How much did 599 Lexington Avenue cost to build?
599 Lexington Avenue is a Boston Properties office tower occupying the east side of Lexington Avenue between East 52nd and East 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. The speculative development was acquired as a site and architectural-design package in 1984 and completed in 1986 without an anchor tenant. Edward Larrabee Barnes designed the 199-metre tower with geometric setbacks, an aluminum-and-glass curtain wall, a subway entrance and a tall lobby containing a major Frank Stella work.
Reported project cost
$300 million
Cost basis: 1986
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1986
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- HeightCouncil on Vertical Urbanism
- 199 m
- Floor areaBoston Properties SEC filing
- 91,556.72 m²
Project record