Americas Tower
| Americas Tower | |
|---|---|
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Interactive map of the Americas Tower area | |
General information | |
| Type | Office[1] |
| Location | Manhattan, New York, United States[2] |
| Coordinates | 40°45′26″N 73°58′58″W / 40.757223°N 73.982714°W |
Construction started | 1989[1] |
Completed | 1992[2][1] |
| Opening | 1992 |
| Owner | Norges Bank Investment Management |
| Height | |
| Roof | 692 feet (211 m)[2][1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50[2] |
| Floor area | 933,995 sq ft (86,771.0 m2)[3] |
| Lifts/elevators | 45 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Swanke Hayden Connell Architects[2][1] |
| Developer | Americas Tower Partners[3] |
Americas Tower, also known as 1177 Avenue of the Americas,[4] is a 50-story, 692-foot (211 m) skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at Sixth Avenue and 45th Street.[2] Construction began in 1989[1] and was expected to be completed in 1991.[3] This schedule was altered when construction was halted in December 1989 due to lawsuits.[2][3] In February 1991, construction resumed.[2] Swanke Hayden Connell Architects designed the tower in a mixture of the art deco and postmodern styles.[2][1][3] The facade is made of polished reddish-pink granite.[2][3] The tower was sold in 2002 for US$500 million to a group of German-American investors.[4] Silverstein Properties and CalSTRS resold the building to Norges Bank Investment Management in 2025 for US$542.6 million.[5][6]
Tenants
- The Weather Channel (floor 6)[7]
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel (concourse and floors 22–30)[8]
- Practising Law Institute (floor 2)[9]
- Turing Pharmaceuticals (floor 39)[10]
- Starr Insurance (floor 7 & 8)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Americas Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Americas Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carter B. Horsley. "The Midtown Book: 1177 Avenue of the Americas". The City Review. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
- 1 2 "German-American investors buy Americas Tower in NYC". Emporis.com. July 24, 2002. Archived from the original on September 21, 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
- ↑ "Norway wealth fund buys 95% stake in New York office building". Reuters. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ↑ Cunningham, Cathy (September 2, 2025). "Norges, Beacon Buy Silverstein's 1177 Avenue of the Americas for $571M". Commercial Observer. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Weather Channel Signs New Lease at 1177 Avenue of the Americas". Jones Lang LaSalle. June 24, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ Cullen, Terence (February 13, 2017). "Kramer Levin Renews, Reduces at 1177 Avenue of the Americas". Commercial Observer. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Practising Law Institute, Inc.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC: Company Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 5, 2017.