Hearst Tower / New York / NY, NJ, CT, MA / North America / World

• Fitness center
• Wellness center
• Café 57
• Executive dining and event space
• A 168-seat theater
• Broadcast studio
• Digital studio
• An app lab
• Two art galleries
• State-of-the-art laboratory and test kitchens

• The 70-foot-high entrance lobby/atrium incorporates the 30-foot water sculpture Icefall into a space featuring full-height stainless steel, linen-finished columns, cream limestone floors and stucco walls, blue granite cladding the core, and 30-foot clerestory windows and expansive skylights.
• Restroom finishes feature custom-sized, white composite granite tiling on floors and walls; full-height partitions; chrome low-flow hardware; and vanities of charcoal gray granite.
• Reception areas are branded for the magazines/groups occupying a given floor, and are located just off the main elevator lobby.
• Due to the innovative open-plan system, corridors are incorporated into the office areas.
• Offices have interior glass fronts to draw in natural light and are furnished with an L-shaped desk, three-drawer file cabinets, a guest chair, and a coat closet. Adjustable solar shades are integrated into the exterior glass framing.
• Desks average 7.5 feet long, include shelving/storage (including a mobile, cushion-topped pedestal), and are fully wired for power and communications
• Most floors have at least two enclosed conference rooms, each fully wired for communications, with data access ports in the tabletops. AV equipment is in place or easily moved.
• Open team areas—unreserved spaces located in the tower’s northeast and southeast corners to maximize light and views—are provided for casual, impromptu meetings.
• Each floor’s centrally located ”support zone” contains a pantry, a photocopy area, and employee mailboxes.
• The tower design integrated measures to make it 25% more energy efficient than a building of the same size constructed to ASHRAE 90.1-1999 standards or the NYC Building Code. As a result, the tower uses 2 million fewer kWh annually, which was achieved through these measures:
• Hearst Corporation and Tishman Speyer have partnered to operate the tower above and beyond the original design intent by identifying no- or low-cost energy-efficiency initiatives. 2010 electrical energy consumption was reduced by 27% and steam was reduced by 38% from the first full year of occupancy. Various operational practices, programs, and procedures helped to achieve those savings.
• Hearst Corporation continues to promote energy-saving measures to employees in a variety of ways, most notably the “Off is In” online information program reminding employees to turn off all electronics whenever they leave their desks. In addition, employees’ computers are set, through the building’s data center, to automatically turn off completely at a predetermined time.
• In an ongoing effort to maintain energy usage efficiencies, an energy audit was performed to identify primary sources of energy use and to enable property management to prioritize energy usage according to the greatest to least cost-effective opportunities for savings. Based on audit results, a retro-commissioning plan has been implemented to ensure that all equipment is operating at peak efficiency.
• Hearst Tower meets all NYC Local Law 87 requirements, recycling approximately 85% of all waste. The remaining waste is used by a waste-to-energy landfill facility that converts the gas by-product into electricity.
• In addition to using desk-side and centrally located recycling receptacles for mixed paper, glass, plastic, and aluminum, Hearst Tower has enhanced its recycling practice through a composting and biodiesel conversion program.
• Through Hearst Corporation’s outsourced cleaning vendor’s Green Care program, green cleaning practices exceeding EPA requirements are used to develop all contractual requirements/specifications.