G.M. Building Won't Be G.M. Building Anymore, Maybe
November 2, 2009 | 11:40 a.m.
The G.M. Building is getting a new name. Or it might be, as Dana Rubinstein reports this morning.
A month after he announced that the beleaguered automaker would stay in its namesake building, Boston Properties chair Mort Zuckerman said last week that his company had recaptured the right to re-name the iconic building as part of the deal.
Mr. Zuckerman says he would prefer to have the deal "baked into" a lease agreement with one of the building's tenants--which include Apple, FAO Schwartz, and the white-shoe law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges--but he admits that might not be possible since the building is almost entirely full.
Perhaps Ford might be interested?
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G.M. buildings are...not g.m. buildings,
I sold Cadillacs in San Francisco.
Sitting on my chair, across from a stately edifice which had as its show piece the "Cadillac" emblem in three dimensional concrete, just above the entrance...and on the side of the building was a two story sign advertising the building for sale or rent from none other than the "Ford Motor Co financing".
That was 1991...I was selling Cadillacs... or not!
We had a new competitor in Lexus and frankly Cads were just not moving.
But I remember that building...it wasn't moving either.