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The building houses the New York practice of professional services and accountancy firm Deloitte [7] and was previously the headquarters of McGraw-Hill Financial. [2] Other tenants include Sirius XM Satellite Radio , whose headquarters and broadcast facility are in the building, and the law firms Mayer Brown and White & Case .
New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to more than 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least 115 feet (35 m), [1] of which at least 102 are taller than 650 feet (198 m). The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m).
919 Third Avenue is an office building in at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Built in 1971, the building is 615 feet (187 meters) tall with 47 floors, [1] and is tied with four other buildings, 750 7th Avenue, the New York Life Building, Tower 49, and The Epic in its position as the 118th tallest building in New York.
The building had no official offer price and was never officially marketed for sale, with Rob Speyer calling potential buyers personally. [127] Additionally, 666 Fifth Avenue was not even among the top 150 tallest buildings in New York City, but Jared Kushner wanted to beat the recent $1.5 billion purchase of 1211 Avenue of the Americas. [127]
The design of the roof was inspired by the pyramidal roofs of several other New York City office buildings in the early 20th century, such as the New York Life Building and the Helmsley Building. [2] The building is crowned by a pyramidal glass lantern. [2] [30] [35]
The residence section of the building is known as One Beacon Court and is served by a separate entrance. [1] 731 Lexington Avenue is a 55-story building with a roof height of 806 ft (246 m). As of July 2022, it is the 40th-tallest building in New York City and the 85th-tallest building in the United States. [5]
The building was designed in the International Style by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1973. It is 743 ft (226 m) tall and has 54 floors. At 2.3 million sq ft (210,000 m 2), each floor offers almost 1 acre (0.40 ha) of office space, making it one of the largest office buildings in New York by usable interior space. Its facade is ...
Air-conditioning units on each mechanical floor weighed a total of 9,200 short tons (8,200 long tons; 8,300 t), making it "the largest fully air-conditioned building in New York". [ 22 ] [ 23 ] There are refrigeration units and steam turbine compressors on the 11th and 31st floors; the equipment on the 11th floor serves all stories below the ...