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Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural styleInternational
Location885 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Coordinates40°45′13″N 73°58′12″W / 40.753519°N 73.969971°W / 40.753519; -73.969971
Completed1972
OwnerRockpoint Group
Height
Roof628 ft (191 m)
Technical details
Floor count49
Floor area750,000 sq ft (69,677 m)
Design and construction
Architecture firmEmery Roth & Sons
Raymond & Rado
DeveloperRuben Companies
References

One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza is a skyscraper located at 885 Second Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is a 628-foot (191 m) tall skyscraper. It was designed by Emery Roth and developed by Lawrence Ruben. Named for Dag Hammarskjöld, it was completed in 1972 and has 49 floors. It has 750,000 square feet (70,000 m) of floor area and is the 102nd tallest building in New York.

Its main usage is office space. Denmark, Turkey, Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, Belgium, Ireland, Austria and Sweden all have their permanent missions to the United Nations located in this building, while Norway and Belgium have consulates there. Communications company Dell Publishing is also a tenant. It is owned by Rockpoint Group, who bought the building from the Ruben Companies in 2018 for $600 million. Andy Warhol's Factory stood on the site (on 47th Street) from 1963 to 1967.

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References

  1. "One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza – The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  3. Weiss, Lou (September 6, 2018). "One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza to be sold for $600 million". New York Post. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  4. "News of the Realty Trade". The New York Times. July 18, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  5. Kim, Betsy (January 10, 2019). "Rockpoint Group Buys One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza for $600M". GlobeSt. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  6. Small, Eddie (September 7, 2018). "Familiar face in contract on Ruben Companies' One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza". The Real Deal New York. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

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