On the heels of news that Yahoo will buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Web giant is moving to the former home of The New York Times, the firm announced today.
Yahoo signed a long-term lease for the 9th through 12th floors in the 15-story building, joining tech tenants 10gen and Citysearch in the building.
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When the information database developer 10Gen was on the hunt for office space last year, it initially focused its search around Midtown South’s tech-industry hotbed. In December, the company inked a deal for 29,400 square feet at 229 West 43rd Street, the old New York Times headquarters.
The deal suggested a shift among youthful companies that for years had sought nontraditional loft-like offices in and around the Flatiron District, Union Square and Soho.
A post-recession spike in activity and rents was welcome, but even more encouraging was the fact that cutting-edge tech and new media firms were generating significant activity in the prime neighborhood so often associated with starchy law firms and corporate users. The fact that the former headquarters of an archetypal old media giant was drawing new media (and tech) blood was an intriguing development. Read More
This past February, 10Gen, developer of the computer system database MongoDB, was in search of new office space, specifically in tech- and media-rich Midtown South.
The company needed a large open layout for its workers, with an option for more space to allow the firm to grow—plus an option to terminate. Unfortunately, the ultra-tight market Read More
Information database developer, 10Gen, was looking to become the latest technology firm to set up shop in Midtown South but found a more attractive option further north, taking 29,400 square feet at 229 West 43rd Street—the old New York Times Building—and was offered an asking price between $70 and $80 per square foot. The five Read More
