstein will develop the project for Amex, which will take control of the land previously leased to Silverstein by the Port Authority. Amex is currently based at nearby 200 Vesey Street, where Amex and Brookfield Properties each owns half the tower.
US stocks were little changed on Tuesday as oil prices dropped after President Trump signaled the war in Iran will be limited – though the drop slowed after the White House walked back a claim that an oil tanker had been escorted through an Iranian energy chokepoint.
After nearly 50 years in Orange County, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA is packing up its headquarters — trading Cypress, California for Kennesaw, Georgia in a sweeping corporate shift that will impact about 250 workers.The motorcycle and motorsports giant says the move is part of major “structural reforms” meant to boost profits as costs climb — including pressure from tariffs imposed during the administration of President Donald Trump and shifting market conditions.
Southern California’s luxury shopping landscape is shrinking as three high-end department store locations prepare to shut their doors.
Stocks went on a rollercoaster ride Monday — with the Dow finishing in positive territory on upbeat comments from President Trump after plunging nearly 900 points on simmering stagflation fears.
Private equity firm KKR is working with advisers on a sale of data center cooling company CoolIT Systems for a price tag potentially exceeding $3 billion, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
John Tatum is one of the most plugged-in businessmen I know, and yet when the bombs started flying over his hotel room in downtown Doha — just a few minutes from the embattled US military facility in Qatar — he was stranded and helpless.
Morgan Stanley’s surprise round of layoffs this past week was the result of “shifting business and location priorities,” and “individual job performance” issues here and abroad, according to the firm’s flacks.
Saks Global said Friday it was closing 15 more stores as the luxury retailer, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, tries to cut losses and focus on more profitable, higher-end locations.
Bars and eateries are adapting to the Ozempic era by offering mini cocktails.
Six Flags Entertainment will sell off seven of its amusement parks in the United States and Canada to EPR Properties, the company announced Thursday.
A pair of baby-faced Goldman Sachs bankers could be fired over flashy photo shoots and interviews they gave for an “unauthorized” spread in a trendy New York magazine, The Post has learned.
Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson took a major hit last week when a multimillion-dollar load of his ALP nicotine pouches vanished in a hijacking in Los Angeles. Now he’s offering a financial windfall to whoever tracks them down or the people responsible.