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1211 Avenue of the Americas

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

Field	Value
name	1211 Avenue of the Americas
caption	1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan
map_caption	Location of 1211 Avenue of the Americas
alternate_names	{{plain list
location	1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, U.S.
mapframe-wikidata	yes
coordinates
status	Complete
start_date	1968
completion_date	1971
topped_out	1
opening	1973
building_type	Offices and television studios (Dow Jones & Company, Fox News, New York Post, The Wall Street Journal)
roof	592 ft
top_floor	558 ft
floor_count	45
architectural_style	International Style
elevator_count	36
floor_area	1,854,912 sqft
architect	Wallace Harrison (Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris)
main_contractor	Celanese Corporation and Rockefeller Center, Inc.
developer	Rockefeller Group Development Corporation
image	1211 Avenue of the Americas.jpg
owner	Ivanhoé Cambridge
references

Celanese Building
News Corp. Building | mapframe-wikidata = yes 1211 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the News Corp. Building or the FOX Building, is an International Style skyscraper on Sixth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Formerly called the Celanese Building, it was completed in 1973 as part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings". Celanese, its primary tenant, later moved to Dallas, Texas. The building is owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge .

The structure has a simple slab-like shape devoid of any decoration, its prosaic façade consisting of vertical alternating limestone and glass stripes. The façade stone piers are supernumerary; there are twice as many of them as structurally necessary. The glass bands are contiguous and offer no indication of floor levels. These features ably create the visual lack of scale, so the tower does not look overly bulky.

Background

The building was part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the XYZ Buildings. Their plans were first drawn in 1963 by the Rockefeller family's architect, Wallace Harrison, of the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz. Their letters correspond to their height. 1251 Avenue of the Americas is the "X" Building as it is the tallest at 750 ft (229 m) and 54 stories, and was the first completed, in 1971. The "Y" is 1221 Avenue of the Americas, which was the second tower completed (1973) and is the second in height (674 ft and 51 stories). The "Z" Building, the shortest and the youngest, is 1211 Avenue of the Americas with 45 stories (592 ft).

The structure is LEED-certified at a silver-level designation by USGBC. In January 2025, RXR Realty bought a 49% ownership stake in 1211 Avenue of the Americas. RXR subsequently refinanced the building that October for $1.45 billion and announced plans to renovate the building.

Notable tenants

The building served as the global headquarters for the original News Corporation, founded by Australian-born businessman Rupert Murdoch in 1980. It continues to serve as the headquarters for subsequent spin-offs Fox Corporation (2019–present) and the present-day News Corp (2013–present), and until 2019, 21st Century Fox (2013–2019). The building is well-known for housing the main Fox News studios, part of the Fox News Group which is currently owned by Fox Corp, as well as its streetside plaza, known as Fox Square. News Corp divisions housed located in the building include Dow Jones & Company, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. News Corp and Fox Corp renewed their leases for a combined 1.2 e6ft2 for 20 years in 2023, but Fox vacated one-fourth of that space in 2025.

Other companies unaffiliated with News Corp that lease office space in the building include Annaly Capital Management and Ropes & Gray LLP.

Studios

B - After the Bell, Fox Business Tonight, Making Money, and Varney & Co.
D - Gutfeld!
E - Bulls & Bears, Countdown to the Closing Bell, First Things First, Fox Report, and Journal Editorial Report
G - Cavuto Live, Mornings with Maria, and Your World with Neil Cavuto
J - America's Newsroom, America Reports, Fox & Friends First, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, and Hannity
M - The Five, Fox & Friends, Outnumbered, * Jesse Watters Primetime*, and The Story with Martha MacCallum
N - The Evening Edit
W - Fox Weather

References

"Emporis building ID 114547". [[Emporis]].
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"1211 Avenue of the Americas".
(1999). "Manhattan Skyscrapers". [[Princeton Architectural Press]].
Krinsky, Carol H.. (1978). "Rockefeller Center". Oxford University Press.
"1211 Avenue of the Americas". 42 floors.
(January 9, 2025). "RXR buys stake in Ivanhoe Cambridge's 1211 Sixth Ave, Fox News HQ".
(January 8, 2025). "RXR Takes 49% Stake in Ivanhoé Cambridge's 1211 Avenue of the Americas".
(October 7, 2025). "RXR Secures $1.45B Recapitalization for 1211 Avenue of Americas".
Russo, Anthony. (October 7, 2025). "RXR Strikes $1.5B Recap on Murdoch Office Building and Plans Building Improvements".
(November 6, 2025). "Renderings Revealed for Renovations to 1211 Avenue of The Americas in Midtown, Manhattan".
Williams, Trey. (January 13, 2023). "The Wall Street Journal’s parent company is ordering staff back to the office because ‘screens deny us the subtleties of body language’".
Hayes, Dade. (January 4, 2023). "Fox, News Corp. Sign 20-Year Lease Renewals At New York Headquarters Building, A Hopeful Sign For Return Of Midtown Manhattan Office Pulse".
(March 27, 2025). "Fox poised to vacate 330K sf at 1211 Sixth Ave".
Elstein, Aaron. (March 27, 2025). "Fox plans to vacate space at Midtown headquarters".
Hill, Michael P.. (August 13, 2018). "'Sunday Morning Futures' moves to Studio J".

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