First Hudson Yards tower opens in New York

New York

THE first skyscraper at Related Cos's US$25 billion Hudson Yards project opened on Tuesday after three and a half years of construction, bringing office workers to a once-desolate area of Manhattan's far west side that's now transforming into a new business enclave.

About 300 employees of Coach Inc moved into new headquarters at 10 Hudson Yards, where the luxury-handbag maker will soon be joined by tenants including L'Oreal USA, SAP, VaynerMedia and Boston Consulting Group. The 52-storey tower at 10th Avenue and West 30th Street, designed by the architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, is fully leased.