Real estate execs still in on Park Ave. project to be anchored by Ken Griffin’s Citadel

Nypost · May 10, 2026 · 250 words · By Steve Cuozzo

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project to be anchored by Ken Griffin’s Citadel Vornado executive vice-president Glen Weiss told a Real Deal forum last week, “You should assume we’re in” — meaning his company’s planned 350 Park Ave.

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skyscraper to be anchored by Ken Griffin’s Citadel companies.

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“We’ve started demolition and we’re ready to roll,” Weiss said, adding that media coverage suggesting otherwise was “not accurate.” But of course the big question remains: Is GRIFFIN still in following Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vicious video attack of him?

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/business/real-estate-execs-still-in-on-park-ave-pr…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Griffin... said previously his commitment to the project was “under review” by himself and his partners.”

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While evidence confirms Griffin's involvement and the project's existence, none of the provided search results explicitly contain the quote or statement that his commitment was 'under review'.

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Claim 2: “He [Siegel] later told Realty Check he regarded Mamdani as “dangerous” to the city.”

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While evidence confirms Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of NYC and that Steve Roth called him 'dangerous', there is no specific evidence in the provided text that Stephen B. Siegel told Realty Check he regarded Mamdani as 'dangerous'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Stephen Colbert's extended, uncut interview with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, two of the leadin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNKD_6ow-g

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web search NEUTRAL — Big Apple real estate tycoon Steve Roth compared Mayor Zohran Mamdani's "tax the rich" rallying cry to racial slurs -- as he ripped the socialist's vendetta against the ultra-rich as “irresponsible an…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/new-york-city-real-est…

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Claim 3: “Griffin, a partner with Vornado and the Rudin organization at the site”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that 350 Park Avenue is developed by Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin Management, and that Citadel LLC has committed to the project.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 350 Park Avenue is a planned supertall office tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin Management. Citadel LLC, and an a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350_Park_Avenue

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web search NEUTRAL — Look up kén, kěn, kèn, or -ken in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken

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web search NEUTRAL — Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers in partic…
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Claim 4: “CBRE global brokerage chief Stephen B. Siegel, who was on the Real Deal panel”

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Multiple independent web search results identify Stephen B. Siegel as the Global Brokerage Chair/Chief of CBRE.

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web search NEUTRAL — Stephen Siegel. CBRE, Global Brokerage Chair 200 Park Avenue, Floors 19-22, New York, NY, (212) 984-8100. Stephen Barry Siegel is the global brokerage chair of CB Richard Ellis.
https://therealdeal.com/new-research/topics/people/stephen-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Stephen B. Siegel is the Chairman of Global Brokerage at CB Richard Ellis NYSE: CBG (known as CBRE), the world's largest commercial real estate services company. He has also been President of Insi…
https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stephen-b-siegels-estat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Stephen B. Siegel, chairman of global brokerage for CBRE, the world’s largest real estate firm, describes his audacious journey from his childhood in the Bronx through six decades in the business, neg…
https://posthillpress.com/book/from-the-bronx-to-the-boardro…

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Claim 5: ““He was already planning” to enlarge the Florida office footprint before Mamdani went on the attack, Siegel said.”

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Multiple sources (Bloomberg, Global Market News) report that Ken Griffin plans to 'double down' or enlarge his Miami footprint in response to Mayor Zohran Mamdani's tax policies/attacks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ken Griffin said he plans to make Citadel’s Miami tower even bigger after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani name-checked the billionaire in his pledge to charge more taxes on second homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-05/griffin-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of Citadel, said he now plans to ‘double down’ on Miami over New York after Mamdani singled him out while promoting a tax raid on luxury second homes worth more th…
https://www.dailymail.com/yourmoney/article-15796339/ken-gri…

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web search NEUTRAL — Why Zohran Mamdani Picked a Fight With Ken Griffin. Yesterday. By Ross Barkan.CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin was asked at the Milken Institute Global Conference about his response to New York Mayor Zohran…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 6: ““We’ve started demolition and we’re ready to roll,” Weiss said”

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The quote 'We’ve started demolition and we’re ready to roll' is explicitly attributed to Weiss in web search results, and the Motley Fool earnings call transcript also confirms demolition has started.

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Claim 7: “Vornado executive vice-president Glen Weiss told a Real Deal forum last week, “You should assume we’re in” — meaning his company’s planned 350 Park Ave. skyscraper to be anchored by Ken Griffin’s Citadel companies.”

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Multiple web search results confirm Glen Weiss's comments at The Real Deal's annual forum, specifically his commitment to the 350 Park project anchored by Citadel.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One Worldwide Plaza is an office skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), One Worldwide Plaza is 778 f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vornado’s co-head of real estate Glen Weiss supported his boss’s comments at The Real Deal’s annual forum in NYC on Wednesday, while doubling down on the firm’s commitment to 350 Park.
https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/05/06/vornado-exec-say…

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Claim 8: “If Griffin were to pull out, it might prompt Vornado to leave, too — as it has the right to do in mid-July, as the real estate trust revealed in many previous public SEC filings.”

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The Motley Fool earnings call transcript specifically mentions that Vornado must decide by mid-July whether to participate in the joint venture anchored by Citadel.

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web search NEUTRAL — Vornado executive vice-president Glen Weiss says his company is still in for the planned 350 Park Ave. skyscraper to be anchored by Ken Griffin's Citadel companies.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/business/real-estate-execs-sti…

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web search NEUTRAL — 350 Park Avenue Development -- Demolition has started; Vornado must decide by mid-July whether to participate in a joint venture anchored by Citadel, with Citadel required as the anchor tenant for ...
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2026/05/05/vo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Citadel's Ken Griffin decided to take a 60 percent stake in the joint venture that will transform 350 Park Avenue, giving Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin Management a flexible equity position.
https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/02/10/citadel-takes-st…

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