Kamber Management Company announced that Pei Cobb Freed & Partners has been engaged for the next phase of a multi-million dollar makeover of Tower 45.
Tower 45 is a modern Class A 458,446 s/f multi-tenant office building located at 120 West 45th Street in Midtown.
Kamber paid $365 million to purchase the tower at 120 West 45th Street from SL Green in 2015.
The company hired Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) to redesign the entrance, façade, lobby and elevator cabs as part of a $20 million capital investment program that also included interior concepts by Milo Kleinberg Design Associates.
Pei Cobb Freed will improve the building’s infrastructure and common areas.
“We are thrilled to reintroduce Tower 45 to the New York City market and look forward to working with this esteemed award-winning architectural firm,” said Steven Levy, Managing Principal of Kamber Management Company. “Through our extensive capital improvement program, we are confident Tower 45 will be further prominently positioned as a premier office property in the Sixth Avenue corridor.”
Built in 1989 and originally designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, Tower 45 is a 40-story building featuring virtually column-free floorplates ranging from 9,304 to 13,318 s/f.
The building possesses a number of physical features that enhance its status as a premier boutique office asset. Tower 45 offers numerous options for office tenants from 13,318 square foot full floors to customized pre-built suite spaces ranging from 1,500 to 6,500 s/f.
“The design concepts for the new lobby and atrium of Tower 45 will create a dynamic entry providing an architecturally distinctive passage for both tenants and visitors alike,” said Michael Bischoff, partner at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
“We believe the quality of the work environment for all present and future tenants will be greatly enhanced in the reimagined Tower 45.”
