Houghton Mifflin Secures Space at 3 Park Avenue
By Danielle Schlanger December 23, 2014 11:30 am
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the educational materials and trade publisher, has signed a 12-year lease at the Cohen Brothers Realty Corp.’s 3 Park Avenue, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported news of the deal.
Come January 2016, the company will occupy part of the 18th floor and the entire 19th floor of the 42-story property, which is located between East 33rd and East 34th Streets. This spans roughly 35,000 square feet. According to the Journal, asking rents at the property are in the $60s per square foot.
The publishing house will be moving from its current office at 215 Park Avenue South between East 17th and East 18th Streets because of an increase in rent and changing needs as a company, according to Colliers International‘s David Glassman, one of the brokers involved in the transaction. Its space at 215 Park Avenue South is roughly 32,000 square feet.
Marc Horowitz of Cohen Brothers Realty Corp. represented the landlord in the transaction. Mr. Glassman and Joseph Cabrera of Colliers represented the tenant. Mr. Glassman said the deal closed about a month ago.
“It was a great opportunity with a terrific landlord to be in a building proximate to its former location where they’ve been for many years,” said Mr. Glassman. “It has great views and a great floor plate.”
Mr. Horowitz could not be reached for comment.
