2 New York Plaza

125 Broad Street | also 2 American Express Plaza, 15 South Street, 22 South Street | Financial District | built 1970

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  1. 1971

    Kahn & Jacobs completes the modernist tower at 2 New York Plaza

    Developers Sol Atlas and John P. McGrath build 2 New York Plaza between 1970 and 1971 to a design by the firm Kahn & Jacobs, part of a wave of modernist office towers rising in the Financial District during the 1960s and 1970s. The 504-foot, 40-story building sits near South Ferry, just south of 55 Water Street.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2005

    February

    The ACLU buys its office space at 125 Broad Street from Sullivan & Cromwell for $10.9 million

    The American Civil Liberties Union, already headquartered in the tower, paid $10.9 million for 26,300 square feet there. It had moved into that space a year earlier as a renter and already owned a large office on other floors. The ACLU Foundation financed the purchase and renovation with a $20 million bond issue from the city's Industrial Development Agency. The seller was Sullivan & Cromwell, which holds and uses a large part of the 40-story building itself.

    Source: nydailynews.com

  3. 2007

    The tower undergoes energy-saving renovations toward LEED certification

    From 2007, building management makes a series of energy-saving renovations at 2 New York Plaza to meet LEED Silver standards. Amenities at the tower include a day care center, a coffee shop, a shoe shine, and a 50-car garage.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2016

    March 15

    Sullivan & Cromwell pays $202 million to buy the rest of its Broad Street tower

    On March 15, 2016, the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell was reported to be buying the portion of its Financial District tower that it did not yet own. The seller was the real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty, whose regulatory filing disclosed the $202 million price. The tower at 125 Broad Street, formerly called 2 New York Plaza, counts the firm among its tenants.

    Source: law360.com

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