Tommy Hilfiger Changes Manhattan Base with 200 KSF Lease
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New York—Tommy Hilfiger, the global luxury apparel business owned by PVH Corp., is the latest company to lease space in RFR Realty’s newly repositioned 285 Madison Ave. in midtown Manhattan.
Tommy Hilfiger, which designs and manufactures high-end apparel for men, women and children, as well as a range of other licensed products including footwear, accessories and home furnishings, has taken 200,000 square feet in the 26-story, 510,000-square-foot office tower on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 40th Street. The fashion company will occupy nine floors—all of seven floors and parts of two others—in the 1920s-era building that has undergone a $65 million gut renovation and design upgrade. Tommy Hilfiger is moving from the Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 W. 26th St. in West Chelsea, where it has been since 2004…