The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has published revised plans for the new Midtown Bus Terminal. The scheme, designed by Foster + Partners, will replace the existing terminal that opened in 1950.

The $10 billion facility will include a 2.1 million square foot terminal with a separate storage and staging building and new ramps leading directly in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. The revised plans will also include the permanent closure of a portion of 41st Street between Eight and Ninth avenues, as well as a central main entrance, more street-level retail, and a multi-story indoor atrium and new public open space.

The project is to be delivered through a phased construction approach over four years, with a projected completion in 2032. The new staging and bus storage facility will be delivered first, so as to serve as a temporary terminal while the existing terminal is demolished and rebuilt in the second phase. Meanwhile, environmental strategies currently pledged by the design team include LEED certification, zoned heating and cooling systems, heat recovery, and reuse technology, under a process “designed to be net-zero emissions.”

“The new terminal will be designed to provide a best-in-class customer experience that serves the region’s 21st-century public transportation needs while enhancing the surrounding community and allowing for the removal of intercity buses from local streets,” Foster + Partners said when the original scheme was revealed in 2022.

As reported by The New York Times, the new proposal for the terminal marks a scaling back from original intentions. Previous plans for towers on Port Authority property near the terminal have been abandoned, with the new design instead proposing two office towers in excess of 60 stories tall.

News of the terminal’s updated design comes in the same week that BIG unveiled designs for a new Freedom Plaza development along Manhattan’s East River. Earlier this month, meanwhile, KPF revealed designs for a supertall Midtown tower behind arched windows while, in January, SOM completed the Two Manhattan West office development.