Lendlease Turner JV Awarded Convention Center Expansion Project

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A Design-Build team led by Lendlease Construction LMB Inc. and Turner Construction — with tvsdesign — was selected by Empire State Development Corporation to oversee the $1.5-billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center located in New York, New York.

The expansion adds state-of-the-art exhibit and meeting room spaces to attract large-scale trade shows and conventions, while enhancing the quality of life for the West Side community. The expansion will result in increased economic activity to the city and state while at the same time enhance the quality of life for the community as traffic flow is improved and pedestrian safety is increased. The expansion will reroute 20,000 event-related trucks off area streets each year, reducing the move-in and move-out process for events by 30 percent and freeing up an additional 20 days for new events.

Key elements and sustainable features of the expansion include:

• 90,000 square feet of permanent exhibit space, to be combined with current exhibit space, to create an approximately 500,000-square-foot exhibition hall
• 45,000 square feet of meeting room space
• A 55,000 square-foot ballroom, the largest of its kind in the New York region
• A green roof terrace and pavilion accommodating 1,500 people for outdoor events
• LEED Silver certification
• An onsite truck marshaling facility with room for more than 230 event and exhibit-related trucks
• 27 new loading docks
• Added kitchen and food service areas
• Back-of-house and administrative space

The Javits Center is the busiest convention center in the United States, hosting events on 337 days in 2015. Located on Manhattan‘s West Side on 11th Avenue between West 34th and West 40th Streets, the six-block facility encompasses 2.1 million square feet, of which 840,000 square feet is exhibition space. It hosts trade shows, conventions and special events that spur economic activity and job creation.‎ In 2015, the facility hosted more than 175 events and two million visitors – ultimately supporting 17,700 jobs locally and generating an estimated 483,000 nightly hotel room reservations. In total, the Javits Center had an economic impact of $1.9 billion in 2015.