Food Company Headquarters in the United States - 800 Westchester Avenue, Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building, Us Bank Plaza (Paperback)

Chapters: 800 Westchester Avenue, Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building, Us Bank Plaza, Coca-Cola Headquarters, Holly Sugar Building. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 800 Westchester Avenue - Originally conceived in 1979 by the General Foods company as a symbol of the company's "aggressive consumer products packaging and marketing," it is known for its distinctive glass and white aluminum exterior, as well as its unusual layout of a grand staircase extending over the underground garage. Upon its opening in 1983, General Foods relocated its 2,000 headquarters staff from nearby White Plains. However, in 1985, General Food was acquired by Philip Morris, who proceeded to lay off most of the General Foods headquarters staff in 1987. Aerial viewAfter a series of subsequent mergers and restructurings, Altria, the successor to Philip Morris sold off the facility in 2004 to the RPW Group headed by Robert Weisz, moving the remaining 1,000 employees to other facilities in Westchester County. At a cost of 40 million dollars, this was the largest real estate transaction in Westchester county in 2004 and did not include the 70 million dollar cost of renovating and subdividing the building. The complex is noted for its extensive corporate amenities, and retains such features as a hair salon, barber shop, television studio, fitness center and conference facilities. These features were continued even after the sale and renovation of the complex as a value-added benefit to the significant number of new tenants who occupy spaces ranging from 1,500 to 120,000 square feet (11,000 m). Also on-site is the related 760 Westchester Avenue facility that has been converted into a disaster recovery/adjunct location. It is currently leased by CBLPath Inc for an a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=19286800