712 Fifth Avenue is a 52-story Postmodern office tower at 56th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It stands 650 feet (200 meters) tall. Kohn Pedersen Fox and SLCE Architects designed it. The developer David S. Solomon began the project in 1983, and construction ran from 1987 to 1989 or 1990.
The base incorporates the landmarked façades of the Rizzoli and Coty Buildings. The tower itself uses white marble, gray limestone and green and black granite.
Henri Bendel occupied the base until 2018, and Harry Winston leased the former Bendel storefront in 2020. The building is now mainly offices and is managed by Paramount Group. The way the old façades meet the new tower is its best-known design feature.
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