125 West 55th Street

125 West 55th Street
125 West 55th Street along 55th Street.
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Alternative namesAvenue of the Americas Plaza
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural styleModernist
Location125 West 55th Street, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
10019
Coordinates40°45′49″N 73°58′44″W / 40.763607°N 73.979002°W / 40.763607; -73.979002
Construction started1988
Completed1990
OwnerJ.P. Morgan Asset Management[1]
Height100.6 m (330 ft)
Technical details
Floor count22
Design and construction
Architect(s)Edward Larrabee Barnes and John MY Lee Architects
DeveloperMacklowe Properties
Structural engineerRosenwasser / Grossman Consulting Engineers, P.C.
References
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125 West 55th Street, also known as Avenue of the Americas Plaza, is a 23-story, 575,000-square-foot (53,400 m2) office building located on 55th Street between the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building also has an entrance at 120 West 56th Street,[3] across the street from the Le Parker Meridien Hotel.[4]

The facility, with 570,000 square feet (53,000 m2) of rentable office space,[5] was developed by The Macklowe Organization.[6] The building, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes[5] and John MY Lee Architects,[7] has 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m2) floorplates.[8] The second floor of the building houses Air France's United States executive offices.[9][10] Macquarie Bank houses its New York representative office in the building. Boston Properties currently owns and manages the building.[11] The building also houses offices of Katz Media Group, a division of iHeartMedia.[5][12]

  1. ^ "125 West 55th Sells for $470 M. Amid Push to Unload Class A Towers". Commercial Observer. April 25, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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  3. ^ "125 West 55 Street Fact Sheet." Macklowe Properties. February 26, 2007. Retrieved on February 24, 2011.
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  6. ^ "Air France leases 29,500 sf at Avenue of the Americas Plaza." Real Estate Weekly. July 10, 1991. Retrieved on February 24, 2011.
  7. ^ Barnes, Edward Larrabee Barnes (1994). Edward Larrabee Barnes: Architect. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-8478-1821-1.
  8. ^ Deutsch, Claudia H. "Commercial Property: Avenue of the Americas; From Corporate Corridor to Boulevard of Barristers." The New York Times. April 4, 1993. 1. Retrieved on February 24, 2011.
  9. ^ "Air France in the United States Archived 2011-01-06 at the Wayback Machine." Air France. June 11, 2007. 15 (15/16). Retrieved on February 13, 2010. "The Air France “United States” regional management is located in New York: 125 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019"
  10. ^ "Week of Romance Facebook Contest Archived March 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Air France. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "Sponsor: Air France USA Executive Office, 125 West 55th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10019."
  11. ^ "Contact directory United States Archived February 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Macquarie Bank. Retrieved on February 24, 2011. "125 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019."
  12. ^ "Boston Properties scores 200,000 sf lease renewal at 125 West 55th Street." The Real Deal. Retrieved on February 25, 2011.