Larry Silverstein, president and chief executive officer of Silverstein Properties Inc., talks about the company's succession plan and decision to name Martin Burger as co-chief executive officer. Silverstein, speaking with Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart," also discusses the development of the World Trade Center site in Manhattan, New York City's real-estate market and his overseas investments.   Read more...

At 3 World Trade Center, the 80-story tower designed by Richard Rogers and developed by Silverstein Properties, the floor plates of 29,000 to 68,000 square feet have no columns.   Read more...

Two senior managers of Watsonville, Calif.-based Granite Construction Inc. have been chosen as the 2011 recipients of the Gary E. Bird Horizon Award for innovation and excellence in risk management at the 31st annual IRMI Construction Risk Conference in San Diego.
Other finalists for the award included Shari Natovitz, vp of risk management at Silverstein Properties Inc.  Read more...

The concrete base of One World Trade Center will be enshrouded by stainless steel panels and glass to reflect light during the day, giving the iconic building a distinct street-level appearance, the Port Authority said Tuesday.  Read more...

The Port Authority’s new executive director, Patrick Foye, is off to a running start at the World Trade Center. Insiders credit him with encouraging his boss, Gov. Cuomo, to sign off promptly on the PA’s agreement with Fidelity Investments on financing construction of 4 WTC last week.
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What's it like constructing One World Trade Center from the ground up? Tom Llamas and producer Keith Feldman take a ride to the 84th floor to show us what its like for these iron workers 1,000 feet up.  Read more...

With incredible views from the 48th floor of 7 World Trade Center, you might expect artist Marcus Robinson to paint the skyline. But instead, he is inspired by what what's happening at ground level.  Read more...

When Larry Silverstein was asked to lend some of his time to be the featured guest at a B'nai B'rith real estate luncheon event held yesterday he was happy to oblige, and even agreed to pay for lunch, he told an audience of about 70 at the event in 7 World Trade Center. The developer said the organization has done extraordinary work in its more than 100 years of existence.   Read more...

Long before Condé Nast took 1 million square feet at 1 World Trade Center, the New York Academy of Sciences took 40,000 square feet at 7 World Trade Center -- a small lease signed in 2005 which, in years to come, might go down in the annals as the truly pioneering deal.   Read more...

In a milestone for Downtown in the post-9/11 era, 7 World Trade Center - built by Larry Silverstein in the face of withering criticism and claims it would be a "white elephant" - is now 100 percent leased.  Read more...