Americas Tower | |
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General information | |
Type | Office[2] |
Location | New York City, United States[1] |
Coordinates | 40°45′26″N 73°58′58″W / 40.757223°N 73.982714°W |
Construction started | 1989[2] |
Completed | 1992[1][2] |
Opening | 1992 |
Owner | Silverstein Properties[4] |
Height | |
Roof | 692 feet (211 m)[1][2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 50[1] |
Floor area | 933,995 sq ft (86,771.0 m2)[3] |
Lifts/elevators | 45 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Swanke Hayden Connell Architects[1][2] |
Developer | Americas Tower Partners[3] |
Americas Tower, also known as 1177 Avenue of the Americas,[4] is a 50-story, 692-foot (211 m) skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at Sixth Avenue and 45th Street.[1] Construction began in 1989[2] and was expected to be completed in 1991.[3] This schedule was altered when construction was halted in December 1989 due to lawsuits.[1][3] In February 1991, construction resumed.[1] Swanke Hayden Connell Architects designed the tower in a mixture of the art deco and postmodern styles.[1][2][3] The facade is made of polished reddish-pink granite.[1][3] The tower was sold in 2002 for US$500 million to a group of German-American investors.[4]