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AI company Databricks doubling footprint at 5 Bryant Park

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Cuozzo, S. (2026, October 18). AI company Databricks doubling footprint at 5 Bryant Park. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/18/business/ai-company-databricks-doubling-footprint-at-5-bryant-park/

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Databricks, an AI company, is expanding its office space in 5 Bryant Park by doubling its area to 120,000 square feet across five floors. The expansion indicates plans to increase engineering and research staff. Tasso Argyros, Databricks’ vice-president of engineering, emphasized the company’s belief in New York City's potential for AI innovation due to its concentration of financial services, media, healthcare, and retail industries. He highlighted the city’s talent pool and attractiveness to new graduates who want to work on cutting-edge data and AI projects.

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Databricks, an AI and data company, is expanding its presence in Manhattan by doubling its footprint at 5 Bryant Park to 120,000 square feet across five floors. The firm plans to increase its engineering and research staff as part of this expansion. Tasso Argyros, Databricks’ vice-president of engineering in the city, stated that the company made a bet earlier this year on building world-class AI in Manhattan, which is now paying off due to the area's rich talent pool and industry presence. He highlighted New York’s role as a global nerve center for financial services, media, healthcare, and retail, emphasizing how these sectors shape real-world AI applications. Argyros noted that top graduates are increasingly choosing to build their careers in New York, attracted by opportunities at the forefront of data and AI without having to relocate elsewhere.

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🔮 He wrote that earlier this year Databricks “made a bet” that “world-class AI would be built in Manhattan.

2026-10-18 · assertive framing · AI company Databricks doubling footprint at 5 Bryant Park

🔮 The work is expected to wrap up in March.

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🔮 Marquee-name tenants have already been signed for about half of the building’s 930,000 square feet — insurance giant Starr and law firm McDermott Will & Schulte.

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🔮 It routinely calls out the policies of blue-state mayors in Chicago and Portland who brought ruin to their cities strewn with homeless drug addicts and street criminals.

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🔮 The complex would contain up to 2,300 apartments — estimated to cost around $1 billion and perhaps the city’s largest fully-entitled housing development site.

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · Bronx housing, retail site near planned new Metro-North station set to hit market

🔮 The repositioned tower will be re-

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · Third Avenue, Lexington seeing faster growth as prime corridors fill up

🔮 Meanwhile, even as demand shows no sign of letting up, no additional inventory will become available for years at such planned projects as Vornado and Ken Griffin’s 350 Park Ave., BXP’s 343 Madison Ave. and SL Green’s 346 Madison Ave.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · NYC doom loop? More like boom loop — as Manhattan office space fills up

🔮 JLL marketing materials cite 2,507 square feet although no one would confirm the number.

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🔮 No one involved at 1150 Sixth Ave. could immediately be reached.

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Data and AI company Databricks is doubling its footprint at Savanna’s 5 Bryant Park to 120,000 square feet across five floors. asserted

Databricks → double → floors

The firm plans to enlarge its engineering and research headcounts. asserted

firm → plan → headcounts

Details of the lease weren’t released. asserted

Details → release → lease

He wrote that earlier this year Databricks “made a bet” that “world-class AI would be built in Manhattan. asserted

AI → write → Manhattan

Today, that bet is paying off.” asserted

bet → pay → ?

Argyros expanded, “New York is the global nerve center for financial services, media, healthcare, and retail. asserted

York → expand → services

These companies are where AI gets shaped in the real world, and where the AI rubber meets the industry road.” asserted

rubber → shape → road

He also cited the city’s “talent-rich ecosystem,” noting, “We’ve seen firsthand that top new graduates increasingly want to build their careers here, and Databricks gives them the opportunity to work on problems at the frontier of data and AI without leaving the city.” asserted

Databricks → cite → city

AI company Databricks doubling footprint at 5 Bryant Park

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