real estate founded 1978 founder jerry speyer and robert tishman headquarters 45 rockefeller plaza new york city united states area served international london madrid milan new york city sao paulo key people robert tishman 1916 2010 chairman jerry speyer ceo rob speyer president head of new york katherine g. farley smd emerging markets michael spies smd europe india services land development property management fund management number of employees 1 600 website www.tishmanspeyer.com tishman speyer properties is an american worldwide real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners robert tishman and jerry speyer . contents 1 overview 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links overview edit tishman speyer is a real estate owner developer and operator managing a portfolio of assets since its inception of more than 93 000 000 square feet 8 600 000 m2 in major metropolitan areas across the united states europe latin america and asia . 1 the firm was founded in 1978 by robert v. tishman and jerry i. speyer entering the european market ten years later 2 and moving into latin america in 1995 . the company expanded into china in 2006 . 3 tishman speyer s properties include such well known icons as new york city s chrysler building 4 rockefeller center 5 and cityspire center . 6 7 internationally tishman owns s o paulo s north tower . 8 they previously owned london s millbank tower and are currently the property manager of the building . 9 tishman speyer s notable transactions include the sale of 666 fifth avenue for us 1.8 billion the biggest single building deal in the history of the u.s. 10 and purchase of the metlife building for 1.72 billion which was the previous record . 11 in 2012 nike leased over 54 000 square feet from tishman speyer s 2.5 billion mixed use project in shanghai china . 12 13 the company is a member of rebny . 14 awards edit 2004 henry c. turner prize for innovation in construction technology from the national building museum 15 see also edit tishman realty & construction references edit our global properties . tishman speyer . retrieved 28 october 2014 . firm history . tishman speyer . retrieved 28 october 2014 . circiog gabriel . tishman speyer and shanghai lujiazui group to build 3m sf mixed use development in shanghai . retrieved 28 october 2014 . bagli charles . abu dhabi buys 90 % stake in chrysler building . retrieved 28 october 2014 . tishman speyer executive team . retrieved 28 october 2014 . heschmeyer mark . tishman speyer taking over 16 u.s. office bldgs . . retrieved 28 october 2014 . cityspire . retrieved 28 october 2014 . torre norte . retrieved 28 october 2014 . davey jenny . reuben brothers poised to buy millbank tower . retrieved 28 october 2014 . 666 fifth avenue deal closes . new york observer . retrieved 28 october 2014 . fairley juliette . building sales to double 2004 record . retrieved 28 october 2014 . nike leases 54k sqm in tishman springs project in shanghai . retrieved 28 october 2014 . gerrity michael . nike to develop new 600 000 square foot china headquarters campus in shanghai . retrieved 28 october 2014 . http www.rebny.com content rebny en directory member firms.html turner prize . retrieved 28 october 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to tishman speyer . official site megadeal inside a real estate coup a december 31 2006 new york times article analyzing the purchase of stuyvesant town and peter cooper village in manhattan . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tishman speyer & oldid 744275126 categories real estate companies of the united statesprivately held companies in the united statesrockefeller centercompanies based in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitalianot rk e edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 06 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view