Alexander's

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Alexander's, Inc. is a New York City-based real estate investment trust that owns seven properties in the New York metropolitan area. Founded as a department store chain by George Farkas and Louis Schwadron in 1928, it is controlled in 2026 by Vornado Realty Trust. Alexander's included 16 stores at its peak in 1981 before it filed for bankruptcy in 1992. Six of Alexander's 11 stores (at the time of the 1992 bankruptcy) were located in buildings owned by the company. Locations included a store that occupied the entire block between East 58th and 59th streets and Lexington and Third Avenues in Manhattan (now the location of 731 Lexington Avenue), a store in The Mall at the World Trade Center, an anchoring store in the bustling shopping district of Fordham Road in The Bronx, and a store in Paramus, New Jersey that featured one of the largest murals in the world. Among the trust's current properties is 731 Lexington Avenue, the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P.

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