450 Park Avenue

Coordinates: 40°45′41.27″N 73°58′16.65″W / 40.7614639°N 73.9712917°W / 40.7614639; -73.9712917
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450 Park Avenue
Emery Roth & Sons
DeveloperPeter Sharp

450 Park Avenue (also known as Franklin National Bank Building) is an office building on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The building has 33 floors and is 390 feet (120 m) tall.

450 Park Avenue has a steel skeleton with concrete floors. The exterior is dominated by black granite and glass. The building was designed by

Emery Roth & Sons and developed by Peter Sharp. Adjacent to the building is a public plaza, a privately owned public space, with benches.[2]

History

In June 2002, 450 Park Avenue was purchased by Taconic Investment Partners. That company spent around $13 million on renovating the lobby, replacing the elevators, and redesigning public areas.[3]

Five years later, in June 2007, Somerset Partners bought 450 Park Avenue for $509 million, or $1,566 per square foot ($16,860/m2). This made it the highest price per square foot paid for an office building at the time in the United States.[4] To pay for the building, Somerset Partners signed a $175 million loan. In mid-2008, Somerset Partners also moved its head office to the building.

On October 30, 2010, a brand of the

Phillips de Pury auction house opened on the first three floors of 450 Park Avenue. The first auction was held on November 8 of that year. The auction house covers an area of almost 334,000 sq ft (31,030 m2).[5]

In February 2014, 450 Park Avenue was sold to Crown Acquisitions and Oxford Properties for $545 million.[6]

Location

450 Park Avenue is located in

<6>​, N, ​R, and ​W trains).[7]

450 Park Avenue borders two buildings, including

Sony Tower, and the General Motors Building.[8]

References

  1. ^ National Geodetic Survey datasheet KU3602. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  2. ^ "Privately Owned Public Space: 450 Park Avenue". April 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Taconic Investment Partners LLC - 450 Park Avenue". July 15, 2014.
  4. ^ David M. Levitt (October 30, 2007). "450 Park Ave. Sells for Record Price". The New York Sun.
  5. ^ "Phillips - Introducing 450 Park Avenue". July 15, 2014.
  6. ^ Adam Pincus (May 21, 2014). ""Crown, Oxford finalizing $545M purchase of 450 Park Avenue"". The Real Deal.
  7. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  8. New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
    . Retrieved March 20, 2020.

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