Blackstone Expands Monster Lease at 345 Park Avenue

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Blackstone (BX) has reportedly renewed and expanded its lease at Rudin Management’s 345 Park Avenue for a combined 489,495 square feet.

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345 Park Avenue.

The New York Post reported that the deal extends the global investment and advisory firm’s stay to at least 2027 and adds the 38,846-square-foot 27th floor, with additional expansion rights.

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Neil Goldmacher and Mark Weiss of Newmark (NMRK) Grubb Knight Frank represented the firm, but the brokers declined comment. Tom Keating represented Rudin Management in-house but he could not be reached.

The firm was founded in 1985 by Chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman and now-retired Senior Chairman Peter Peterson. The firm has more than 2,000 employees in 24 offices worldwide, but with a portfolio of companies that employ more than 600,000 people across the globe, according to the firm’s website.

The firm states it holds $272 billion in assets for public and corporate pension funds, academic, cultural and charitable organizations, with a range of funds that invest around the world in private equity, real estate, credit and hedge funds.

The 44-story 345 Park Avenue is a 634-foot tall building that occupies a full city block between Park, Lexington Avenues and 51st and 52nd Streets.