Americas Tower

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Americas Tower
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Americas Tower
General information
TypeOffice [1]
Location Manhattan, New York, United States [2]
Coordinates 40°45′26″N73°58′58″W / 40.757223°N 73.982714°W / 40.757223; -73.982714
Construction started1989 [1]
Completed1992 [2] [1]
Opening1992
Owner Norges Bank Investment Management
Height
Roof692 feet (211 m) [2] [1]
Technical details
Floor count50 [2]
Floor area933,995 sq ft (86,771.0 m2) [3]
Lifts/elevators45
Design and construction
Architect(s) Swanke Hayden Connell Architects [2] [1]
DeveloperAmericas 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. [2] Construction began in 1989 [1] and was expected to be completed in 1991. [3] This schedule was altered when construction was halted in December 1989 due to lawsuits. [2] [3] In February 1991, construction resumed. [2] Swanke Hayden Connell Architects designed the tower in a mixture of the art deco and postmodern styles. [2] [1] [3] The facade is made of polished reddish-pink granite. [2] [3] The tower was sold in 2002 for US$500 million to a group of German-American investors. [4] Silverstein Properties and CalSTRS resold the building to Norges Bank Investment Management in 2025 for US$542.6 million. [5] [6]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Americas Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Americas Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carter B. Horsley. "The Midtown Book: 1177 Avenue of the Americas". The City Review. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "German-American investors buy Americas Tower in NYC". Emporis.com. July 24, 2002. Archived from the original on September 21, 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Norway wealth fund buys 95% stake in New York office building". Reuters. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ Cunningham, Cathy (September 2, 2025). "Norges, Beacon Buy Silverstein's 1177 Avenue of the Americas for $571M". Commercial Observer. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Weather Channel Signs New Lease at 1177 Avenue of the Americas". JLL. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ Cullen, Terence (February 13, 2017). "Kramer Levin Renews, Reduces at 1177 Avenue of the Americas". Commercial Observer. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Practising Law Institute, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC: Company Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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