800 Westchester Avenue

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building_name = 800 Westchester Avenue
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caption = Lake view
former_names = General Foods Corporate Headquarterscite web |url= http://www.800westchester.com/home.asp |title= 800 Westchester Avenue |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|publisher= RPW Group]
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building_type = Corporate Offices
architectural_style = Postmodern
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location = Rye Brook, New York
address = 800 Westchester Avenue
Rye Brook, NY 10573
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owner = RPW Groupcite web |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_11_51/ai_n6338958 |title= 800 Westchester Ave is bought in county's largest deal |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|date= 10/27/2004 |work= Real Estate Weekly |publisher= Hagedorn]
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coordinates = coord|41.0066|N|73.6906|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=it
start_date = 1979cite web |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A14FF3A5D12728DDDA10894DA405B898BF1D3 |title= General Foods Moving To Rye, but Retaining White Plains Building |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Feron |first= James |date= 02/08/1979 |publisher= The New York Times]
completion_date = 1983
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floor_count = 7 (8 including 1,125 space underground parking facility)
floor_area = 560,000cite web |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/09/business/09real.html?pagewanted=print&position=|title= For a Huge Corporate Palace, Division Means Success|accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Brenner |first= Else |date= 02/09/2005 |publisher= The New York Times]
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architect = Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, LLCcite web |url= http://www.jackcurtisassociates.com/jca/GF.htm |title= General Foods Corporate Headquarters |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|date= 2007|publisher= Jack Curtis & Associates] cite web |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03E0D61031F935A2575AC0A96E958260 |title= Commercial Real Estate; General Foods' Old Office Is Repackaged for Multiple Tenants |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Dunlap |first= David |date= 09/16/1998 |publisher= The New York Times]
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The 800 Westchester Avenue complex, built as as the General Foods Corporate Headquarters [cite web |url= http://www.irish-architecture.com/architects_ireland/kevin_roche/generalfoods.html |title= Architects of Ireland - Kevin Roche (Born 1922) |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|date= 2008 |publisher= Archiseek] cite web |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7DA103CF933A15756C0A966958260 |title= IN THE NATION;Corporations Demand Flexibility in New Offices |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Lueck |first= Thomas. |date= 05/20/1990 |publisher= The New York Times] and designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, LLC, is a postmodern Class A office building located in Rye Brook, New York.cite web |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E0D71039F936A15752C0A9629C8B63 |title= In the Region/Westchester; As the Office Market Stirs, a Major Departure |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Brenner |first= Else |date= 01/25/2004 |publisher= The New York Times] Described as an "aluminum business palace" and an "Aztec temple", it was notable for being the subject of the largest real estate transaction of 2004.cite web |url= http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/21/69997/index.htm |title= GOODBYE, CORPORATE STAFF All kinds of companies are saving money and increasing efficiency by clearing out the crowd at headquarters. Watch out, lawyers, futurists, and other deep thinkers |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Moore |first= Thomas |date= 12/21/1987 |publisher= Time Warner]

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History

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 .cite web |url= http://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu:9216/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mfh&AN=21333075&site=ehost-live |title= Developers Find Big Opportunity in Small Space Users |accessmonthday= 9-12|accessyear= 2008|last= Weisz |first= Robert |date= 06/19/2006 |work= Westchester County Business Journal |publisher= Westfair Business Publications] 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.

Facilities

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. Also on-site is the related 760 Westchester Avenue facility that has been converted into a disaster recovery/adjunct location.

Currently, it is owned by the RPW Group and managed by Cushman and Wakefield.

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