The new ownership of a former teddy bear factory at 497 Broome Street in SoHo is breathing new life into a building that’s available for lease for the first time since it was built in 1900, The Commercial Observer has learned.
A.M. Properties and Quality Capital have appointed Cushman & Wakefield as exclusive leasing agent Read More
Madison Marquette has selected Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to market The Center Building in Long Island City, which city records show the firm and its partners purchased for $84.5 million late last year.
The 500,000-square-foot building at 33-00 Northern Boulevard, a former assembling plant for Ford Model T’s, hit the market last year when Brooklyn-based Hampshire Properties announced that it had concluded its renovation at the property.
At the time, The Real Deal reported that Hampshire had brought the property up to 100 percent occupancy, but that the lease of its anchor tenant, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, would expire in two years.
“There is undeniable value given The Center Building’s location, space and amenities,” said NGKF’s Howard Kesseler, who will represent ownership with Jordan Gosin, in a statement. Read More
Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed by RXR Realty as the exclusive leasing agent for roughly 100,000 square feet being vacated by Pearson at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, where ownership recently completed a capital improvement program and a rare signage opportunity awaits a prospective anchor tenant.
Floors 7 through 10, 14, 16 and 17 will come online in the 40-story trophy building in January 2014, after Pearson vacates the space, freeing up four sides of illuminated signage atop the building (the signage is currently branded “FT” for Pearson-owned Financial Times) for the new tenancy to broadcast its image into the Manhattan skyline.
“We want it to be the right image for the right company, and one that takes a meaningful presence in the building,” said William Elder, leasing director with RXR Realty. “This is a very rare opportunity that allows for top of building signage just outside of Times Square. Read More
Cushman & Wakefield has been tapped as the exclusive leasing agents for 1250 Broadway, a 773,887-square-foot, Class A office building that is jointly owned by Jamestown Properties and Murray Hill Properties, The Commercial Observer has learned.
A leasing team headed by Mitch Arkin, Peter Alden and Michael Blanchard will be joined by Courtney Adham and Lauren Hayes from Cushman & Wakefield’s Strategic Agency Services Group. Read More
The Kaufman Organization’s Grant Greenspan and Michael Heaner have been given the exclusive leasing assignment for 550 Seventh Avenue, a Penn Plaza building that is brimming with notable lifestyle brands like Donna Karen, Ralph Lauren, and Lily Pulitzer, The Commercial Observer has learned.
The 251,467 square foot Class B Office building has over 35,000 Read More
Brokerage firm Colliers International has been named the exclusive leasing agent for 245 Fifth Avenue, a Midtown South building co-owned by The Moinian Group and Thor Equities.
The 303,000-square-foot Class A building has received pre-build improvements to its mid-level and tower floors, which will have an added emphasis on high-end finishes and glass front offices, the company said in a press release. Sizes for those floors range from 2,000 to 9,000 square feet. Read More
