Stephen Siegel and Scott Gottlieb

Despite a very slow return to office in New York City, Stephen Siegel and Scott Gottlieb have negotiated plenty of office leases. 

The veteran CBRE broker pair is responsible for one of the city’s largest office deals of 2021 — Fried Frank’s 400,000-square-foot renewal at One New York Plaza. And, at the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street, they’ve helped Apollo Global Management negotiate 150,000 square feet of offices, of which 60,000 square feet is finalized with a lease. They’re also nearing a deal with Loews Corporation for 60,000 square feet at the same West 57th Street address. 

Gottlieb and Siegel also handle much of New York State’s office leasing in the five boroughs. They’ve helped state agencies lease or renew 200,000 square feet in the past year, including a 45,000-square-foot renewal for the Office of General Services at 123 William Street. 

The duo have handled plenty of agency and landlord work as well. They represented landlord Minskoff Equities in 52,000 square feet of leases at 590 Madison Avenue with financial tenants like Reverence Capital Partners and EF Hutton. Nearby, at 550 Madison Avenue, the pair negotiated 240,000 square feet with insurance company Chubb and 72,000 square feet with luxury brand Hermès on behalf of the landlord. At 441 Ninth Avenue, Siegel has been helping Cove Property Group and Baupost Group lease several floors, including a full-floor lease for talent manager True last summer. 

At 11 Penn Plaza, Gottlieb assisted Macy’s in subleasing 186,000 square feet, the majority of which went to Apple. 

Even with continued hesitancy about going back to the office full time, Siegel feels the same way as many of the execs he deals with: “Zoom is not my preferred way of doing business.”