Park Avenue Tower is an iconic 36-story, 615,000 square foot office tower located in Midtown Manhattan’s Park Avenue Submarket, one of the highest office rental submarkets in the United States.
Tenants in the building include prestigious legal and financial firms attracted to the buildings Central Park Views and nearby collection of high end restaurants, retailers and hotels.
“We had previously installed Gunnebo SpeedStile’s at two of our New York City office properties. After acquiring Park Avenue Tower in 2008, we once again looked to Gunnebo to work closely with our project team on enhancing the security in the lobby of the building.
The new OptiStile 720 swing-gates met our architectural requirements by combining a modern, open, and glass pedestal design with a minimal product footprint allowing us to fit three lanes in each of our elevator banks. The new OptiStile 720 swing-gates have been an effective tool in controlling access and keeping unauthorized visitors out of the building,”says Richard H Coleman, Vice President of building owner Shorenstein Realty Services.
“Developing the new OptiStile 720 was a collaborative process between Gunnebo’s Engineering, Production, and Sales Teams as well as an advisory group of end users and design architects who had utilized our products in the past.
We set out to create a swing gate that struck a fine balance between modern aesthetics, reliable security, and flexibility in terms of both casework finishes and card reader integration.
This first installation at Park Avenue Tower is evidence of Gunnebo’s ability to create new products that satisfy market needs and has already lead to inquiry’s and quotation’s from nearby building owners who would also like to install the new OptiStile 720 system”, says Marc Bender, Northeast Regional Sales Manager for Gunnebo Entrance Control in the United States.