Thursday, May 16, 2019

Report: Microsoft signs lease for gas-station replacing office building on Lafayette and Houston


[EVG photo from April]

Microsoft has reportedly signed a lease for most of the available space at 300 Lafayette, the incoming 7-floor office building at East Houston — the former site of a BP station (and Gaseteria before that) and the Irish pub Puck Fair.

In total, the building has 30,000 square feet of retail and 53,000 square feet of office space. According to the Post, Microsoft signed a lease for nearly 70,000 square feet. No official word on what Microsoft plans to do with all the space. Last fall, Crain's reported that they were planning a retail presence here.

The building has a terracotta façade; the office floors boast private terraces and floor-to-ceiling windows. Microsoft apparently liked the Windows here.

Developed by Related and LargaVista Companies, the lobby is apparently paying homage to the property's gas-station past, as seen in this rendering...


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4 comments:

  1. noble neolaniMay 16, 2019 at 3:08 PM

    So glad we got rid of the Amazon invasion but we are still doomed by other tech assholes grabbing our neighborhood block by block.

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  2. AnonymousMay 17, 2019 at 2:13 AM

    Yea what a great idea that was. We really showed them 😒

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  3. AnonymousMay 17, 2019 at 9:35 AM

    No, really. Let's not get too snarly. This take over is nowhere near the unset Amazon would have caused. And, do realize, they pay no income tax (though probably MS doesnt either), unlike us schlubs.

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  4. BrianMay 17, 2019 at 4:23 PM

    The Windows! Ha

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