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550 Madison Ave. — maybe Midtown's most coveted office location — now nearly 100% leased
550 Madison Ave. — maybe Midtown's most coveted office location — now nearly 100% leased

New York Post

time04-05-2025

  • Business
  • New York Post

550 Madison Ave. — maybe Midtown's most coveted office location — now nearly 100% leased

A global holding company with $22 billion in managed assets has claimed what might be Midtown's most coveted, crown-jewel office location. Aquarian Holdings LP signed a lease with landlord Olayan Group's 550 Madison Ave. for the landmarked 'Chippendale' tower's 75,000 square-foot, three-level penthouse, Realty Check has learned. It brings the 750,000 square-foot trophy to about 96% leased. 4 550 Madison Ave., above, was purchased for $1.4 billion in 2016 by Olayan, which reimagined and retooled the building's office floors and lobby for 21st century tenants. Google maps Olayan bought the pink granite tower for $1.4 billion in 2016 when it was vacant and upgraded it for at least $300 million more. The company redesigned the lower-floors facade and enlarged retail windows under the watchful eye of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The office floors and lobby were comprehensively re-imagined and systems re-tooled for 21st century tenants. The repositioning also includes a new, block-long, glass-canopied pedestrian arcade and garden between East 55th and East 56th streets. 4 Aquarian Holdings LP founder Rudy Sahay aquarianlp The Philip Johnson- and John Burgee-designed building is home to marquee-name tenants including Chubb Ltd., which was the first to sign on for 240,000 square feet; private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice, with 144,000 square feet; and Hermes for its 72,000 square-foot US headquarters. A source said only the 22d floor and a small prebuilt section of the 34th floor remain available. On the retail side, Simon Kim's Gracious Hospitality Group leased 550 Madison's northern ground-floor corner, leaving only the south-end retail corner yet to be claimed. 4 Some of 550 Madison's 303,500 square feet in office space has been leased for more than $100 per square foot since the pandemic. CBRE/Olayan The tower's leasing performance has been epic. Since we wrote in November 2021 that 550 Madison was regarded as a 'bellwether' for the office market, which was struggling back from the pandemic, some 303,500 square feet of the offices went for more than $100 per square foot — perhaps the city's highest percentage of C-note deals at a single property. Aquarian, currently based at 40 10th Avenue in Chelsea, was founded by Rudy Sahay, who previously co-founded real estate firm 54 Madison Partners and was a founding member of Guggenheim Partners. 4 The entrance to 550 Madison Ave. Getty Images Aquarian recently formed a joint venture with Raven Capital Management, a music industry investment fund. It also announced the creation of Aquarian Insurance Holdings, a shared structure for the company's reinsurance and retail insurance businesses.

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