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30 Hudson Street

Skyscraper in Jersey City, New Jersey

Field	Value
name	30 Hudson Street
image	Goldman_Sachs_Tower_(2011-04-09).jpg
image_size	250px
caption	A 2009 view of the tower from Liberty State Park
location	30 Hudson Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
United States
coordinates
alternate_name	Goldman Sachs Tower
start_date	2001
completion_date	2004
building_type	Commercial Offices
roof	781 ft
floor_count	42
elevator_count	36
floor_area	1,600,000 ft2
architect	Pelli Clarke Pelli, Adamson Architects, Inc. (as architect of record)
structural_engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
main_contractor	Turner Construction
developer	Gerald D Hines Interests
management	CB Richard Ellis
references
highest_region	New Jersey
highest_start	2004
highest_end	2018
highest_next	[99 Hudson Street](99-hudson-street)
highest_prev	[101 Hudson Street](101-hudson-street)
website

Jersey City, New Jersey United States

30 Hudson Street, also known as Goldman Sachs Tower, is a 781 ft, 42-story building in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is the second tallest building in New Jersey. Completed in 2004, the tower was designed by César Pelli, and was the tallest building in the state for 14 years. It houses offices, a cafeteria, a health unit, and a full-service fitness facility including a physical therapy clinic.

The building is in the Exchange Place area close to a PATH station and is accessible by the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at the Essex Street and Exchange Place stops.

The tower sits on the waterfront overlooking the Hudson River and Lower Manhattan and is visible from all five of the New York City boroughs. On a clear day, the building may be visible from Highlands, New Jersey to the south and from Bear Mountain, New York to the north, 40 mi away.

Originally intended to be a dedicated use building for Goldman Sachs' middle and back office units, lower than projected staffing levels at the bank following the 2008 financial crisis forced Goldman to seek occupancy from other tenants to avoid forgone rental income. Royal Bank of Canada currently shares the space, with plans for other professional service firms to take occupancy as well in the near future. As of 2025, the building also houses the headquarters of Organon International and Lord Abbett.

History

Originally the tower was meant to be the centerpiece of an entire Goldman Sachs campus at Exchange Place, which was to include a training center, a university, and a large hotel complex. Many of the company's Manhattan-based equity traders refused to move away from Wall Street, delaying the occupation of the building's top 13 floors, which remained vacant until early 2008.

Once a derelict and mostly industrial part of Jersey City, the Exchange Place area forms part of New Jersey's Gold Coast, a revitalized strip of land along the formerly industrial west bank of the Hudson. Economic development in the 2000s spurred large-scale residential, commercial, and office development along the waterfront.

Although the location was largely rejected by the company's financial executives, 4,000 Goldman Sachs employees made the move to the building, including much of the company's real estate, technology, operations, and administrative departments. The building is certified under LEED-NC Version 2.0 of the U.S. Green Building Council. The building has been surrounded by pedestrian protective scaffolding since 2010.

The company completed construction of another tower in 2010 to house the bulk of their sales and trading departments. It is located at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan just north of Brookfield Place (originally the World Financial Center), almost directly across the water from 30 Hudson. Under their "Venice strategy", Goldman Sachs launched a ferry service between the two buildings in 2013, operated by the Billybey Ferry Company.

In media

The building was used by the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign to symbolize Goldman Sachs and Hillary Clinton's ties to the company.

The building can briefly be seen in The Avengers when Iron Man prevents New York City from being struck by a missile, and in Spider-Man: Homecoming, when Tony Stark is about to revoke Peter Parker's Spider Man suit.

The building, along with its surrounding skyscrapers, is the background image for the recorded audio for Markus Schulz's Global DJ Broadcast World Tour recorded in Barcode in nearby Elizabeth.

Gallery

File:Looking up at Goldman Sachs Tower.jpg|From below File:2013 Jersey City skyline 2.jpg|The tower seen with the Jersey City skyline from lower Manhattan File:Goldman Sachs Tower (4088024683) crop.jpg|At night File:Goldman Sachs Tower (Jersey City) 2021.jpg|From the Colgate Center

References

Notes

References

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Moss, Linda. (July 9, 2020). "Merck Spinoff Agrees to Locate Headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey".
(April 12, 2022). "Lord Abbett takes 178,000 sq. ft. at Goldman Sachs tower in Jersey City".
Hayes, Melissa. (June 19, 2010). "Waterfront walkway around Goldman Sachs in Jersey City reopening". NJ.com.
Craig, Susanne. (April 16, 2010). "Goldman Sachs's New Palace Creates Princes, Serfs". Wall Street Journal.
Goldberger, Paul. (August 2, 2004). "Shanghai on the Hudson".
Martin, Adam. (February 20, 2013). "Goldman Sachs Is Being Oddly Coy About Its New Public Ferries".
McGeehan, Patrick. (2013-02-20). "On Hudson, Bank's Ferries Are Finally in Service". The New York Times.
. (January 29, 2016). ["Bernie Sanders Ad Attacks Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Contributions"](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/01/29/bernie_sanders_ad_attacks_goldman_sachs_wall_street_contributions.html).

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