{"id":1004656979,"date":"2023-04-12T05:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004656979"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:16:45","slug":"iac-buys-manhattan-hq-land-for-80m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/iac-buys-manhattan-hq-land-for-80m\/","title":{"rendered":"IAC Buys Manhattan HQ Land for $80M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004656981\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004656981\" data-attachment-id=\"1004656981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/iac-buys-manhattan-hq-land-for-80m\/555-west-18th-st\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"630,472\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Yardi Systems, Inc.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"555 West 18th St\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;555 West 18th St. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;555 West 18th St. in Manhattan, designed by Frank Gehry. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg?w=630\" class=\"wp-image-1004656981 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"555 West 18th St. Image courtesy of CommercialEdge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/04\/555-West-18th-St-e1681295842857.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004656981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">555 W. 18th St. <em>Image courtesy of CommercialEdge<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>IAC Corp.<\/strong> has paid $80 million for the land under 555 W. 18th St., its 211,312-square-foot headquarters building in Manhattan. <strong>Institutional Property Advisors<\/strong>\u2019 Steven Siegel and Eric Michael Anton brokered the all-cash transaction.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, the Resnicoff family leased the land for 77 years to <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Georgetown Co<\/strong>., as reported by <em>The Real Deal<\/em>. Georgetown later developed the site as the headquarters for the media conglomerate.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-owners-face-financing-dilemma\/\">Office Owners Face Financing Dilemma<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Class A office building came online in 2007. <strong>Frank Gehry<\/strong> served as the project\u2019s main architect, <strong>Turner Construction Co<\/strong>. as general contractor, <strong>DeSimone Consulting Engineers<\/strong> as structural engineer and <strong>STUDIOS Architecture<\/strong> as decorator.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-story building has a concrete reinforced construction, steel frame and glass fa\u00e7ade, also including energy-efficient features. Amenities include\u00a0more than 20 conference rooms, a wide lobby, outdoor terraces, spacious common areas on the ninth floor, controlled access and 70 underground parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The property is in the Chelsea neighborhood, on the northeast corner of Eleventh Avenue, in an area with several dining options, retail centers and entertainment venues.<\/p>\n<h2>A strong office pipeline<\/h2>\n<p>Despite economic concerns, brought about by <span class=\"ui-provider gp b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">declining property values,<\/span> the prospect of higher interest rates and instability in the banking sector, Manhattan&#8217;s office market has seen constant construction activity since the beginning of the year. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/loan-maturity-poses-challenges-for-office-property-owners\/\">recent CommercialEdge report<\/a>, the borough had nearly 9.3 million square feet of office space under construction as of February, second in the U.S. after Boston, a metro with 13.5 million square feet in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan also ranked first in last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-10-markets-for-office-deliveries-in-2022\/\">top 10 markets for office deliveries<\/a>. The market&#8217;s largest addition to the inventory, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/50-hudson-yards-opens-on-manhattans-far-west-side\/\">$3.8 billion project<\/a> developed by Related Cos., Mitsui Fudosan America and Oxford Properties Group, came online 1 mile north of IAC&#8217;s headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The property was previously subject to a 77-year ground lease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3014,"featured_media":1004656981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21783,1600,21742,10,21747],"tags":[51006,44132,39155,33801,33850],"class_list":["post-1004656979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","category-office","tag-desimone-consulting-engineers","tag-frank-gehry","tag-ipa","tag-studios-architecture","tag-turner-construction-company"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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