A Hedge Grows in Midtown
If your landscape architect came up to you and said, "I've got a great idea. You just spent a billion dollars on this building. Why don't we make a Chia Pet its centerpiece!" you'd probably find a new landscape architect. But to the credit of the Durst Organization, developers of the Bank of America Tower on the northwest corner of 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas, they told Margie Ruddick to go for it.
Date 2011-01-10
Author Ralph Gardner Jr.
New Skyscraper Ignites Growth Below 34th Street
A real-estate group led by developer Douglas Durst plans to break ground within the year on a $350 million skyscraper just south of Herald Square, in one of the first major private construction projects to move forward in the wake of the downturn.
Date 2011-01-10
Author Dana Rubinstein
Realty Check: Dow Jones & Co. has renewed on a whopping 115,000 square feet at Douglas Durst's 1155 Sixth Ave.
Dow Jones & Co. has renewed on a whopping 115,000 square feet at Douglas Durst's 1155 Sixth Ave.
Date 2010-11-30
Author Steve Cuozzo
Dow Jones Renews 117K Feet at Durst's 1155 Avenue of the Americas
At street level, 1155 Avenue of the Americas is Thomas Pink, but upstairs it's Don Draper meets Dow Jones. The News Corp.-owned publisher has signed a 117,000-square-foot lease for 10 years for advertising-sales offices on the third and fifth through eighth floors of the Durst Organization's 41-story black granite tower.
Date 2010-11-29
Author Zeke Turner
One On 1: Douglas Durst Builds On Family Legacy
Douglas Durst is the chairman of The Durst Organization, one of the most powerful companies in Manhattan real estate for almost a century. Durst's grandfather Joseph started the company. His father Seymour then ran it. After he died in 1995, Douglas took over the reins. He is known for developing eco friendly buildings, like the Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square and the Bank of America Building at 1 Bryant Park. But in the past year, Durst has given up the title of co-president.
Date 2010-11-29
Author Budd Mishkin