Bank of America has formally taken possession of 222 Broadway, the Swiss Bank Building between Fulton and Ann streets that once belonged to Merrill Lynch.
The bank has no shortage of New York commercial real estate, having just recently taken up residence in its new tower at One Bryant Park, and sources indicate it Read More
And the last empty Lexington Avenue storefront in the Bloomberg Tower goes to—wait for it—Citibank.
The company’s forthcoming 56th Manhattan branch, located between 58th and 59th streets, will fill a 5,000-square-foot void along this Upper East Side commercial block, which is so desperately underserved by the cavernous Wachovia branch next-door. And the Bank of America Read More
Not in N.Y.
The architect Robert Fox, a partner at Cook + Fox Architects in New York, was talking about his favorite new urinals.
“The porcelain sides are extremely slippery, so when you urinate, the urine goes down the sides and down the hole,” he said. “It is not sitting on a pool of water like a typical Read More
The architect Robert Fox, a partner at Cook + Fox Architects in New York, was talking about his favorite new urinals.
“The porcelain sides are extremely slippery, so when you urinate, the urine goes down the sides and down the hole,” he said. “It is not sitting on a pool of water like a typical Read More
The Bank of America is taking another half-million square feet in the Durst Organization’s 1 Bryant Park (a.k.a. the Bank of America tower), bringing the 2.1 million-square foot building to about 80 percent full with two years to go until opening day.
-Matthew Schuerman
Blogger Norman Oder suggests The New York Times hire a free-lancer (no, not himself, but perhaps Paul Moses) to cover the construction of its own headquarters on Eighth Avenue, and maybe even Atlantic Yards. Our first thought was, Wouldn’t that free-lancer face the same conflicts of interest that Times staff reporters do? Not Read More
According to a source who was there, Bank of America’s new plan for the renovation of 670 Sixth Avenue at 21st Street was greeted with enthusiasm this past Tuesday at the Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing.
Problem was, the L.P.C. didn’t have a quorum: no quorum, no vote. In June, the BoA got approval from Community Read More
