The Factory

47-07 30th Place | also 30-30 47th Avenue, 47-44 31st Street | Sunnyside | built 1920

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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2015
June
New owners near the end of a yearlong overhaul of Macy's former Long Island City warehouse
Atlas Capital Group and Square Mile Capital Management bought The Factory, a 10-story, 1-million-square-foot block at 30-30 47th Avenue, in 2014, and by June 2015 their yearlong conversion to offices was nearly done. Macy's had owned the building, using parts of it as a fur vault. The owners kept many original hardwood floors, redid the 20,000-square-foot lobby and split floors into offices of 3,500 to 80,000 square feet.
Source: commercialobserver.com
2015
August
Macy's returns to its old warehouse, leasing a full floor for its photo studios
Nearly 90 years after it was built as a Macy's storage facility, The Factory got Macy's back as a tenant. The retailer signed a 15-year lease for the whole third floor, about 150,000 square feet, to consolidate the photo studios that shoot images for its website and catalogues. Asking rent was in the mid-$40s per square foot.
Source: commercialobserver.com

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