NEW YORK – RXR, a leading commercial property owner and developer in the New York City area, has retained Commercial Window Shield for a security window film removal project.
The project, in the heart of Manhattan at 5 Times Sq., involves removing the security film, also known as fragment retention window film, from all of the 5th floor windows and a number of windows on the 34th floor.
The iconic building formerly was world headquarters for Ernst & Young, which occupied all 40 floors. In 2004, Commercial Window Shield installed 8-mil security window film with a wet glaze attachment system on the building’s 4,500 windows.
RXR is renovating office space in the building once a new tenant signs a lease. Part of the renovation includes the removal of the security window film, which is shatter resistant.
Commercial Window Shield installers began the film removal process on June 9 and will complete the project on schedule on June 11. The window film removal project was coordinated with other contractors working on the renovation for RXR.
Commercial Window Shield is one of the country’s leading installers of security, solar control, privacy/decorative, switchable smart, radio frequency [RF] and anti-bird strike window films.
Commercial Window Shield clients have included the U.S. Capitol, FBI headquarters, the Pentagon, all House of Representative and Library of Congress buildings, Grand Central Terminal, Merrill Lynch headquarters, the United Nations, the Willis [former Sears] Tower, O’Hare and Seattle international airports, and the Philadelphia and Denver mints.
