 While some groups such as the Municipal Art Society took no issue with the signage change, preservationists including architect Robert A. M. Stern condemned it as flaunting and ahistorical.Later in 2002, Tishman reportedly hired Lazard to market the building for $900 million, although a sale never took place.Two years later, Tishman Speyer obtained a $562.5 commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) senior loan from Lehman Brothers and UBS that was split into three different pari passu notes.