245 Park Avenue

Coordinates: 40°45′18″N 73°58′30″W / 40.754885°N 73.974871°W / 40.754885; -73.974871
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245 Park Avenue
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
DeveloperUris Buildings Corporation

245 Park Avenue is a 648-ft (198 m)

Shreve, Lamb and Harmon designed the structure, which is the 94th-tallest building in New York. The Building Owners and Managers Association awarded the 2000/2001 Pinnacle Award to 245 Park Avenue.[3] The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10167; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019.[4]

History

The site used to be occupied by the second

at various points in its history.

In 1987, Bear Stearns signed a lease for more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) of space as its new headquarters and moved 3,000 of the company's employees into the building.[6]

In November 2000, JPMorgan Chase leased 580,000 square feet (54,000 m2) in the building, creating a corporate campus with the company's nearby headquarters at 270 Park Avenue.[7]

On March 20, 2017, Chinese conglomerate

Societe Generale in addition to $568 million of mezzanine financing.[9] CBRE Group and Cooper-Horowitz made the deal for the loan, acting as commercial mortgage brokers.[10]

Following financial difficulties at HNA in 2018, the conglomerate committed to selling off $22 billion in stocks and real estate assets. Part of this commitment included the sale of a $148 million stake in 245 Park Avenue to office REIT

SL Green, which was also appointed as property manager and leasing manager.[11]

Tenants

[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "245 Park Avenue". Brookfield Office Properties. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "SL Green takes over 245 Park Avenue". The Real Deal. September 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "245 Park Avenue". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2019). "Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious". amNewYork. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Dunlap, David W. (December 18, 2012). "When Trade Shows Were Both Central and Grand". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  6. ^ "New Headquarters for Bear Sterns". The New York Times. March 10, 1987.
  7. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (November 30, 2000). "Firms in Bidding War for Midtown Space". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Levitt, David M. (March 20, 2017). "China's HNA Is Buying a NYC Office Tower for $2.21 Billion". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "HNA scores $1.75B loan for 245 Park buy". The Real Deal. April 12, 2017.
  10. ^ Putzier, Konrad (May 1, 2018). "Sizing up NYC's debt brokerage powerhouses". The Real Deal. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "SL Green invests $148M for stake in HNA's 245 Park Avenue". The Real Deal. November 30, 2018.
  12. ^ "UBS 2017-C3 Structural & Collateral Term Sheet". SEC. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2019.

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