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ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2004

New York’s Newest Condo

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February 2004 marked the opening to the public of Time Warner Center, a 2.8 million square foot mixeduse real estate development located in the heart of Manhattan at the southwest corner of Central Park.

United StatesReal Estate and Construction
Caroline Harcourt
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February 2004 marked the opening to the public of Time Warner Center, a 2.8 million square foot mixeduse real estate development located in the heart of Manhattan at the southwest corner of Central Park.

Time Warner Center is the largest mixed-use development to be built in New York City since Rockefeller Center. It includes Time Warner's new headquarters; new CNN studios; 200,000 square feet of Class A office space; a 251- room Mandarin Oriental fivestar luxury hotel; 198 superluxury apartments (including a penthouse apartment sold for a reported $45 million); an upscale retail, restaurant and entertainment venue known as The Shops at Columbus Circle; a 1,600- seat performance space for Jazz at Lincoln Center; and a 504 car parking garage.

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