NEW YORK SCRAPERS - DEVELOPERS

D E V E L

D E V E L O P E R S

West Midtown
© Scott Murphy

Developers build
because we have
money from lenders.
We don't base it on
supply and demand.

Developer
Richard Stein

The developers, those often scorned and "forgotten" figures behind the
soaring skyscraper projects without whom these buildings would
not even have risen to the NYC skyline in the first place.

They may sometimes employ a rather straightforward approach to the
worlds of building design and real estate financial reality, but they,
nevertheless, merely follow their own "vision", just like the architects
follow theirs -- and the two don't necessarily have to conflict.

Here is a listing of the developers -- either developer companies proper
or client corporations -- that have built at least two buildings presented
in this study. Additional info for other entries is welcome...


Albanese Development Corp. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (AT&T) Boston Properties Chanin, Irwin Citibank Equitable Life Assurance Co. Fuller Construction Co. General Motors Helmsley, Harry HRH Construction Corp. Madison Equities Millennium Hotels	Minskoff, Edward J. New York Telephone Co. Related Companies Rockefeller Center Development Corp. Rudin Management Sterling Equities Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Tishman Speyer Properties Trump, Donald Uris Brothers William Kaufman Organization Zeckendorf, William Jr.

DEVELOPERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

Albanese Development Corp. -: 100 U.N. Plaza (1988); Battery Park "green" apartments (uncompleted)
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (AT&T) -: AT&T Building (1932); AT&T Long Lines Building (1974); Sony Building (1983)
Boston Properties -: 599 Lexington Avenue (1986); 5 Times Square (2002); Times Square Tower (2004)
Chanin, Irwin S. -: Chanin Building (1929); Majestic Apartments (1930); Century Apartments (1931)
Citibank -: City Bank Farmers Trust Building (1931); First National City Bank (1961) (with Vincent Astor, site acquisition); Citicorp Center (1977) (with Donald Schnabel and Charles McArthur, site acquisition)
Equitable Life Assurance Co. -: Equitable Building I (1915); Equitable Building II (1961); Equitable Center Tower West (1985) (with Tishman Speyer Properties)
Fuller Construction Co. -: Flatiron Building (1902); Fuller Building (1929)
General Motors -: Empire State Building (1931) (vice-president John Raskob as primus motor with Pierre S. duPont); General Motors Building (1968) (with Sir Max Rayne and Cecilia Bennatar)
Helmsley, Harry -: Marine Midland Bank (1967); Park Lane Hotel (1971); New York Palace Hotel (1980)
HRH Construction Corp. -: Beresford Apartments (1929); Waterside (1974) (with Longstreet Corp.)
Madison Equities -: Galleria (1975); 135 East 57th Street (1987)

Millennium Hotels -: Millennium Broadway Hotel (1990); Millennium Hilton Hotel (1992)
Minskoff, Edward J. -: 1 Astor Plaza (1969); 712 Fifth Avenue (1990) (with the Taubman Companies); TribeCa development (uncompleted)
New York Telephone Co. -: Barclay-Vesey Building (1926); N.Y. Telephone Co. Switching Station (W.Midtown) (1964); N.Y. Telephone Co. Building (Murray Hill) (1967); N.Y. Telephone Co. Building (Midtown) (1970); N.Y. Telephone Switching Center (Downtown) (1976)
Related Companies -: Random House (2003); Time Warner Center (2004)
Rockefeller Center Development Corp. (Rockefeller Group) -: RKO Building (1932); GE Building (1933); International Building (1935); Time and Life Building (1937); Time Warner Building (1947); Time-Life Building (1959); New York Hilton Hotel (1963) (with the Uris Building Corp.); Exxon Building (1971); McGraw-Hill Building II (1221 Sixth Ave.) (1972); Celanese Building (1973); Continental Center (1983); Lehman Brothers Building (co-developed with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter) (2001)
Rudin Management -: 345 Park Avenue (1969); New York Merchandise Mart (1974); Reuters Building (with Reuters America Holdings) (2001)
Sterling Equities -: 885 Third Avenue ('Lipstick') (1986) (with Hines Interests); Bear Stearns World Headquarters (2002) (with Hines Interests)
Tishman Realty & Construction Co. - (followed by Tishman Speyer Properties in 1978): Universal Pictures Building (1947); Tishman Building (1957); Westin New York Hotel (2002)
Tishman Speyer Properties -: 520 Madison Avenue (1982); Equitable Center Tower West (1985) (with the Equitable Life Assurance Co.); (renovation of) Chrysler Building (1930) (with Traveler's Group and Lehman Brothers); LVMH Tower (1999) (as construction managers); 101 West End Avenue (2000)
Trump, Donald -: Trump Tower (1984); (renovation of) Gulf + Western Building (1970) (with Daniel Galbreath and the GE Pension Trust); (renovation of) 40 Wall Street (1930); Trump World Tower (2001)
Uris Building Corp. -: Look Building (1950); 2 Broadway (1959); Sperry-Rand Building (1962); New York Hilton Hotel (1963) (with the Rockefeller Center Development Corp.); American Brands Building (1967); Paramount Plaza (1968); 55 Water Street (1972)
William Kaufman Organization -: U.S. Plywood Building (1963); 77 Water Street (1970); 127 John Street (1971); 100 William Street (1974); 17 State Street (1988)
Zeckendorf, William Jr. -: 1407 Broadway (1950) (with Samuel M. Hirsch); Central Park Place (1988); 1 Worldwide Plaza (1989)

ENTRANCE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ALPHABETICAL LIST

EARLY CENTURY I & II ART DECO ERA I & II & III

INTERNATIONAL STYLE I & II & III POST-MODERNISM I & II

NEW DEVELOPMENTS ADDITIONAL INFO I & II & III & IV

ARCHITECTS DEVELOPERS TOPICS INDEX FORUM LINKS

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