The man who jumped to his death from the 18th floor of a ritzy 57-story building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood Friday has been identified as a Bed Bath & Beyond executive.
Gustavo Arnal, 52, was identified as the jumper at the 56 Leonard Street building – where apartments go for up to $50million – on Friday afternoon, according to the New York Post.
Arnal was the Chief Financial Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond, a company that has been going through struggles of late, forcing the company to announce plans to close 150 stores of its roughly 900 and lay off 20 percent of corporate and supply chain staff.
He reportedly sold over 42,000 shares in the company, oft-identified as a ‘meme stock’, for $1million just over two weeks ago, according to MarketBeat.com.
At the time, he still owned 267,896 shares in the company, valued at just under $6.5million.
Calls regarding the jump at 56 Leonard Street near Church Street came in at around 12:30pm, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.
The building, located at 56 Leonard Street in the fashionable Tribeca district, is topped with an impossible-looking jumble of misaligned floors that make it look like a teetering Jenga tower.
The penthouse apartment in the building went for $50million.
The city’s EMS officials responded to the incident and were seen carrying the man’s body off in a black bodybag.
Gustavo Arnal, 52, was identified as the jumper at the 56 Leonard Street building – where apartments go for up to $50million – on Friday afternoon
Arnal was the Chief Financial Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond, a company that has been going through struggles of late
A 52-year-old man jumped to his death from the 18th floor of a 57-story building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood Friday
Calls regarding the jump at 56 Leonard Street near Church Street came in at around 12:30pm, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD
The city’s EMS officials responded to the building, which was constructed in the late 2010s and has a unique ‘Jenga’-style design, at around 12:30pm
The city’s EMS officials responded to the incident and were seen carrying the man’s body off in a black bodybag
The man, who has yet to be identified or named, was pronounced dead before leaving the scene
A second person, also unidentified, was hospitalized with minor injuries, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY. Their condition is unknown
The man, who has yet to be identified or named, was pronounced dead before leaving the scene.
A second person, also unidentified, was hospitalized with minor injuries, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY.
A woman was seen looking distraught and crying near the building before eventually entering the ambulance.
The FDNY spokesperson could not confirm the age or gender of the person hospitalized.
The website for the structure lists such amenities as a library lounge, an indoor/outdoor theater, an estuary with a 75-foot pool, a landscaped outdoor sundeck and hot tub, a fitness center, yoga studio, steam room, sauna and a private dining room.
The building, located at 56 Leonard Street in the fashionable Tribeca district, is topped with an impossible-looking jumble of misaligned floors that make it look like a teetering Jenga tower
The website for the structure lists such amenities as a library lounge, an indoor/outdoor theater, an estuary with a 75-foot pool, a landscaped outdoor sundeck and hot tub, a fitness center, yoga studio, steam room, sauna and a private dining room
The swanky estate is the home to the mega-rich and celebrities such as Frank Ocean
The swanky estate is the home to the mega-rich and celebrities such as Frank Ocean, according to the New York Post.
Developed by Alexico Group, 56 Leonard is the first skyscraper designed by international architects Herzog & de Meuron.
It took a whopping 33 months to build – and each step was recorded by webcam company EarthCam then compiled into this incredible video.