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In 1928, Columbia University, the owner of the site, leased the land to John D. Rockefeller Jr., who was the main person behind the complex's construction. Originally envisioned as the site for a new Metropolitan Opera building, the current Rockefeller Center came about after the Met could not afford to move to the proposed new building.
Jul 18, 2017 · In 2000, Tishman Speyer and Chicago's Crown family bought Rockefeller Center outright for $1.85 billion. Mitsubishi Estate, which developed the Marunouchi district in Tokyo after buying...
Dec 22, 2000 · Speyer and the Chicago Crown family, which already own jointly a 5 percent stake in the complex, will buy out their partners in the property, who include David Rockefeller, the Goldman Sachs...
Apr 3, 2024 · The complex was commissioned by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., of the famed Rockefeller family —principally to house a new home for the Metropolitan Opera, a building move later canceled because of the financial straits of the Great Depression —and designed by a team of architects headed by Henry Hofmeister, H.W. Corbett, and lead designer Raymond Hood.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John D. Rockefeller leases land from Columbia University for the future site of Rockefeller Center. The land covered nearly all of the area in the three square blocks bordered by Fifth Avenue, the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), and 48th and 51st Streets.
- 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 10111, NY
- 18.8B
Aug 31, 2021 · Tishman Speyer, the owner of Rockefeller Center, takes immense pride in its stewardship of the Center, honoring its role as a seminal New York City landmark and the expression of John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s original vision of a city within a city.
Dec 22, 2000 · Under the terms of the pending deal, Mr. Speyer and Lester Crown's family from Chicago, who together owned 5 percent of the complex, will be acquiring the interests of their partners: David...
