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Hadid competed against other well-known architects to design 520 West 28th Street. Her style "is an optimistic view of the future," said Gregory Gushee, Related's executive vice president, in an interview with The New York Times. "It’s modern and taking advantage of curves, which is hard to do in real estate — it’s expensive to do, frankly — but the design was so compelling that we decided to spend the money."