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NYC Development Corp. Picks Team to Expand Trade Show Facility
April 23, 2008

New York City Economic Development Corp. has designated the Vornado Realty Trust and its wholly-owned subsidiary Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. to redevelop and expand the trade show facility on Manhattan’s west side between 51st and 54th streets, it has announced. The $100 million project will expand the facility on Pier 94 to include Pier 92--adding 355,000 square feet of trade show and conference space. The project will also feature a 9,300-square-foot winter garden and accessible open space around the perimeter of Pier 94. A 60,000-square-foot logistics center, located on Pier 92, will accommodate loading and unloading, storage and other back-of-the-house functions.

 
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