therealdeal.com – UPDATED, 1:35 p.m., May 31: The top brass from the Related Companies and Coach employees eased into the week following their Memorial Day weekend with a fete as they gathered at 10 Hudson Yards Tuesday to officially open the first tower at the 17 million-square-foot campus.

The celebration came as the culmination of over a decade of planning by developers and city officials, which began with the January 2005 rezoning of the Far West Side. The City Council approved Related’s Hudson Yards redevelopment plan in 2009.