888 Seventh Avenue is a 628 ft (191m) tall modern-style office[2] skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan which was completed in 1969[3] and has 46 floors.[4] Emery Roth & Sons designed the building. 888 Seventh Avenue is L-shaped in plan, with wings extending north to 57th Street and east to Seventh Avenue, around the adjacent Rodin Studios.[5] It currently carries the Vornado Realty Trust corporate headquarters. Previously known as the Arlen Building, it had been named for the company responsible for its construction, Arlen Realty & Development Corporation.[6] The Red Eye Grill is located in the building at street level.
| 888 Seventh Avenue | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Coordinates | 40°45′55″N 73°58′51″W / 40.7652°N 73.9808°W |
| Completed | 1969 |
| Owner | Vornado Realty Trust |
| Height | |
| Roof | 628 ft (191 m) |
| Top floor | 598 feet (182 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 46 |
| Floor area | 873,599 sq ft (81,160.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 20 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Emery Roth & Sons |
| References | |
| [1] | |
Moed de Armas renovated the Lobby, Elevators & Plaza in 2006, cladding them with white marble. The HVAC was also extensively renovated and the building was later given gold certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.[7]
The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10106; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019[update].[8]
Tenants
edit- Fordham University[9]
- The Fireman Hospitality Group
- Protiviti
- TPG Capital
- Casimir Capital
- Tulsiani Spectre Trust
- Pershing Square Capital Management
- Visium Asset Management
- Vornado Realty Trust
- Pura Vida Investments
- Lombard Odier Asset Management
- Drake Real Estate Partners
- Caravel Management
- United Talent Agency
- Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group
- Cumming Corporation
- Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham[10]
- Colbeck Capital[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "888 7th Avenue". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ GmbH, Emporis. "888 7th Avenue, New York City | 115498 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "888 SEVENTH AVENUE | Vornado Realty Trust". www.vno.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "888 Seventh Avenue". SkyscraperPage. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007.
- ^ "News of Realty: 7th Ave. Project: Work Will Start Today on 45-story Office Building". The New York Times. August 7, 1968. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "888 7th Avenue". Open Buildings. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ^ "888 7th Ave, New York City | 42Floors". 42floors.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2019). "Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious". amNewYork. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
- ^ "University expands on Seventh Avenue". Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham LLP in New York, New York".
- ^ "Colbeck Capital Management in New York, New York".