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Bloomberg Tower is a 1400000 sqft glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P., retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower is the 15th tallest building in New York City and the 46th tallest in the United States. It stands at 55 stories tall, reaching 2644 ft.

Located at 731 Lexington Avenue, the building occupies the same block where Alexander's department store once stood. It opened in 2004.

Construction and design
Construction on Bloomberg Tower began in 2001, three years after the vacant Alexander's department store was demolished. The building was developed by Vornado Realty Trust and César Pelli & Associates served as the design architect.

The building comprises a full city block between Lexington and Third avenues and 58th and 59th streets. The complex features two towers constructed above a steel office and retail section, separated by a seven-story atrium. The design of the courtyard at One Beacon Court, which connects 58th and 59th streets, was inspired by other historic New York enclosures, like Grand Central Station, the reading room of the New York Public Library and the skating rink at Rockefeller Center. Glass walls curve around the perimeter of the courtyard, tilting slightly inward as they rise.

Tenants
Bloomberg L.P., seeking to consolidate its operations into one space, negotiated a deal with Vornado Realty Trust to lease 700000 sqft of office space at the base of the tower, even though One Beacon Court was originally intended to be a residential building. As part of the deal, Bloomberg was able to design the office to suit the company's needs, which included space for rows of uniform desks for approximately 4,000 employees and a large central atrium known as the Link that overlooks the courtyard. Paul Goldberger in the Aug. 6, 2007 issue of New Yorker magazine, lauded the Bloomberg offices as "a newsroom truly designed for the electronic age ... a dazzling work environment tucked inside a refined but conventional skyscraper." By 2011, Bloomberg L.P. added another 200000 sqft of office space at 731 Lexington Avenue and announced plans to expand to an additional 400000 sqft in the former Philip Morris building at 120 Park Avenue.

Primary retail tenants include the first large national chains to open stores in the neighborhood, namely The Home Depot, H&M and The Container Store. The tower is also home to Sirio Maccioni's Le Cirque restaurant which moved from The New York Palace Hotel in 2006.