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345 Park Avenue
345 Park Avenue in 2026
Map
Interactive map of the 345 Park Avenue area
General information
TypeOffice
Architectural style
International
Coordinates40°45′28″N 73°58′21″W / 40.7578°N 73.9725°W / 40.7578; -73.9725
Completed
1969[1]
Owner345 Park Avenue, L.P.
LandlordRudin Management
Height
Roof634 ft (193 m)
Technical details
Floor count44
Floor area1,900,000 square feet (180,000 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectEmery Roth & Sons
DeveloperSamuel Rudin

345 Park Avenue is a 634-foot (193 m) skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It occupies an entire city block bounded by Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 51st Street, and 52nd Street.

Completed in 1969, with 44 floors, the building was designed by Emery Roth & Sons.[2][3] The building has its own assigned ZIP Code, 10154, making it one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019.[4] It is near the Racquet and Tennis Club and Park Avenue Plaza to the northeast; the Seagram Building to the north; 599 Lexington Avenue to the northeast; and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and the General Electric Building to the south.

History

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345 Park Avenue is built on the block containing the former site of the Hotel Ambassador, which had opened in 1921, as well as several townhouses and tenement buildings.[5][6] The Hotel Ambassador was sold to Sheraton Hotels in 1958 and renamed the Sheraton-East.[6] In the 1960s, property developer Rudin Management Company bought adjacent property on the block, including the Gladstone Hotel, a nunnery, and a restaurant operated by Al Schacht. In the final property purchased on the block, it acquired the Sheraton-East itself in 1965, which was demolished in 1966 to make way for construction of a new office building.[7]

The building designer was Emery Roth & Sons; Richard Roth Jr. was the lead design partner. He described it as "the roughest design problem I've ever had" because of the site's position between several historic buildings. In his design, Roth deliberately chose a light-colored façade so the building would "blend in and be less noticeable" rather than compete with its neighbors. Roth explicitly argued against "another black building on Park Avenue."[8] The building was completed in 1969.[8]

In 2024, Rudin announced the inclusion of an amenity complex in the building, with a fitness center and tenant lounge.[9][10] The dining complex is operated by Cyril Lignac and opened in the building in 2026, with three restaurants.[11] A dining complex operated by Cyril Lignac opened in the building in 2026, with three restaurants.[12]

On July 28, 2025, four people were killed and another injured in a mass shooting when 27-year-old Shane Tamura shot people with an AR-style rifle in the lobby and on the 33rd floor of the building. Tamura later killed himself.[13][14]

Plaza

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The skyscraper is set back behind a 20,690-square-foot (1,922 m2) public plaza that spans the entire blockfront on Park Avenue and extends back along a portion of the building's 51st Street frontage.[15] The plaza allowed developer Samuel Rudin to obtain a zoning "bonus" for including open space under the terms of the city's 1961 Zoning Resolution;[16] the plaza was placed on the west side of the site to be compatible with the adjacent open spaces at the Seagram Building and St. Bartholomew's Church.[16][17] The plaza includes a 12-foot-high (3.7 m) sculpture by Robert Cook entitled "Dinoceras" that was dedicated in 1971 and commissioned by Jack and Lewis Rudin.[15][18]

Tenants

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One of the building's early tenants was Blackstone, signing its original lease for only two floors in 1988. It has since expanded multiple times (2018, 2021, 2024) to approximately 1.06 million square feet across 28 floors — more than half the tower — through 2034, making it one of the largest single-building tenants in Midtown.[19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "345 Park Avenue, New York NY". Real Estate Sales NYC. October 22, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "345 Park Avenue". US /: Emporis. Archived from the original on February 12, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "345 Park Avenue". Skyscraperpage. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2019). "Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious". amNewYork. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial (1960 ed.). New York: Monacelli Press. p. 354. ISBN 1-885254-02-4.
  6. 1 2 Pollak, Michael (July 1, 2007). "F.Y.I.; Valentino's Last Home". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Sheraton-East Hotel to Be Razed; Office Skyscraper to Replace It and Other Buildings in Block". New York Times. November 19, 1965. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Holmes, Jo (March 9, 2026). "Behind the Curtain Wall w/ NYC Architect Richard Roth Jr.: 345 Park Ave". Untapped New York.
  9. ↑ Schiavo, Amanda (April 6, 2026). "French Chef Inks 22K-SF Lease to Open Bar des Prés at 345 Park Avenue". Commercial Observer.
  10. ↑ Bubny, Paul (April 6, 2026). "Chef Cyril Lignac to Make NYC Debut at 345 Park Ave". ConnectCRE.
  11. ↑ "Blackstone's headquarters eatery signals return of the power lunch". CoStar. April 10, 2026. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Blackstone's headquarters eatery signals return of the power lunch". CoStar. April 10, 2026. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
  13. ↑ "NYPD officer killed, multiple injured in Midtown Manhattan mass shooting". BNO News. July 28, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Multiple dead, including gunman and off-duty cop, in Manhattan skyscraper shooting: sources". WPIX. July 28, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "345 Park Avenue". Privately Owned Public Space in New York City. Municipal Art Society. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Another Plaza to Enhance the Park Avenue View". The New York Times. September 17, 1967. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Buildings in the News" (PDF). Architectural Record. November 1967. p. 41. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  18. ↑ Gayle, Margot; Cohen, Michele (1988). The Art Commission and The Municipal Art Society Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture. New York: Prentice Hall Press. p. 125. ISBN 0136202535. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  19. ↑ Staff (June 13, 2024). "Blackstone Extends, Expands at Rudin's 345 Park". The Real Deal.
  20. ↑ Hallum, Mark (July 17, 2024). "Blackstone Finalizes Expansion to 1.06M SF at 345 Park Avenue". Commercial Observer.
  21. ↑ Hallum, Mark (July 17, 2024). "Blackstone Finalizes Expansion to 1.06M SF at 345 Park Avenue". Commercial Observer. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  22. ↑ Davis, Emily (July 17, 2024). "Rudin cinches expanded Blackstone HQ lease". The Real Deal. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  23. ↑ Hallum, Mark (February 17, 2026). "East West Bank Signs 38K-SF Lease at 345 Park Avenue". Commercial Observer.
  24. ↑ Hallum, Mark (July 6, 2026). "Law Firm Loeb & Loeb Expands to 179K SF at Rudin's 345 Park Avenue". Commercial Observer.
  25. ↑ Schefter, Adam (September 23, 2011). "The rise of Tom Brady". ESPN. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  26. ↑ "Inside the New Headquarters of the NFL". Office Snapshots. September 4, 2013.
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