Tenants
Brooks Brothers and the National Basketball Association store became the initial ground-floor tenants. Brooks Brothers moved out in 2009. Hickey Freeman moved out in May 2009. The new Hollister Co. Epic New York flagship moved in in 2010, and Uniqlo occupies 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2) on the ground, second, and third floors. The Hollister flagship opened in the later part of 2010 and features a live video feed from Huntington Beach, California displayed on 179 flat-screen TVs outside the store along with wave pools. Polished gray columns were placed in the lobby near the elevators and changes were made to the subway entrance at the base of the building; the building is directly above the Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street station, which is served by the E M trains. The NBA Store closed in February 2011. The building has also become an attractive location for law firms, hosting the New York offices of Vinson & Elkins, Phillips Nizer, Fulbright & Jaworski, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. It also houses the hedge fund Atlantic Investment Management, the private equity firm AEA Investors and the retailer Henri Bendel. In addition, the real estate developer Rockrose also moved in in mid-2009. In Klaus Nomi's self-titled 1981 record, 666 Fifth Avenue Room 2220 is listed as the contact address in the liner notes.
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