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Tiffany selects 37 Wall Street for its first store in NY City

24 Jun '06

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Michael J. Kowalski, Chairman and CEO of Tiffany & Coand Orin Wilf, Chairman of Skyline Developers LLC, jointly announced plans for Tiffany & Co to open a store at 37 Wall Street in fall 2007.

The store, which will be the building's exclusive retailer, will encompass approximately 7,600 gross square feet of the building's ground floor and mezzanine. Currently, the landmark building is undergoing extensive preservation and restoration by Mr. Wilf's company.

"Tiffany's first store opened on Lower Broadway in 1837 and was followed by ever grander emporiums farther uptown" said Beth O. Canavan, executive vice president of Tiffany & Co. "Opening a store near our original location takes us back to our roots in New York. We've found the perfect site in a historic building whose style and grace is being restored as part of Lower Manhattan's dynamic redevelopment, which Tiffany & Co. is very pleased to support with a major presence in the area."

Wilf has restored the original facade of 37 Wall Street, the 25-story, Beaux Arts-style building designed between 1906 and 1907 by architect Francis Kimball as the Trust Company of America. The building is a significant example of early skyscrapers in Manhattan, and is one of the oldest remaining high-rises on Wall Street.

With this historically accurate and detailed restoration, the timeless elegance of 37 Wall Street returns as the ideal setting for a Tiffany store and the jeweler's renowned collections that reflect the growing spirit and vibrancy of a renewed downtown community.

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