The price tag apparently matches the grandeur of the new underground concourse that passes underneath the?
World Trade Center
?site, which opened to pedestrians for the first time since 9/11 two weeks ago.
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The 600-foot underground concourse, within the 800,000-square-foot transportation hub, which, according to
previous reports
, features 40,000 square feet of Italian marble, will house stores and restaurants on two levels, and the?Port Authority of New York & New Jersey?is partnering with
Westfield Group
?to develop its more than 350,000 square feet of retail.
The concourse, designed by architect
Santiago Calatrava
, is the first piece of the nearly $4 billion redevelopment of the World Trade transportation hub and will ultimately be lined with retailers rumored to rival?those seen at?
Brookfield Place
.
4 World Trade Center
?is scheduled to open next month, and?
One World Trade Center
?will follow in early 2014.
A temporary bridge and street level crossing took the place of a bridge over West Street that was destroyed on 9/11.
The Port Authority did not immediately return calls seeking confirmation of the report.