Archinect - News 2024-11-21T14:39:59-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150209978/here-s-what-facebook-s-huge-new-office-will-look-like-at-midtown-s-former-farley-post-office Here’s what Facebook’s huge new office will look like at Midtown’s former Farley Post Office Dana Schulz 2020-08-04T12:34:00-04:00 >2020-08-18T15:34:57-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/79/793a51fe811ee7e5dc22a054b4a46cbf.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Facebook has signed a lease for 730,000 square feet at the former James A. Farley Post Office, a Midtown landmark currently being converted into a mixed-use building, Vornado Realty Trust announced Monday. In less than a year, Facebook has acquired more than 2.2 million square feet of office space on Manhattan's West Side.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/150139992/images-surface-of-facebook-s-potential-new-tower-in-manhattan-designed-by-rafael-vi-oly Images surface of Facebook's potential new tower in Manhattan designed by Rafael Viñoly Katherine Guimapang 2019-06-05T17:44:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ce/ce69f94790334fbf7ac69a7faa36d2c6.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>&#8203;One of the largest potential office buildings in New York City has long been in the works on the site of the Hotel Pennsylvania, at 401 Seventh Avenue, with renderings for a soaring supertall first released last decade [...] the latest on Vornado&rsquo;s newest vision for the site, which would place Facebook within a massive 2.8-million-square-foot tower designed by Rafael Vinoly, dubbed &ldquo;Penn15&rdquo; in the brochure.&#8203;</p></em><br /><br /><p>Renderings of the 1,400-foot structure paint a new picture for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13898/facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>'s new office building plan. It's been stated that "Facebook has already publicly committed to One Madison Avenue in NoMad, so this ideation may already be moribund." Despite the recent commitment placed by Facebook, Vornado Realty Trust visualizes a new possible plan. The company toys with the idea of a new configuration for the 401 Seventh Avenue site in Midtown <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/112647/manhattan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manhattan</a>. The creation of another mega skyscraper lets Vornado join the likes of Related's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> and Brookfield's Manhattan West in new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/21769/redevelopment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">redevelopment</a>&nbsp;ventures.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/6695567dd6cdcc69382dc4ecf389bb14.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/6695567dd6cdcc69382dc4ecf389bb14.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering of Facebook's "possible" supertall taken from brochure. Image &copy; Vornado</figcaption></figure><figure><p>The new "Facebook" tower has been dubbed "Penn15". Users on Twitter have already shared their reactions to the recent announcement and name choice linking it to an all too noticeable innuendo. Renderings show emphasis on open floor plans and a large number of outdoor spaces covered in trees.&nbsp;"Variable stacke...</p></figure>