Series 8. Uris Buildings Corporation, 1953-1989, undated
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The series contains limited information about the publicly held corporation and its real estate holdings. Included are the corporate records, financial records, correspondence, and other papers regarding the formation and operations of the firm. There are also records for the individual buildings constructed and owned by the Uris Buildings Corporation. These records consist primarily of leases, publicity materials, photographs, tenant correspondence, and financial reports.
- Biographical / historical:
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According to the corporate records, Uris Buildings Corporation was organized on March 7, 1960 for the purpose of acquiring from Percy Uris, Harold D. Uris, and their associates all the outstanding capital stock of nine corporations. These corporations either owned completed office buildings, were constructing office buildings, or owned land upon which office buildings were being built. The Uris brothers retained private ownership of the corporations operating four buildings: 380 Madison Avenue, 300 Park Avenue, 485 Lexington Avenue, and 750 Third Avenue. The certificate of incorporation of Uris Brothers Corporation was filed March 7, 1960 at the Department of State of the State of New York and the firm's by-laws were adopted on March 11, 1960. Quoting an annual report, Architectural Forum noted that the corporation's main objective was the "creation of equities by the construction of efficient and desirable buildings in prime locations" [Architectural Forum 7/1962]. Uris Buildings Corporation continued to grow throughout the 1960s and by the end of the decade was a prominent, public owned investment builder. In 1973, Harold Uris sold the family's interest to National Kinney Corporation. As a result of the subsequent declining real estate market, the package of eight Uris properties was sold to Olympia & York Developments, Ltd. in 1977.
- Physical description:
- About 2,500 items (3.5 linear feet)
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Arrangement is arranged by type
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Access and use
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