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International Gem Tower Debuts, Welcomes First Office Tenant

NEW YORK CITY-Featuring an enviable security system, the Diamond District tower opens with “the pawn shop to the stars.”

By Rayna Katz | Updated on June 26, 2013

NEW YORK CITY-Just in time for this week’s opening of its sleek, highly-secure International Gem Tower, Extell Development Company Tuesday announced the building’s first office condominium owner, New York Loan Co. Described by Extell’s announcement as “one of the country’s most exclusive collateral lenders specializing in confidential pawn loans against gold, jewelry, diamonds, watches, fine art and entertainment memorabilia,” NY Loan will take up nearly 1,400 square feet of corner space on the building’s third floor, part of its retail podium level.

Located in the Diamond District, the very modern IGT features a high-tech security system that includes iris recognition scanners at the lobby turnstiles, the announcement states. Also among the building’s security measures, according to the Wall Street Journal, is tracking technology that notifies security if someone working in the building is in a spot where they don’t usually go, as well as 350 cameras scattered throughout the building. Visitors will have four finger prints taken at the front desk.

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