| Times Square Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 7 Times Square, Manhattan, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°45′20″N 73°59′12″W / 40.7555°N 73.9867°W |
| Construction started | 2002 |
| Completed | 2004 |
| Opening | April 2004 |
| Owner | New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services |
| Management | Boston Properties/Norges Bank |
| Height | |
| Roof | 724 ft (221 m) |
| Top floor | 685 ft (209 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 48 |
| Floor area | 1,079,378 sq ft (100,277.5 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 20 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Developer | Boston Properties |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
Times Square Tower, also known as 7 Times Square, is a 48-story office skyscraper at the southern end of Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Located on the city block bounded by Broadway, 42nd Street, Seventh Avenue, and 41st Street, the building measures 724 feet (221 m) tall. The building was designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by Boston Properties. The site is owned by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, though Boston Properties and Norges Bank have a long-term leasehold on the building.
Childs planned the facade as a glass curtain wall, with large billboards on lower stories as part of the 42nd Street Development Project. The foundation consists of shallow footings under most of the site, though parts of the plot abut New York City Subway tunnels and are supported by caissons. The steel superstructure includes a wind-resisting lattice of diagonal beams across the exterior of the tower, as well as a mechanical core. The building contains 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m2) of floor space, much of which is devoted to offices. The lowest three stories contain retail space and an entrance to the Times Square subway station.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Park Tower Realty and the Prudential Insurance Company of America had planned to develop a tower for the site as part of a wide-ranging redevelopment of West 42nd Street. After the successful development of the nearby 3 and 4 Times Square, Boston Properties developed both 5 Times Square and Times Square Tower. Work started in 2001 after accounting firm Arthur Andersen was signed as the anchor tenant. Arthur Andersen's lease was canceled following the Enron scandal, and the building was completed in 2004 as a speculative development. In 2013, Norges Bank bought a partial stake in the leasehold.