SL Green Realty
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SL Green Realty Corpis a Real estate investment trust
(REIT) that claims to be the biggest owner of office towers in Manhattan
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It was founded by Stephen L. Green
in 1980 as SL Green Properties. It went public in 1997.
Real estate investment trust
A real estate investment trust or REIT is a tax designation for a corporate entity investing in real estate. The purpose of this designation is to reduce or eliminate corporate tax. In return, REITs are required to distribute 90% of their taxable income into the hands of investors...
(REIT) that claims to be the biggest owner of office towers in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
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It was founded by Stephen L. Green
Stephen L. Green
Stephen L. Green is the founder for S.L. Green Realty Corp., which claims to be Manhattan’s largest owner of office buildings.Green is the older brother of former New York City Public Advocate Mark J. Green...
in 1980 as SL Green Properties. It went public in 1997.
Properties
The company website says it owns 42 buildings representing 25000000 square feet (2,322,576 m²) around the New York City area. The buildings are listed on the company website. Some of the buildings include:- One Court Square, Long Island City, New York
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company TowerMetropolitan Life Insurance Company TowerThe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, also known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower, is a landmark skyscraper located on East 23rd Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South, off of Madison Square Park. in the borough of Manhattan in New York City...
, Manhattan - 388 Greenwich Street388 Greenwich Street388 Greenwich Street, originally called the Shearson Lehman Plaza, and more recently the Travelers Building, is a skyscraper located at 388 Greenwich St. in the TriBeCa neighborhood of New York City....
, Manhattan - 461 Fifth Avenue461 Fifth Avenue461 Fifth Avenue at 40th street is a 28-story skyscraper located in the Grand Central Terminal area of the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City...
, Manhattan - 810 Seventh Avenue810 Seventh Avenue810 Seventh Avenue is a 525 foot skyscraper located a few blocks north of Times Square on Seventh Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets within Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is owned by SL Green Realty Corp. after its acquisition of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., completed...
, Manhattan - Montague-Court BuildingMontague-Court BuildingThe Montague Court Building is located at 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York.It was designed by architect H. Craig Severance and built in 1928. It is currently the tallest office building and the second tallest building overall in Brooklyn at 462 feet...
, Brooklyn - One Astor PlazaOne Astor PlazaOne Astor Plaza is a high skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1972, the building is 54 stories tall and was designed by Der Scutt of Ely J. Kahn & Jacobs. Originally known as the W. T...
, Manhattan - Daily News BuildingDaily News BuildingThe Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, is a Art-Deco skyscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for the New York Daily News until the mid-1990s...
, Manhattan - Graybar Building, Manhattan
- Six Times SquareSix Times Square6 Times Square, also known as the Newsweek Building or Knickerbocker Building, is a building located at 1466 Broadway at the southeast corner of 42nd Street in New York City. This historic building opened in 1906 as the Knickerbocker Hotel, "Knickerbocker" being an iconic name for New York...
, Manhattan - 919 Third Avenue919 Third Avenue919 Third Avenue is an office building in New York City, built in 1971, and is located at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 55th Street in Manhattan.919 Third AvenueThe building is 615 feet tall with 47 floors...
, Manhattan - MGM Building, Manhattan