50 United Nations Plaza

also 345 East 46th Street, 823 1st Avenue | Turtle Bay | built 2016

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  1. 2007

    Zeckendorf Development pays $160 million for the vacant lot beside the UN

    Zeckendorf Development bought the site at 50 United Nations Plaza in 2007 for $160 million, and the lot then sat vacant for years. An earlier plan for it called for a 40-story tower designed by SLCE. By November 2012 Curbed reported that a groundbreaking for a 44-story condominium by Foster & Partners would be held on November 14.

    Source: Internet Archive

  2. 2012

    November 14

    Norman Foster designs his first US residential tower here

    Zeckendorf Development announced the start of construction on 50 United Nations Plaza on November 14, 2012. The condominium tower was designed by Norman Foster of Foster and Partners and was his first residential high-rise in the United States. The developers had bought the vacant site across from UN headquarters for $160 million in 2007, and the 44-story building topped out in July 2013.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2013

    July 11

    The Foster-designed tower tops out at its full 44 stories

    On July 11, 2013, Curbed NY reported that the Norman Foster tower at 50 United Nations Plaza had topped out at its full 44-story height. The building's sales director said it would hold 88 residences, from one-bedrooms to a duplex penthouse of nearly ten thousand square feet with outdoor space. The sales team hoped to begin an official sales campaign later that summer.

    Source: Internet Archive

  4. 2015

    New Zealand buys an apartment for its UN ambassador in the Queen's name

    New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade bought a unit at 50 United Nations Plaza in 2015 for US$7.9 million, to house its permanent representative to the United Nations. The deal formally listed the buyer as the Queen in right of New Zealand, because Elizabeth II was then the country's head of state.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2015

    April

    Qatar buys four apartments for its UN mission

    In April 2015, the government of Qatar bought four apartments at 50 United Nations Plaza for a combined $45 million. That same year New Zealand's foreign ministry bought a unit in the building for $7.9 million for its permanent representative to the UN.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2019

    March 15

    Britain buys the whole 38th floor as the home of its New York consul general

    On March 15, 2019, the British Foreign Secretary bought Penthouse 38, a 5,893-square-foot apartment filling the 38th floor, for $15.9 million. It became the official residence of Antony Phillipson, Britain's trade commissioner for North America, who is also its consul general in the city. The Guardian reported that the seller was the developers, the Zeckendorf family and Eyal Ofer, and that Nikki Haley had lived in the tower while US ambassador to the UN until December 2018.

    Source: theguardian.com

  7. 2019

    May

    The United States buys a penthouse for its UN ambassador

    The United States bought a 37th-floor penthouse at 50 United Nations Plaza in May 2019 for $15.85 million as its ambassador's residence. The government had first rented a 40th-floor penthouse, where Nikki Haley was the first ambassador to live. Britain bought a penthouse in the tower in 2019, and Kuwait's consulate bought one in 2020.

    Source: Wikipedia

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