This article was originally published in Commercial Observer.
When Tower Research Capital was looking for a new office to house its New York City headquarters, the global financial services company landed on the historic, Beaux-Arts building at 120 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
But the firm couldn’t just move into the Silverstein Properties-owned building, as the three floors across the top of the tower would need extensive renovations and restorations to accommodate the company’s needs.
So work began in March of 2024, and in February of 2025 Tower Research Capital moved its New York-based employees into an office space that combines modern elegance with historic ambiance.
“We were really trying to use inspiration from this beautiful, historic space and its existing architectural elements,” said Kimberly Cornell, senior associate and interior designer with Beyer Blinder Belle. “We use the year 1919 as kind of an inflection point. That was a moment in time we felt was bridging the historic Gilded Age-slash-Art Deco, and really embracing technology. And we wanted to use that as a springboard to infuse the design elements throughout the space.”