Amazon and Piper Sandler were responsible for the two largest office leases in New York City last month, both located in Midtown West. Amazon signed an expansion lease for 259,000 square feet at 1440 Broadway, a building operated by WeWork and owned by CIM Group. The deal was brokered by a five-member Cushman & Wakefield team representing WeWork.
Piper Sandler secured the second-largest lease with 140,000 square feet at 1301 Sixth Avenue. The tenant was represented by David Kleiner, Lisa Kiell, and Barbara Winter of JLL. Frank Doyle and Andrew Coe, also of JLL, represented the landlord Paramount Group.
Cushman & Wakefield itself signed a lease for 130,000 square feet at 31 West 52nd Street in the Plaza District, relocating from its previous location at 1290 Sixth Avenue. Paramount Group owns this property as well.
Clear Street expanded its presence with an 88,000-square-foot lease at 4 World Trade Center in the Financial District. Josh Berger of Norman Bobrow & Company represented Clear Street; Keith Cody and Gordon Hough of Silverstein Properties handled the landlord representation internally.
The Farmer’s Dog leased 58,000 square feet at 568 Broadway in Soho. Adam Henick and Oded Nachmani of Current Real Estate Advisors acted on behalf of the tenant while Howard Hersch, Greg Conen and Brett Harvey of Newmark represented landlords Aurora Capital Associates, A&H Acquisitions and Allied Partners.
WeWork continued to expand after emerging from bankruptcy by leasing 55,000 square feet at 245 Fifth Avenue in Nomad. Aaron Ellison and Travis Milone of Newmark worked for WeWork as tenants; Scott Klau and Erik Harris led a five-member Newmark team for landlord Moinian Group.
American Eagle Outfitters increased its footprint with a 54,000-square-foot expansion at 63 Madison Avenue in Nomad. A Savills team including Mitti Liebersohn and Ana Erickson represented American Eagle Outfitters; George Comfort & Sons, Jamestown and Loeb Partners Realty are listed as landlords.
The New York State Office of General Services entered into a new lease for 44,000 square feet at 1 New York Plaza on behalf of the Office of Information Technology Services. Steve Siegel, Rocco Laginestra and Liz Lash from CBRE served as tenant representatives; Brookfield Properties is the landlord.
Flexible Finance took up a new lease covering 41,000 square feet at 300 Park Avenue South in Flatiron. Ryan Alexander and Jared Isaacson from CBRE acted for Flexible Finance while Drew Braver and Matthias Li were among Cushman & Wakefield’s five-person team representing Rockrose Development.
Tempus AI agreed to a ten-year lease spanning nearly 40,000 square feet at 11 Madison Avenue in Flatiron. Peter Michailidis from JLL represented Tempus AI; Brian Waterman and Scott Klau led a four-member Newmark group representing SL Green Realty.
