Bertelsmann Building, originally known as
1540 Broadway, is a 42-
story, 733 foot (223 m) office tower in
Times Square in
Manhattan,
New York City, standing at West 45th Street.
The building is the North American headquarters of
Bertelsmann.
Started in 1989 and finished in 1990, the tower is one of the few in Times Square to contain
class A office space.
It contains the world's largest music store, a
Virgin Megastore. Also found in the tower is
Planet Hollywood's first Official All Star Café.
In the 1990s the Bertelsmann subsidiary of
Random House looked to build a skyscraper across 45th Street from its parent and be connected to it via a neon-lighted bridge across 45th Street connecting them. When the deal fell through it built the
Random House Tower 10 blocks uptown.
