55 East 52nd Street
Park Avenue Plaza
Widely imitated for its many functional and aesthetic breakthroughs, this Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed, 1.2 million square foot modern tower at Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets houses several prominent financial firms. Features include a stately green glass facade, striking views, twelve corner offices per floor, column-free 200-foot interior spans, state-of-the-art security and a glass-walled atrium lobby with a Biophilic design, waterfall-side café and European-style luxury retail arcades.
Retailers include Chartwell Booksellers, Masons Tennis, News Stand, and Starbucks.
Year Constructed | 1981 |
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Number Of Floors | 45 |
Floor Sizes | 30,000 square feet |
Building Security | 24/7 manned building security, CCTV coverage of lobby, elevators, loading dock, perimeter and other key areas of the building, keycard security gate access to tenant elevators. |
Ceiling Heights | 12' 6" |
Column Spacing | Center core structural design. 45’ spans from core columns to perimeter window line. |
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Elevators | 21 passenger cars and 4 service cars. 4 escalators service Lower Lobby to Mezzanine. 2 cars service Lower Lobby, Mezzanine Lobby, 6 & 7. 7 cars service floors 10-23. 6 cars service floors 24-33. 6 cars service floors 34-44. 2 freight elevator cars servic |
Loading Dock | Three bay loading dock located on 53rd Street. |
Telecommunications | Providers include AT&T, Charter, Cogent, Level 3, Lightower, Lightpath, RCN and Verizon. |
HVAC | Central plant system. Perimeter heating supplied by pumped hot water via steam heat exchanger. |
Building Amenities | Through block Arcade with retail shops: Starbucks, Blake & Todd Fine Foods, Chartwell Book Sellers, Mason’s Tennis and newsstand. |
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BlackRock | Court Square Capital Partners |
Duff & Phelps | Evercore |
General Atlantic | ICE - Intercontinental Exchange |
McKinsey & Company | Morgan Stanley |
Swiss Re | Chartwell Booksellers |
J&J News Inc. | Masons Tennis |
Starbucks |