Two major United Nations buildings in Manhattan will be renovated in a $500 million project, helping the organization consolidate its office footprint in the city.The United Nations Development Corp. is redeveloping 1 and 2 United Nations Plaza, two office buildings located across First Avenue from the organizations’ headquarters, according to a statement Monday. Construction is expected to start in the second quarter.UNDC, a public benefit corporation established in 1968 that operates the buildings, plans to issue as much as $380 million in bonds, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Siebert Williams Shank working as underwriters.The renovation will help upgrade the midtown Manhattan buildings that were designed in the 1970s and 1980s. The two towers, owned by New York City, are currently being used as office space for the U.N. community, with a privately owned hotel on the top floors.With the renovations, the United Nations will consolidate its office spaces across the city into the two buildings. The group has also agreed to long-term leases of the space.The project covers about 900,000 square feet and will upgrade the towers’ lobbies, restrooms and common areas, as well as adding an indoor bicycle parking area.“Projects like this create good-paying jobs, drive economic growth, and reinforce our position as the global capital of commerce and diplomacy,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in the statement.UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children, has its headquarters at another... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Time Inc. is finally leaving midtown Manhattan. The company will vacate an office space at 135 West 50th Street "before the end of the year," a company spokeswoman confirmed to Ad Age.Last year, Time Inc. left the iconic Time & Life Building in Rockfeller Center for a shiny new office... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter on Friday made appearances at the Hall of Justice to commemorate the naming of the DC Comics character they've both portrayed as the ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.Er sorry did I say Hall of Justice? Silly me. I meant the United... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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The United Nations has come under fire for appointing comic book character Wonder Woman as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) has been pushing the U.S. Coast Guard to buy or lease a polar ice-breaking ship owned by one of his top campaign contributors, although officials repeatedly have said the vessel doesn’t meet the service’s needs. The ship in question, the Aiviq, is a privately owned,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The United Nations (UN) is to name comic book character Wonder Woman as its new honorary ambassador for the empowerment of Woman and Girls. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Times leases Bloomsbury office space, Buzzfeed UK expands and HuffPo growth continuesJudging by the summer filler columns of the national press, glimpsed tantalisingly through paywalls and Facebook-boosted posts, London ought by now to be a deserted wasteland of empty houses and dying... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In collaboration with Reading With Pictures and a number of publishers, the United Nations is planning The Comics Guide to Global Goals, a series of 17 comics that address the world's toughest development problems. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Profile Books and Serpent's Tail are moving to new premises near Pentonville Road in London. Profile and its imprints have been based at Exmouth Market for the past seven years, but will now move to new office space in Holford Yard, just off Pentonville Road, between Kings Cross St Pancras and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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San Francisco-based Dwell Media, publisher of high-end modern design magazine Dwell, is doubling its office space and moving its creative team to New York City. The move is the final step in a gradual eastward migration f Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Here we go again. Maybe. Ten years ago Colin Powell publicly presented the United Nations with formerly top-secret information about a Middle East tyrant and weapons of mass destruction to justify military action against him. The tyrant was Saddam Hussein and the briefing turned out to be a... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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