Salesforce Tower

1095 Avenue of the Americas | also 3 Bryant Park, 110 West 42nd Street | Times Square | built 1972

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  1. 1892

    October 5

    At Lyric Hall, an earlier building on this site, Ida B. Wells is honored for her anti-lynching campaign

    An earlier building on this site, Bryant Hall (also called Lyric Hall), hosted a testimonial on October 5, 1892, at which Ida B. Wells spoke on lynching in the South. Wells wrote in her autobiography that it was the greatest demonstration ever tried by Black women for one of their own. The hall, erected in 1820 at 725-727 Sixth Avenue, was also known for balls and wedding receptions.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1934

    The earlier Bryant Hall on this site is cut down to one story and keeps its Horn & Hardart open

    The old Bryant Hall was in poor condition by 1934, so its upper floors were removed and columns were raised on the ground floor to carry a new roof. Horn & Hardart had occupied the ground floor since 1914, and the restaurant stayed open during the remodeling. A new terra cotta front was added, giving a structure 20 feet tall.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1973

    Kahn & Jacobs builds the New York Telephone headquarters, a 41-story tower on Sixth Avenue

    The current tower was built from 1971 to 1973 as headquarters of the New York Telephone Company and rises 630 feet in 41 floors. Kahn & Jacobs designed it, and its original facade was said to be modeled on telephone relays of the era. It later served as headquarters of NYNEX and then Bell Atlantic.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2007

    A $260 million overhaul upgrades the old telephone tower to Class A office space

    Over 2006 and 2007 the building was raised from Class B+ to Class A office standard, a project costing 260 million dollars. In the early 2000s the phone company shifted its base to 140 West Street and sold most of this Sixth Avenue tower. Verizon kept a condominium interest in floors 6 through 12, using them for offices and a telephone exchange that served Midtown.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2013

    Verizon moves its corporate headquarters back; Whole Foods signs on for the base

    In 2013 Verizon moved its corporate headquarters back here once it had sold the upper floors of its 140 West Street tower. That year Whole Foods Market finalized a deal for a 32,000-square-foot flagship across the first and second floors, which opened in January 2017. Pandora, Tourneau and Equinox also operate in the base.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2015

    Ivanhoe Cambridge and Callahan Capital buy the tower from Blackstone for $2.2 billion

    In 2015 Ivanhoe Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties bought 1095 Avenue of the Americas, paying The Blackstone Group $2.2 billion. It was the priciest sale of a single New York office building since 2008. The following year a real estate arm of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Exchange Fund bought a 49 percent stake for $1.15 billion.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2016

    November 14

    Salesforce renames the building Salesforce Tower and its first New York employees arrive

    Salesforce agreed in 2016 to put its name on the building, which became Salesforce Tower, and planned to take five floors eventually. Its first New York employees moved in on November 14, 2016. Ivanhoe Cambridge and Callahan Capital had bought the property the year before from Blackstone for 2.2 billion dollars, the priciest single-office-building sale in the city since 2008.

    Source: Wikipedia

  8. 2017

    January 28

    Whole Foods opens a Bryant Park store in the base of the tower

    Whole Foods Market scheduled the opening of its newest Manhattan store for 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2017, preceded by a bread-breaking ceremony at 8:45. The shop sits across the street from Bryant Park inside 1095 Avenue of the Americas and covers about 36,000 square feet. The company promised quick prepared foods and standard groceries for the area's residents, commuters and office workers.

    Source: patch.com

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