Best Interior/Tenant Improvement: NYMEX Office Building
Following a merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) enlisted developer Brookfield Office Properties to purchase and redesign their existing building at One North End in downtown Manhattan. The project, similar to a project commissioned by CME in Chicago in 2008, included redevelopment of the base building and a renovation of the floors used by CME and NYMEX.
While infrastructure and HVAC upgrades were made to floors two through six, the larger renovations were done to the NYMEX-occupied seventh and eighth floors of the building, and a ninth floor was constructed. The area was turned into an open office environment and is a column free space, with new windows, under floor cooling and an eighth floor mezzanine. The view overlooks the Hudson River. Other work included the opening of multiple windows, demolition of two kitchens that were then repurposed as office space, a fire alarm system replacement and sub-metering of electric power.