Conference Room Provider Takes 36K sf at Durst’s 114 West 47th Street
Convene will have own lobby and address for its flagship Convene, an event venue hosting company, inked a lease for 36,000 square feet at Durst Organization’s 114 West 47th Street in Midtown. The firm’s flagship will have its own lobby and address at 117 West 46th Street. Convene will use the ground, second and lower levels, which has capacity to hold 500 people, for events. The space features stage lighting, digital signage, high speed Wifi, and audio and video technology, the New York Post reported. Asking rent for office space at the 25-story, 565,000-square-foot building was $68 per square foot.…
Date 2016-03-09
Author Dusica Sue Malesevic
Convene and Durst to Develop Premium Event Venue on Corporate Row
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2016 Convene and Durst to Develop Premium Event Venue on Corporate Row New Home for Large Meetings and Events in Midtown The Durst Organization today announced that Convene will be transforming 35,698 square feet on the ground, second and lower level floors of 114 West 47th Street into a premier event venue capable of hosting up to 500 guests. A private retail entrance on the south face of the building will create a new address, 117 West 46th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway. The location features a broad range of room types…
Date 2016-03-09
Author Jordan Barowitz
American Kennel Club to Open Dog-Care Shop in Manhattan
Club’s store on far West Side is its first in U.S The American Kennel Club is opening its first retail store in the U.S. on Manhattan’s far West Side, at the base of a soon-to-open luxury rental tower that anchors a booming residential block. The club, which maintains a registry of purebred pedigrees and provides the standards for dog shows, has leased 4,000 square feet in Via 57West, the Durst Organization’s tetrahedron-shaped building on West 57th Street. Also within the block, which is bounded by West 57th and West 58th streets and 11th and 12th avenues, are two other Durst…
Date 2016-03-06
Author Keiko Morris
One World Trade Center Is Key to Durst’s Broadcast Push
Company plans to outfit tower’s spire with antennas to service broadcasters leaving Empire State Building The return of broadcast-transmission facilities to a perch high above the World Trade Center site marks an expansion into a niche business for one of New York’s most prominent family-run real-estate companies. The Durst Organization is constructing a broadcast center at One World Trade Center. It plans to outfit the tower’s 408-foot spire with antennas to service television broadcasters lured away from the Empire State Building. While Durst is a joint venture owner of the 104-story building with the Port Authority of New York and…
Date 2016-03-04
Author Keiko Morris
Tour the Model Units of Bjarke Ingels's West Side Tetrahedron
Here now, a first real look inside of Bjarke Ingels's west side rental building, Via On Tuesday, the rentals at Bjarke Ingels's West Side tetrahedron officially hit the market from $3,000. To celebrate, developer Durst Organization opened the doors for a tour of the building's amenities and model apartments. A representative for the Durst Organization says interest in touring the building from potential tenants has been "extensive" leading up to its availability, and it's easy to see why: the development has all the cachet of other star architect buildings like Frank Gehry's New York by Gehry plus the allure of…
Date 2016-03-04
Author Zoe Rosenberg