Calyon Building

Calyon Building
General information
Type	Office
Location	1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°45′43″N 73°58′47″W / 40.761983°N 73.979841°W / 40.761983; -73.979841Coordinates: 40°45′43″N 73°58′47″W / 40.761983°N 73.979841°W / 40.761983; -73.979841
Completed	1964
Height
Roof	609 ft (186 m)
Technical details
Floor count	45
Design and construction
Architect	Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates

Calyon Building (also known as the Crédit Agricole CIB Building or earlier known as the J.C. Penney Building and Crédit Lyonnais Building) is a 609 ft (186m) tall skyscraper located at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York. It was developed by Uris Brothers^[1] and was completed in 1964 and has 45 floors. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates designed the building, which is the 87th tallest in New York City. It is named for the Calyon Corporation which resulted from the merger of Crédit Agricole Indosuez and the corporate and investment banking division of the Crédit Lyonnais corporation as a result of the takeover of the latest by Crédit Agricole S.A. in 2002. Calyon was since renamed Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in 2010.

It used to serve as the headquarters of PricewaterhouseCoopers before they moved to 300 Madison Avenue. It is now Credit Agricole CIB's american headquarters.

Among the building's other tenants are the law firms Dewey and LeBoeuf, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Barclays.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in New York City

References

1. ^ http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=company&lng=3&id=103168

External links

• Emporis
• Skyscraperpage