The future site of Manhattan’s first purpose-built film and TV soundstages has added two blue-chip backers, private equity firm Blackstone and real estate company Hudson Pacific Properties.
Office space giant Vornado Realty Trust had already been aboard the Sunset Pier 94 Studios project, which has been in the works for several years.
The three companies have now formed a private-public partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corp., committing a total of $350 million to the effort.
The location along the Hudson River and the West Side Highway is about a mile north of Chelsea Piers, a long-established TV production hub.
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