The U.S. economy is currently in recession, and many people have no jobs.

The same goes for white-collar elites. The demand in the job field exceeds the supply and they are not afraid of not being able to recruit people.

Seeing that his boss was resolute, David Mellon would naturally not be able to disobey him.

Smith Capital’s relocation of its headquarters tomorrow has been finalized today.

As the leading company, Smith Capital will be the first company to enter the Smith Tower.

As for Abel's other companies, they will also move in one after another.

The Smith Building (Woolworth Building), after five months of rent clearance and renovation.

It also has a new look at this time, both internally and externally, and can already accommodate the headquarters of so many companies in Abel.

There are a total of 57 floors of the building, and the bottom 42 floors have approximately 1,600-1,700 square meters of office space on each floor.

The area of ​​the 10 floors of 43-52 has become much smaller.

But each floor has an area of ​​about 300-350 square meters.

These floors and the five floors above were actually built purely by the builders in pursuit of height.

In order to become the tallest building in the world, the original 42-story Woolworth Building became the current 57-story building.

Including the lightning rod function at the top of the tower, the height of this building exceeds 318 meters.

The internal construction area of ​​the upper part of the building is naturally much smaller and narrower than the normal office building below.

The top five floors of the tower only have about 200 square meters each on the first four floors.

The top floor is just over a hundred square meters.

Not counting the top five floors, the office area on the remaining 52 floors has exceeded 70,000 square meters.

According to the office area of ​​about 10 square meters for one person.

Smith Tower can already accommodate more than 7,000 people.

It is more than enough to accommodate the headquarters employees of all current companies owned by Abel.

As for the top five floors, they have been undergoing renovations during this period.

It will be turned into a luxury condominium called "The Summit".

This residence will crown the Woolworth Building.

The five-story building covers an area of ​​nearly 9,680 square feet, or more than 900 square meters.

There will be a 408-square-foot observation deck on it, which is 727 feet higher than City Hall Park. The interior design was developed by Zaha Hadid, who is not yet well-known.

It will become one of Abel's future residences in Manhattan.

To put it simply, it is the original Woolworth Building and the current Smith Building.

The top five floors will become Abel's personal residence.

The 52nd floor below is where the New York headquarters of the Smith Company is located.

The renovation work started in May and it has been five months now.

It's basically all completed, but Abel hasn't actually seen the pinnacle mansion on the roof yet.

In fact, given his personality, there is a high probability that he will not live in top mansions many times in the future.

The main reason is that it is too high and it would be too dangerous if something happens.

Compared with such skyscrapers, he still prefers villas or townhouses in Manhattan.

If you live in these places, at least you can run away if something happens.

The reason why this "peak" was created is simply that the area on the top floors is too small for office use.

In addition, the scenery was so good that you could overlook the entire Manhattan, so he simply turned them into mansions.

When he is in a good mood, he will stay there for a while. Usually he still likes to live in a low-rise villa, which can give him a sense of security.

After all, he is not Iron Man, and there is no Mark Armor that can carry people flying around.

If Iron Man who lives on the roof encounters any problem, he can just put on his armor and fly away.

If something happens to Abel who lives on the top of the building, it will really make the sky and the earth inoperable.

After spending the morning in the Smith Building, he made another appointment with Ted Lerner at noon.

The two met in midtown Manhattan, specifically near 111 West 57th Street.

The convoy parked directly on the side of the road, and the rock security staff quickly dispersed and took precautions.

Abel and Ted Lerner got out of the car.

After coming down, Ted Lerner couldn't help but said: "You did a great job with your bodyguard measures. I feel like even the commander-in-chief can only do this."

"For safety's sake. Personal safety is always the most important. Only when a person is alive can he have infinite possibilities." Abel said casually with a smile.

Ted Lerner shrugged, looked up, and said, "Look ahead, this is 111 West 57th Street."

Abel nodded, "Let's go over and take a look."

Then the rock security opened the way, and Abel and Ikana's father walked forward.

This place is located in the center of the south side of Central Park in New York. It is only separated from Central Park by two small buildings in front and a main road.

The straight-line distance is less than fifty meters, and 111 West 57th Street is currently just a low-rise building 30 meters by 40 meters wide.

The two of them appeared here because they were chatting at Charlie Brown's Pizza yesterday.

Ted Lerner took the initiative to mention that there was a vacant lot here in midtown Manhattan that was about to be auctioned.

Abel had previously mentioned to him the idea of ​​building a residential building in Manhattan.

Ted Lerner mentioned it.

Although Abel's attention in this area was attracted by the Hudson Bay.

But he felt that in this moment of crisis in Manhattan.

The world's richest man said he wants to build a building here, or a residential building.

I think I should be able to add another layer of aura of loving New York to myself.

This is similar to moving the headquarters to Manhattan.

When it comes time to do it, he will be mainly responsible for paying for it.

The specific work will be carried out by New Starting Real Estate in cooperation with Ted Lerner.

Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he came over to take a look.

After looking around at 111 West 57th Street, Abel felt that it was too narrow.

Generally speaking, it is only 30x40 at most, with an area of ​​less than 1,200 square meters.

If you build a building here, it would be boring if you build it too low. If you build it high, it will definitely look like a bamboo tube-shaped, slender and long toothpick building.

Abel raised this point, but Ted Lerner thought it could also be a selling point.

"We can build it tall and long!" Ted Lerner said:

"The view from the high-rise buildings will be the best in Manhattan! You can even overlook the entire New York City. We can make money entirely by selling units in high-rise buildings!"

Abel knew what Ted Lerner meant.

Abel remembered that in a parallel time and space, most of the buildings that appeared in Manhattan after 9/11 were thin and tall toothpick buildings.

However, most of them were residential buildings, and he remembered that they were still selling well.

Because there was news at that time that a wealthy man from China spent 280 million RMB to buy an entire floor, which was probably less than 900 square meters.

300,000 per square meter, but many people still say it is not expensive.

Thinking of this, Abel said: "Then let's build it. Let the Lerner Group prepare a plan and give it to my New Starting Real Estate. As long as it passes the review, I will be willing to pay."

"Bingo!" Ted Lerner shouted happily: "No problem!"

Abel smiled. For him, this cooperation was just an idle investment.

Of course it's a good thing to make money, but to lose money. With the location of this area and Ted Lerner's accomplishments in the real estate industry, there should be no losses.

For Abel, this is also a chain of interests he gave to Ikana and Ted Lerner, plus another layer of performance.

But for Ted Lerner, it was the largest project the New York real estate developer had ever personally participated in building.

In parallel time and space, Ted Lerner was having a particularly difficult time at this time.

At this time, Ikana's father was being chased by the bank for debts, and he also happened to encounter the collapse of New York real estate caused by September 11, and the market was very bad.

Ted Lerner, who had most of his assets in New York real estate, lived a hard life for many years and almost went bankrupt again.

In this time and space, because of Abel.

Ted Lerner's life during this period was so nourishing.

With Abel's relationship with Ikana, Ted Lerner didn't have to worry about no bank willing to lend him money.
To be continued...