Positioned along Hospital Row, the approximately 500k SF, Class A asset is acquired by Weill Cornell Medicine to expand its main campus on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
News release
08 October 2025
JLL advises Weill Cornell Medicine on acquisition of Manhattan’s 1334 York Avenue
NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2025– JLL’s Capital Markets group announced today that it has successfully advised Weill Cornell Medicine on the acquisition of 1334 York Avenue, an approximately 500,000-square-foot, Class A commercial building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Originally built in 1925 and most recently renovated in 2019, 1334 York Avenue consists of ten stories of office and life sciences/healthcare space. 1334 York Avenue occupies an entire city block between 71st and 72nd Streets along Hospital Row in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
1334 York Avenue is a critical location for Weill Cornell Medicine’s continued growth within its Upper East Side campus, proximate to the Sandra and Edward Meyer Research and Education Building at 1300 York Avenue. Other essential locations at WCM’s main campus on the Upper East Side include the Weill Greenberg Center at 1305 York Avenue, Belfer Research Building at 413 East 69th Street, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center at 525 East 68th Street. The immediate neighborhood is also home to a distinguished network of medical institutions, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, The Rockefeller University, and NewYork-Presbyterian.
For over 125 years, Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City has been a community of world-class physicians, researchers and educators coming together to care, to discover, and to teach. Since 1898, WCM’s doctors and scientists have been engaged in world-class clinical care and cutting-edge research that connects patients to the latest treatment innovations and prevention strategies.
The JLL team was led by David Giancola, Geoff Goldstein, Steven Klein, David Carlos and Joe Messina.
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