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670,000-SF 9 MetroTech Center South Tops Out

NEW YORK CITY-Anchor tenant Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield will occupy 395,000 sf in the 19-story building. Broker Mary Ann Tighe, who represented the firm, tells GlobeSt.com that completing construction so close to 9/11 lends a poignant note to the celebration.

By Glen Thompson | Updated on September 13, 2002

NEW YORK CITY-Less than a year after breaking ground, the final beam in the final building of Forest City Ratner Co.’s 16-acre MetroTech Center complex has been hoisted into place. The topping-out ceremony for 9 MetroTech Center South begins the 14-year, $1-billion project’s last chapter, and represents a milestone in the revitalization of Downtown Brooklyn.

Forest City Ratner president and CEO Bruce C. Ratner, Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz and Dr. Michael A. Stocker, president and CEO of anchor tenant Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield were joined by officials from the New York City Human Resources Administration–also a major tenant–for the topping-out ceremony. To commemorate the event, Ratner, Stocker and several city officials and civic, business and community leaders signed the steel beam before it was installed.

“The topping-out of this building brings us one step closer to completing our vision for MetroTech Center,” said Ratner. “And, as the first commercial office building developed in the city since 9/11, this achievement stands as a testament to New Yorkers’ historic determination to endure and thrive in the face of adversity,” he added.

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