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Time Warner Center

New York, New York


Market: New York City

Type: Mixed-Use, Retail

Role: Development Partner

Status: Development completed in 2004

Acclaimed mixed-use high-rise along Central Park that is one of New York City’s newest landmarks.

Interest

  • Equity ownership of retail venue and parking garage

Size:                           

  • 348,200 square feet of retail space

  • 504-vehicle parking garage

Local Demographics

  • 50,100 people/square mile

  • 155% of metro area median household income

Highlights

  • Invested in the development of the retail venue – The Shops at Columbus Circle — and parking garage through a venture with the property’s developers, The Related Companies and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, which built Time Warner Center as separate, individually owned components.

  • Developed on the former site of the New York Coliseum office and trade-exhibition center along Columbus Circle on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, directly opposite Central Park.

  • Consists of two 80-story towers featuring 1.1 million square feet of office space, a Mandarin Oriental Hotel, The Shops at Columbus Circle retail venue, residential condominiums, Jazz at Lincoln Center performance and educational facilities, and a public parking garage.

  • Acquired an equity joint-venture interest with Related and Apollo in The Shops at Columbus Circle and the garage after holding a construction loan secured by the two components.

  • The Shops at Columbus features more than 40 upscale shops and restaurants on two lower concourses and the property’s first four floors. Key tenants include Whole Foods, Equinox Fitness Club, A|X Armani Exchange, Williams-Sonoma, Coach and Stuart Weitzman as well as The Restaurant and Bar Collection, which features world-class restaurants by Thomas Keller (Per Se), Masayoshi Takayama (Masa) and other trend-setting chefs and restaurateurs.

  • One of New York City’s leading social and cultural destinations, the property serves as a crucial link between Times Square and the Upper West Side and has helped revitalize its immediate area.

Property News

  • One of just 11 properties worldwide to win the Urban Land Institute’s Global Award for Excellence in 2005. Read the Award for Excellence review here

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