Philip Johnson Gets Exhibition at The Lipstick Building
Famed architect Philip Johnson will get his own retrospective in the lobby of The Lipstick Building at 885 Third Avenue, whose distinct shape he helped design. The exhibition will showcase 50 years of...
View ArticleCheck Out 5 Bryant Park Retail Space
Variously utilized in the past at a bank and a Staples location, the 40,000-square-foot, two-level retail space at 1065 Avenue of the Americas—rebranded 5 Bryant Park—has been subdivided into seven...
View ArticleEquity Office Inks Blink Fitness, Organic Avenue to Bryant Park Deals
Equity Office has signed the first two retail leases at its repositioned 5 Bryant Park property. In the larger of the two long-term deals, Blink Fitness, an Equinox Fitness brand, has signed an...
View ArticleLeslie Wohlman Himmel Is a Partner in a 2M-SF Real Estate Empire, but That’s...
When Harvard Business School called up Leslie Wohlman Himmel about a month ago and told her that it wanted to bestow on her its Entrepreneur of the Year award later this year, she didn’t initially have...
View ArticleThe Plan: A Window Into the Renovation of 1411 Broadway
The windows of the tower at 1411 Broadway, which was built more than 45 years ago, had become etched and dirty when Ivanhoé Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties acquired Blackstone Group’s stake...
View ArticleMdeAS Architects’ Dan Shannon Designed Buildings for Steve Roth, Steve Jobs
When Dan Shannon was around nine years old, his father, a corporate psychologist at General Motors, came home from work one day and said to him, “I’ve given this some thought, and I think you should...
View ArticleSunday Summary: Trouble for Adam Neumann, Tom Barrack and Others
One thing you have to give Adam Neumann: The guy knows how to look after himself. Back in May, Commercial Observer reported that Neumann’s golden parachute from WeWork got a tad more shine when he was...
View ArticleOne Wall Street Serves as Test Case for Other Office Conversions Post-COVID
They say those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat it. But for Harry Macklowe, One Wall Street’s past allowed him to reinvent it. Macklowe bought the Art Deco former office tower for $585...
View ArticleHow Architects and Designers Shifted Focus During the Pandemic
Time was when architects designed entire office buildings for owners that tenants then filled, with no thought to workers’ comfort beyond maybe the restrooms and the kitchenettes. Not anymore. The...
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