SL Green Realty history

By the end of 1998, SL Green had added four more midtown buildings: the 25-story Fashion Gallery Building at 1412 Broadway, for $72 million; 20-story 711 Third Avenue, for $44.6 million; 18-story 440 Ninth Avenue, for $32 million; and 321 West 44th Street, for $17 million.

During 1999, SL Green purchased a 65 percent interest in the 20-story BMW Building at 555 West 57th Street for about $66.7 million.

A floor of space established by eEmerge at 440 Ninth Avenue in the summer of 2000 was completely filled less than a month after it first became available.

In June 2001, SL Green purchased 317 Madison Avenue, a 22-story office tower with direct access to Grand Central Terminal, for $105 million.

In 2002, in partnership with SITQ, the company acquired One Astor Plaza for $483.5 million.

In 2003, the company acquired 461 Fifth Avenue for $100.3 million.

In November 2004, the company sold The Knickerbocker Hotel (Manhattan) for $160 million.

In 2005, the company acquired the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower for $916 million and converted the building into condominiums.

In 2006, the company acquired Reckson Associates in a $4 billion transaction.

In December 2007, the company acquired 388 Greenwich Street from Citigroup in a leaseback transaction.

In 2010, the company acquired the Pershing Square Building from Shorenstein Properties for $330 million.

In 2011, the company sold One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens to David Werner and Joel Schreiber for $481 million

Citigroup reacquired the building in 2016.

In August 2017, the company sold the Montague-Court Building for $171.0 million.

In November 2018, the company purchased a $148 million stake in 245 Park Avenue from Chinese conglomerate HNA Group.