Office parks · New York

330 West 42nd Street

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtNew York City, NY

575k sq ft office building retrofitted to housing (upper floors converted 2023), large scale with housing market alignment. · summary, model-written

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Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 26 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -21% census-cbp · all sites with this

County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year

This site: 4,463 units, New York County census-bps · all sites with this

County typical rent $2,000+

This site: $4,779/mo zillow · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -0.3% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …upper stories were converted into apartments starting in 2023 record · all sites with this

New use

Housing

This site: …upper stories were converted into apartments starting in 2023 newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtWikipedia no source
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	housingWikipedia no source
What is there now	upper stories were converted into apartments starting in 2023newtypes-extraction reported
Developer	Deco Towersnewtypes-extraction

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History and original facts

Gross leasable area	575,000 sq ftnewtypes-extraction reported
Anchors	McGraw-Hill Companies
County	New York County
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The 33-story McGraw-Hill Building, originally an office headquarters from 1931, was redeveloped into housing with upper-story conversions to apartments starting in 2023.

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Planning

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Before and after

Before: the mall

Architect	Raymond Hood and J. André Fouilhouxquote

After: the retrofit

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Site context

Housing permits, New York County (NY), 2024	4,463 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 0 single-family; 2023: 3,018 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	26 within 10 km, 41 within 25 km: 5 Times Square (0.5 km); 100 West 33rd Street (1.0 km); Gilsey House (1.3 km); Getty Oil gas station (1.4 km); CBS Studio Building (1.5 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	123,585 jobs in 9,169 establishments; average annual pay $79,593; employment location quotient 0.50; employment +1.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	15,610 jobs; 310 in retail trade, 1,013 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 36061011500)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 43rd income percentile as adults; 6.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (127 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 18.5%; median family income $151,053; 113 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	New York City Department Of Education (PK-12); 27 public schools within 1 mile: HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; UNITY CENTER FOR URBAN TECHNOLOGIES; SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL; JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS HIGH SCHOOLNCES EDGE
Elevation	37 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	45 county-logged events: 20 flash flood, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning; $114,073,500 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 10036, 2026-09	median list price $1,150,000 (+5.8% on the year); 107 active listings; median 98 days on market; 8% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	9,268 establishments (-21%); 115,257 jobs (-21%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $1.2M (+3% 1 yr, -10% 5 yr); typical rent $4,779/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	13,812 vehicles a day on SLIP RAMP FROM 9TH AVE TO NY 495; 1,067 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Upper stories converted to apartments starting 2023. Current status: built.

Why. 575,000 sq ft GLA (large site), median rent $2,132 noted, housing confirmed as new use. Nearby context: 0.5km from proposed 5 Times Square.

Where it stands. Housing conversion underway. Zillow ZORI (rent) up 5.7% YoY in county. Peer comparisons show similar GLA and redevelopment strategy.

For a planner

575k sq ft GLA confirmed
housing conversion in progress (2023)
ZORI growth aligns with new use

For a developer

575k sq ft GLA large enough for housing
median rent $2,132 noted (no source specified)
no vacancy rate or occupancy data provided

What we do not know yet

exact housing conversion scale unknown (only 'upper stories' noted)
no current occupancy or rent data beyond median
no cost or timeline for conversion provided

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
575,000 sq ft GLA (large site)
median rent $2,132
housing in the record

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Background

330 West 42nd Street (also known as the McGraw-Hill Building and formerly as the GHI Building) is a 485-foot-tall (148 m), 33-story skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Raymond Hood and J. André Fouilhoux in a mixture of the International Style, Art Deco, and Art Moderne styles, the building was constructed from 1930 to 1931 and originally served as the headquarters of the McGraw-Hill Companies. The building's massing, or shape, consists of numerous setbacks facing 41st and 42nd streets; these were included to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution.

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330 West 42nd Street · CC BY-SA 4.0
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330 West 42nd Street

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "330 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY." Record n-325c2e5dfe, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/new-york-city-330-west-42nd-street/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_newyorkcity330west42ndstreet,
  title = {330 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ny/new-york-city-330-west-42nd-street/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-325c2e5dfe, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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