Announcements

Van Cleef & Arpels celebrated spring with colorful floral designs along Fifth Avenue and in The 550 Garden. In partnership with the Fifth Avenue Association, Van Cleef unveiled “Fifth Avenue Blooms,” featuring numerous sidewalk installations by French artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet. “I am very excited to see my designs at this scale and the unfolding […]

The Urban Land Institute has announced that 550 Madison Avenue has been named a Winner of ULI’s 2024 Americas Awards for Excellence. The ULI Americas Awards for Excellence program evaluates projects across a number of factors, including achievements in marketplace acceptance, design, planning, technology, amenities, economic impact, management, community engagement, innovation, and sustainability. As a […]

550 Madison Avenue has achieved WELL Gold certification, a milestone achievement that establishes the property as New York City’s first and only landmarked building to receive WELL Gold and LEED Platinum certifications. The certification follows Olayan’s transformation of the Philip Johnson- and John Burgee-designed property into a world-class, multi-tenant new office destination. The building proudly […]

Citywide Festival Invites New Yorkers to Explore 350+ Places Across the Five Boroughs—All for Free The Olayan Group and Open House New York will hold a Launch Party in the 550 Madison Garden to kick off Open House New York Weekend (OHNY Weekend), an annual five-borough festival offering more than 350 ways for the public to unlock the city from October 20-22. Since 2003, OHNY Weekend has made it possible for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers to participate in a shared experience across New York City through behind-the-scenes tours led by architects, engineers, designers, preservationists, historians, community advocates, curators and other experts.
Junto Capital Management, an investment firm led by James Parsons who worked at Viking Global Investors for almost a decade, is moving into offices at 550 Madison Ave., a recently renovated Manhattan tower that’s drawn firms seeking new space in the city.
Olayan Group, which has widely touted new amenities it’s brought to redesigned office landmark 550 Madison Avenue, just landed its most impressive — and surprising — amenity of all.