Manhattan now has its first purpose-built film and television studio with the opening of Sunset Pier 94 Studios, located on the Hudson River at 54th Street.<\/p>\n
Developers say the project is a major win for New York City\u2019s entertainment industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the studios in New York are adaptive reuses. They\u2019re warehouses or bakeries or things that weren\u2019t actually built to be studios. Here, this space was specifically designed to be a studio. It includes high-performance sound-absorbing materials and high ceilings that allow for the creativity of sets to be built,\u201d said Barry Langer, executive vice president of development at Vornado Realty Trust.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Sunset Pier 94 Studios is Manhattan\u2019s first purpose-built film and TV studio
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The facility spans 230,000 square feet with six stages for production
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Paramount Studios has signed the first lease at Sunset Pier 94 to film \u201cDexter: Resurrection\u201d
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The project includes public space, new restrooms and improved bike path<\/p>\n
The facility spans more than 230,000 square feet and features six stages available for production companies to lease for filming shows and movies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll come into this space, they\u2019ll build sets, they\u2019ll film here, and just as important, they\u2019ll go out on the streets of New York City, because New York is such a great backdrop for film and TV productions, which is why everyone wants to film in New York,\u201d Langer said.<\/p>\n
Developers estimate the studio will contribute more than $6 billion to the local economy over the next 30 years and create roughly 400 permanent jobs. The TV and film industry is estimated to generate more than $82 billion annually for the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have a film studio at Pier 94 just off of Hell\u2019s Kitchen, one of the centers of the creative economy for the city and the entire region, is really incredible,\u201d said Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal. \u201cPeople will be able to walk to work from Hell\u2019s Kitchen, from Manhattan Plaza, which is the center for artist housing. It\u2019s really thrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n
The opening comes amid a wave of new studio construction across the region, including Borden Studios in Long Island City and Echelon Studios in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
New Jersey is also expanding, with Netflix breaking ground on a massive new production facility last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me just say, other cities are fighting really hard for this business. We always need to make sure we\u2019re keeping New York City competitive, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing with this announcement today,\u201d said City Council Speaker Julie Menin.<\/p>\n
Paramount Studios has signed the first lease at Sunset Pier 94 to film \u201cDexter: Resurrection.\u201d Developers say the facility is expected to be fully leased by midyear.<\/p>\n
Designed to integrate with the Hudson River Park, the project includes 25,000 square feet of publicly accessible space, new public restrooms for Clinton Cove Park and a rebuilt section of the West Side bike path to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan now has its first purpose-built film and television studio with the opening of Sunset Pier 94 Studios,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2296,25,231,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,1174,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-107135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-app-human-interest","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-human-interest","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-manhattan-headlines","13":"tag-manhattan-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-olivia-leach","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}