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St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Leases Space for UWS Outpatient Facility

St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital signed a 15-year, 12,500-square-foot lease at the Starrett Development-owned 733 Amsterdam Avenue. A source informed The Commercial Observer that the hospital paid in the high $50s per square foot for the space.

Starrett will build a two-story annex, separate from the rest of the largely residential building, said hospital spokesperson, Jim Mandler. The hospital will take the second Read More

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Jeff Rosenblatt

CUNY Inks 70,000 Square Foot Deal

The CUNY School of Professional Studies has signed a nearly 70,000-square-foot lease at 116 West 32nd Street.

The space will be used as classrooms and executive offices for the SPS, which offers a number of undergraduate and masters degree programs and continuing studies courses. Read More

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EXCLUSIVE: 5 Columbus Circle Snags 2

Two tenants have signed leases at 5 Columbus Circle totaling 17,000 square feet of space.

One of the deals, a 5,500 square foot transaction with 1Life Healthcare on the building’s 17th floor, was done for rents around $70 per square foot, among the highest the building has ever netted, even during the real estate boom before the recession.

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