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1928<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 6, 1928, John D. Rockefeller Jr. incorporates the Metropolitan Square Corporation (today Rockefeller Group).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1932<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction workers raise a Christmas tree, starting what would become a famous annual tradition in Rockefeller Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1955<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last building in the original Rockefeller Center complex is completed, four years prior to its expansion across Avenue of the Americas. It receives universal acclaim as a masterpiece of uplifting urban design.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1959<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Time & Life Building is completed, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, the first of five additions to Rockefeller Center to the west side of Sixth Avenue between 1959 and 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1973<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group completes three more towers on the west side of Avenue of the Americas, nearly doubling the size of the original Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1978<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group expands to New Jersey to begin development of the International Trade Center, a 7-million-square-foot business park and pioneering foreign trade zone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Rockefeller Group Development Corp. is formed, expanding the company\u2019s development business beyond New York City to projects in New Jersey, Detroit, Phoenix and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1990<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. (MITEY) acquires a majority interest in Rockefeller Group, the start of a long-term partnership that has grown and endured for more than three decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development of 745 Seventh Avenue completes Rockefeller Center, with more than 21 interconnected buildings totaling approximately 20 million square feet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company sells its controlling stake in global brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield to Italy\u2019s IFIL S.p.A., the investment arm of the Agnelli family. Rockefeller Group acquired C&W from RCA in 1976, and helped take it global.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs selects Rockefeller Group to build an 84,000-square-foot medical office building in San Diego, Calif.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group and Liv Communities form a joint venture to develop luxury multifamily rental communities in the rapidly growing Phoenix market, with more than 1,800 units developed to date.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group completes the BASF Building at The Green at Florham Park, the company\u2019s premier mixed-use development in New Jersey. The building achieves LEED Platinum certification for core and shell, and interiors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group begins the renovation of 1221 Avenue of the Americas, with its lobby and side-street plazas designed by MdeAS Architects. The removal of non-structural steel enables more natural light, and commissioned murals by Mark Bradford become a focal point.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A joint venture of Rockefeller Group and Stiles completes the development and sale of Amaray Las Olas, a 30-story luxury apartment tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale, reshaping the skyline and introducing an amenity-rich lifestyle just one block from Las Olas Boulevard.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group expands to the Mid-Atlantic, opening its first office in Washington, D.C., following successful completed investments downtown and a 2017 joint venture with The Meridian Group to co-develop Boro Tower in Tysons, Va.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group Logistics Center in Piscataway, N.J., opens with only the second WELL-certified U.S. industrial building and the first in the world to achieve LEED Platinum and WELL Building certifications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group substantially completes a $600 million redevelopment of 1271 Avenue of the Americas. Designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the redevelopment dramatically improves views and light with a new glass curtain wall and restoration of the landmarked lobby.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rockefeller Group opens Rose Hill, its first luxury residential tower in Manhattan. 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