Where five of the biggest tech companies are signing leases in Manhattan.
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1. Apple: 11 Pennsylvania Plaza
11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK, NY 10001
In February 2020, Apple
signed a lease for office space in Midtown’s 11 Penn Plaza. The company signed a five-year deal to move into the 11th through 14th floors (
220,000 square feet) of the Art Deco building owned by Vornado Realty Trust,
according to the New York Post.
11 Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10001
2. Amazon: 410 Tenth Avenue
410 10TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10001
Less than a year after withdrawing its plans to bring their HQ2 to Long Island City, in Queens, last week, Amazon
signed a lease for 335,000 square feet in a building that’s close to the Hudson Yards megaproject. The space, located within SL Green’s 410 Tenth Avenue, will be for more than 1,500 employees of the e-commerce giant.
410 10th Ave
New York, NY 10001
3. Amazon: 5 Manhattan West
450 W 33RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10001
In 2017, Amazon
inked a deal with Brookfield Properties to lease 360,000 square feet at 5 Manhattan West, the retrofit of the old Brutalist building that once housed the
New York Daily News. It’s just down the block from SL Green’s 410 Tenth Avenue, where the company recently snapped up office space.
450 W 33rd St
New York, NY 10001
4. Amazon: 7 West 34th Street
7 W 34TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10001
Amazon has leased more than 400,000 square feet in this Midtown office building, located across from the Empire State Building, since 2014. In 2017, an Amazon Books outpost opened on the ground floor.
7 W 34th St
New York, NY 10001
5. Amazon: Staten Island Fulfillment Warehouse
546 GULF AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10303
Amazon has operated a $100 million, 850,000-square-foot fulfillment center in
Staten Island’s western shore since September 2018. The e-commerce giant’s warehouse is located on the
Matrix Global Logistics Park complex, which is situated in a formerly abandoned 676-acre site. There are more than 2,000 full-time employees at the warehouse, who reportedly work alongside
robots.
546 Gulf Ave
Staten Island, NY 10303
6. Facebook: Hudson Yards
10 HUDSON YARDS 24TH FLOOR, 347 10TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10001
In November, Facebook officially signed a
lease at Hudson Yards,
confirming rumors from earlier this year. The tech giant confirmed that it will lease more than 1.5 million square feet of office space across 30 floors and three buildings at Hudson Yards: 1.2 million square feet in 50 Hudson Yards; 265,000 square feet in 30 Hudson Yards; and 57,000 square feet in 55 Hudson Yards.
10 Hudson Yards 24th Floor, 347 10th Ave
New York, NY 10001
(212) 801-1000
7. Facebook: Penn-Farley Complex
FREDERICK DOUGLASS BLVD, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Despite the pandemic, Facebook is betting big on New York with a lease for all the office space in the James A. Farley Building in Midtown Manhattan. The deal’s announcement came as somewhat of a surprise because Facebook, which had expressed interest in the Farley Building for months, has given most of its employees the
option of working from home during the pandemic.
Frederick Douglass Blvd
New York, NY 10024
8. Facebook: 770 Broadway
770 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10003
Facebook’s NYC HQ is currently located at 770 Broadway, the former Wanamaker Department Store building, where it leases nearly 700,000 square feet. The social media giant has leased office space at the building
since 2013.
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
9. Google: 111 Eighth Avenue
111 8TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10011
Back in 2010, Google
bought the former Port Authority building at 111 Eighth Avenue for $1.9 billion from
Taconic Investment Partners; the tech giant has housed its NYC headquarters there ever since. The 2.9-million-square-foot structure occupies a whole block between Eighth and Ninth avenues and 15th and 16th Streets.
111 8th Ave
New York, NY 10011
10. Google: St. John’s Terminal
315 HUDSON ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013
A year ago, Google
announced that it will create a new 1.7 million square foot campus (“Google Hudson Square”) across three parcels in lower Manhattan, at 315 and 345 Hudson Street, and 550 Washington Street—aka
St. John’s Terminal, the development site that has been in limbo for several years.
315 Hudson St
New York, NY 10013
11. Google: Chelsea Market
75 9TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10011
Back in March 2018, Google
bought the Chelsea Market building, located in front of their NYC headquarters, for $2.4 billion. Google had already been leasing offices at the Chelsea Market building for
a decade.
75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011
(212) 652-2111
12. Google: Pier 57
HUDSON RIVER GREENWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10011
Google agreed to lease thousands of square feet of space at the redeveloped
Pier 57 site. That includes at least 300,000 square feet of office space, 50,000 square feet for public programming, and adding a landing for ferry service, Crain’s reported back in
early 2018.
Hudson River Greenway
New York, NY 10011
(212) 627-2020
13. Google: 450 West 15th Street
450 W 15TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10014
Back in May, Google purchased the building at 450 West 15th Street, known as the Milk Building, for
$600 million. The move exerted the tech giant’s dominance over that area, as it now leases nearly all the commercial property between West 15th and West 16th streets, from Eighth Avenue to the Hudson River, according to
Crain’s.
450 W 15th St
New York, NY 10014
14. Netflix: 333 Johnson Avenue
333 JOHNSON AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11206
Netflix already has a presence in the city, with series like
Orange Is the New Black, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and, most recently,
Russian Doll filming throughout the five boroughs. But the streaming service has typically filmed its series at other sound stages in city, including Silvercup Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens. Earlier this year, it announced that it will lease 161,000 square feet in Brooklyn to build six new sound stages, which will eventually be capable of holding thousands of jobs.
333 Johnson Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11206
15. Netflix: 888 Broadway
888 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10003
As part of its larger production hub deal, Netflix will also lease around 100,000 square feet in the Flatiron District. To get Netflix to New York, the Empire State Development Corporation offered $4 million in tax credits via its Excelsior program, which ties that incentive to job creation. Netflix must create 127 promised jobs in its corporate office by 2024 to get the full reimbursement. The new office and production space is expected to bring back about $100 million back to the city.
888 Broadway
New York, NY 10003