The iconic General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue, Class A office space in Midtown, NYC.
The iconic General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue, Class A office space in Midtown, NYC.
Address 767 Fifth Avenue Class A
Cross Streets 58th & 59th Streets Size 1,774,000 SF
Year built 1968 Architect Edward Durell Stone, Emery Roth & Sons

Description

The General Motors Building at 767 5th Avenue is one of the most iconic office buildings in New York City. Built in 1968 by Cecilia Benattar and boasting a design by Edward Durell Stone, it’s one of the few buildings in the city to occupy a full city block.

Located at the southeast corner of Central Park between Fifth and Madison Avenues and 58th and 59th streets, the GM Building changed hands multiple times over the past decades. The office building fetched a higher price with each sale, and it was the object of the largest single-asset sale of 2008, when it sold to Boston Properties for $2.8 billion.

Previous owners include Donald Trump, Simon Property Group and Macklowe Properties. The property is currently owned by Boston Properties, in a joint venture with the Safra Family and Zhang Xin. The building was appraised at $4.8 billion in 2017, making it one of the priciest office towers in the city.

1.9 MSF of Class A Midtown Manhattan Office Space

The General Motors Building features 1.9 million square feet of Class A office space in the coveted Plaza District of Midtown Manhattan. Each of the building’s previous owners invested in upgrading the property. Donald Trump raised the street-level plaza and added 65-foot long fountains and a marble sitting area, while Macklowe Properties invested in cosmetic renovations in 2005.

Amenities at the 50-story GM Building include sweeping views of Central Park and the Midtown Manhattan skyline and roughly 150,000 square feet of retail space. The ground level of the building features the popular and visually striking Apple ‘Cube’ Store, which opened in 2006.

Getting to and from the General Motors Building

The GM Building benefits from an excellent location next to Central Park and close to all the offerings of Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue. The tower is convenient to the N, R, and W trains at Fifth Avenue, as well as to the green lines at a nearby Lexington Avenue station.

Who is renting office space at the General Motors Building?

The office tower at 767 5th Avenue is home to a plethora of high-profile office and retail tenants. Estee Lauder, General Motors, Macklowe Properties, U.S. Trust, Maverick Capital, Weil, and CGM Grosvenor are just some of the names on the GM Building tenant roster. Retail tenants include Apple, Balenciaga, TUMI and Under Armour.

Available Spaces

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Listing Location & Nearby Public Transportation

Nearby Transportation

Subway

59th Street (456) - 5 minutes Walk
Lexington Avenue–59th Street - 8 minutes Walk
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street - 6 minutes Walk
5th Avenue–59th Street - 3 minutes Walk

Bus

East 60th Street/Park Avenue - 2 minutes Walk
Madison Avenue/East 60th Street - 0 minute Walk
Madison Avenue/East 59th Street - 1 minute Walk
East 60th Street/Madison Avenue - 1 minute Walk
3rd Avenue/East 60th Street - 8 minutes Walk
3rd Avenue/East 61st Street - 8 minutes Walk
East 60th Street/Lexington Avenue - 5 minutes Walk
East 57th Street & Lexington Avenue - 7 minutes Walk
Madison Avenue & East 54th Street - 7 minutes Walk
5th Avenue & West 56th Street - 7 minutes Walk
East 57th Street & Park Avenue - 4 minutes Walk
East 57th Street & 3rd Avenue - 8 minutes Walk

Important information

This listing is presented for illustrative purposes only, it may no longer be available, and is provided merely as an exemplary representation of the types of spaces in a given neighborhood for a given price