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project · September 1, 2026

General Atlantic anchors Foster + Partners and Gensler’s 625 Madison Avenue tower

A 150,000-square-foot headquarters commitment gives Related’s speculative Midtown tower a major anchor and materially advances one of the Plaza District’s few ground-up office developments. The story offers a useful test of demand for premium post-pandemic workplaces.

General Atlantic anchors Foster + Partners and Gensler’s 625 Madison Avenue tower

625 Madison Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

About this story

General Atlantic will relocate its global headquarters and more than 330 New York professionals to five floors of Related Companies’ 625 Madison Avenue. The tenant describes the headquarters as a collaborative environment for its staff, entrepreneurs, investors and advisors. The tower is designed by Foster + Partners and Gensler and is presented as the Plaza District’s first new premier ground-up office building in decades.

Status and timeline

The 53-story Class AA office tower is under construction and expected to open in 2029. General Atlantic has signed a long-term lease for five floors totaling more than 150,000 square feet.

Design highlights

The announcement foregrounds a headquarters conceived as a network-building workplace within a new premium office tower; detailed interior-design credits and plans were not publicly identified in the announcement.

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