American Express to break ground on tower next month at Two World Trade Center — major milestone for tragic site

Steve Cuozzo Business realty check American Express to break ground on tower next month at Two World Trade Center — major milestone for tragic site By Steve Cuozzo Published June 11, 2026, 6:53 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google They’ll break out the champagne downtown on July 9, when ground will be broken for the long-awaited American Express tower at Two World Trade Center. The public start of construction caps a quarter-century struggle to fully replace the Twin Towers and other buildings at the 16-acre site that were destroyed on 9/11. “It will be a banner day for New York and since it’s Amex, it’s a banner made of platinum and gold,” quipped Downtown Alliance President Jessica Lappin.

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