Newsweek: Next bubble? Commercial real estate Sep 10, 2009
Between 2000 and 2007, Lawlor's firm bought $15 billion in real estate, and he began to amass the trappings of a real-estate mogul; Lucite tombstones memorializing consummated deals lined shelves in his office in the Seagram Building, the Mies van der Rohe office tower on Park Avenue that is one of Manhattan's original trophy office buildings. Lawlor's deals made money, producing returns of more than 40 percent a year for investors from 2000 to 2007. (MSNBC -- Business)
The Skyscraper That Ate a Billion Dollars Sep 6, 2009
Between 2000 and 2007, Lawlor's firm bought $15 billion in real estate, and he began to amass the trappings of a real estate mogul: Lucite tombstones memorializing consummated deals lined shelves in his office in the Seagram Building, the Mies van der Rohe office tower on Park Avenue that is one of Manhattan's original trophy office buildings. Lawlor's deals made money, producing returns of more than 40 percent a year for investors from 2000 to 2007. (Slate)
LIGHTS OUT AT BEAR BOOK PARTY May 12, 2009
An electrical power failure in the Seagram Building that houses the famed Four Seasons restaurant last night plunged the book party for Kate Kelly's "Street Fighters" into darkness. The book, published by Penguin, chronicles the collapse of Bear Stearns and its subsequent takeover by JPMorgan Chase. (New York Post -- Business)
Overexposed, underappreciated Mar 24, 2009
"The Seagram Building in Manhattan," architect Will Bruder says. It has come to stand for all the bland steel-and-glass International Style architecture that followed, but "there's elegance, proportion and detail there," he says. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
New look for CT icon Feb 25, 2009
The Riebeek Street entrance will pay homage to the buildings heritage and the award-winning Seagram Building in New York that inspired it ... About the Seagram building ... The Seagram Building is a skyscraper in New York City located at 375 Park Avenue between 52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. (iAfrica.com)
New York financier picked as top adviser on auto industry bailout Feb 24, 2009
From Quadrangle's offices in the Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan, Rattner has courted the city's power players, often over lunch at the Four Seasons restaurant downstairs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose blind trust is managed by Quadrangle, said in a statement on Monday: "Steve has a unique understanding of the incredibly complex relationships between government and markets. I congratulate President Obama for making a great choice.". (International Herald Tribune)
Sunday Business Feb 15, 2009
Aby Rosen, the Manhattan real-estate developer and owner of trophy properties like the Lever House and the Seagram Building, doesn't make many missteps. He has a long record of buying buildings. (New York Post -- Business)
Underwater Aby Feb 15, 2009
Aby Rosen, the Manhattan real-estate developer and owner of trophy properties like the Lever House and the Seagram Building, doesn't make many missteps ... Rosen hit the social scene, collected trophies like the Seagram Building and bought up Andy Warhol's art with equal panache. (New York Post -- Business)
Property deal of the century, underwater in a big way Feb 8, 2009
In Stamford, Connecticut, RFR Properties, a partnership headed by Michael Fuchs and Aby Rosen, who owns New York landmarks like Lever House and the Seagram Building, spent $850 million to buy seven Equity Office buildings that analysts say are now worth less than their mortgages. In Los Angeles, the founder of Maguire Properties, one of the largest commercial landlords in Southern California, was forced to step down last year as the company struggled with crushing debt from buying 24 Equity... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
