As the opening of JPMorgan Chase’s gleaming glass-and-steel skyscraper drew near, some Midtown office landlords and brokers were quietly bracing for a shake-up. The 2.5 million-square-foot Foster + Partners-designed tower at 270 Park Avenue is designed to accommodate roughly 10,000 of JPMorgan’s 24,000 New York employees. Across the street is another building the bank owns, paving the way for what some have described as a JPMorgan-centric neighborhood. When CEO Jamie Dimon cut the ribbon in October on the bank’s new multibillion-dollar headquarters, it marked the start of a major migration from the company’s other Midtown offices. The financial powerhouse has […]
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