Five Manhattan West

450 West 33rd Street | also 368 10th Avenue, 446 West 33rd Street, 370 10th Avenue | Hudson Yards | built 1969

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  1. 1969

    The Westyard Distribution Center opens above the rail yards

    Architects Davis Brody Bond complete the 16-story Westyard Distribution Center at 450 West 33rd Street in 1969. The 1.8-million-square-foot building stands over the tracks that run west from Penn Station, with the portals of the North River Tunnels and the Empire Connection beneath it.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1995

    The Daily News moves into 450 West 33rd Street, leaving the Daily News Building

    The New York Daily News relocated to 450 West 33rd Street in 1995, leaving the Daily News Building, where it had been headquartered. Its new home was the 16-story 1969 structure standing over the tracks that run west out of Penn Station. The paper stayed there until it moved out in 2011.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2004

    The Associated Press moves its world headquarters from Rockefeller Center to West 33rd Street

    In 2004 the Associated Press brought its world headquarters from Rockefeller Center to 450 West 33rd Street, signing a lease for 291,000 square feet. The news cooperative stayed until 2017, when it gave up unused space by relocating to 200 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan.

    Source: commercialobserver.com

  4. 2017

    September

    Amazon signs a 360,000-square-foot lease at the building

    In September 2017 Amazon signed a lease for 360,000 square feet at 450 West 33rd Street, the Brookfield-owned building now known as 5 Manhattan West. During the talks the landlord reportedly sought rents above $90 per square foot. JPMorgan Chase, at about 425,000 square feet, was another of the site's largest tenants in 2018.

    Source: commercialobserver.com

  5. 2017

    A $300 million renovation creates 5 Manhattan West

    Brookfield Properties, which acquires the former Westyard Distribution Center in 2011, finishes a $300 million overhaul in 2017 that replaces the brutalist concrete exterior with glass. The design is by the firm REX, and the building is renamed 5 Manhattan West.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2018

    March 28

    Brookfield closes a $1.15 billion Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg loan on the building

    On March 28, 2018, Brookfield Property Partners closed a loan of $1.15 billion from Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg, reported as a $1.2 billion deal. It replaced and consolidated $570 million in earlier Wells Fargo financing with a new $580 million loan. Collateral for the debt included the building, the property at 368 10th Avenue, and a West 31st Street lot.

    Source: commercialobserver.com

  7. 2020

    July

    A 60,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market opens in the building

    In July 2020 a 60,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market store opened in the building, adding a grocery to an office tower whose tenants included Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Peloton. Citizens Food Hall followed within the building in 2021, and in January 2025 its operators said it would shut down that April.

    “Whole Foods opened a 60,000 square foot store in the building in July 2020.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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