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New York Commercial Real Estate Deals - January 2012 Below you will fin d a summary of all th e comme rcial real estate deals do ne for t he mo nth of January 2012.

The deals wi t hin are listed fromlargest t o smallest in square feet leased or purchased. All below has been compiled fr om various news outle ts such as; The Real Deal and The Commercial Observer.

Address I Sq . ft. [Tenant ILandlord IDetails 1 Worl d Trade Center 300,000 Chadbourne & Parke Port Authority of New York and New Jer Tara Stacom of Cushma n & Wakefield represent edd the Port Au 2 Penn Plaza 225,000 Informati on Builder s Varna do Inform ati on Build ers renew ed it s lease in the bu ild ing fo r 330 Ma dison Aven ue 186,000 Guggenhe im Partners Varnado Realt y Trust Guggenheim was repped by Peter Hennessy, pre sident of (ass 1 Worl d Trade Center 133,000 Conde ' Nast The Durst Organization and the Por t Au ACBRE team led by t he company's New York-area CEO Ma ry Ann 3 Columbus Cir cle 124,760 Young & Rubicam Group/ M . Tighe, G. Tosko Sl Green; The Mo inian Gro up/J. Kuhn, S. The adve rti sing firm signed a 20-year lease for floors nine 488 Ma dison Avenue 107,308 TBWA Worl dwide The Feil Organ ization Brian Feil and David Tur ino repre sented the Feil Organizat i 1740 100,000 Limit ed Brands Inc./ M . Tighe, E. Deut sch Varna do/Represente d in-house The apparel company signed an expansio n lease fo r flo ors 14 205 Hudson Street 95,000 Hunt er College Trinit y Real Est at e Hunt er College signed a 15-year lease f or the space fo r its 1633 Broadway 86,000 Digital Generat ion Paramou nt Gro up CBRE represented both sides in the deal. 1 Met ro Tech Center 77,000 Ame rican Transit Insurance Co. For est City Rat ner Cassidy Turley brok er Brian Wel d rep ped the t enant . Jones 450 West 15t h Street 75,000 inVent iv Healt h Ste llar Management Paul Mye rs and Mi ke Movs hovich, bro kers at CBRE, repp ed inV 175 Varick St 75,000 WeWork/Sean Black, Jones Lang LaSalle Ext ell Development/M . Myers , E. Meye r, The provide r of office space and comm unity wo rk space signe 350 Fifth Ave( Empire State Bid 70,000 Human Right s Watch/B. Waterman, I. Bank,W &H PropertiesjW. Cohen, R. Kass, Newm The nonprofit signed a lease rene wal and expansio n for part 1440 Broadway 67,000 Liz Claiborne Mon day Properties Newmark Knight Frank's New York-area president David Falk a 1345 Avenue of the Ame ricas 60,000 Ion Trading Allianz{sublan dlord) Fisher Brothers(1 Jones Lang LaSalle rep resent ed Ion tra ding . Asking rent f o 200 Fifth Aven ue 57,69 1 Tiffany & Co./M. Steir, M . Barlow, Studl L&lholdingj Represent ed in-house The jewel ry company signed an expansion lease fo r an extr a 40 Wall Street 54,500 Duane Reade The Trump Organization Joseph Artu sa and Thoma s M urray of Lincol n Propert ies rep re 112 We st 34th St 52,274 Regus/ M . Ravesloot, W. Iacovell i, CBRE W &H Pro perti es/ M . Ark in, K. Mek les, H. The off ice workspace prov ider signed a lease on the 17th an MetroTech 50,000 Deut sche Bank JP Morgan Chase Jones Lang LaSalle represent ed Ken Siegel and Pet er Riguard 140 William Street 50,000 Pace University Crikos LLC New mark Knight Frank's David Falk and Kyle Cimi nelli repres 200 Ma dison Ave 50,000 Garan Incorporat ed/ J. Saunders, N. Flagg nfa The Wa rren-Buffett-own ed clothing compa ny signed a 10-year Starett-Lehigh Build ing 47,000 Dent su M cGarry Bowen RXR Realt y CBRE execut ives David Hollander and Sacha Zarba repped Dent 236 We st 27th St 45,130 Fashion Inst it ut e of Technology/ Grant Gr Jonathan Rosen/P err y Mesn er, Collier s The scho ol signd a lease, the New York Post reported. 666 45,000 Europea n Union Tishman Speyer Gregory Conen, an in-house leasing rep w it h Tishman Speyer, The Chrysler Build ing 43,000 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cente r Tishman Speyer Mark We iss, vice chai rman of Newmark Knight Frank, rep resen 40 Wall Street 36,92 1 The Harry Fox Agency Inc. The Trump Organization Greg Taubin of Studley represented the Harry Fox Agency in 15 Me tro Center 35,145 The New Jersey Nets Visitin g Nurse Healt h Care System Cushman & Wake field chairma n of global brokerage Bruce Mos t 641 Sixth Ave 31,500 Infor/ B. Mo sler, A. Rappaport, C&W Atla s Capita l Gro up/P. Turchin, G. Rot The business appl icatio n software com pany signed a lease fo 485 Lexington Ave nue 27,996 Fidelit y National Title insurance Co. SL Green l eon Manoff, vice chair man w ith Coll iers Int ernational, alo 463 Seventh Ave nue 24,00 0 Consolidate d Children 's Apparel Inc. The Arsenal Compa ny Jospeh Friedm an of Adams & Co. Real Estate handled the leas 888 Seventh Ave nue 24,000 Lone St ar Varnado An in-house team of bro kers repre sente d Varnado in the deal 1407 Broad way 23,700 Kellw ood Co. 1407 Broadway Nico la Heryet and Stephen Bellw ood of Cassidy Turley repres 149 Fifth Aven ue 22,476 Eurasia Gro up 149 Fift h Avenue Corp . Newma rk Knight Frank executi ve Nick Berger rep resented Eura 630 Third Avenue 21,000 Rubin, Fior ella & Friedman At co Properties & Management CBRE execut ives Richard Levine, Mi chael Rizzo and Andrew Su Starett-Lehigh Build ing 21,000 Tommy Hilfiger RXR Realt y Tommy Hilfiger was rep resented by Matthew Astrac han of Jane 245 Park Ave 20,700 Skandi navisk a Enskilda Banken/ A. Schreie Brookfield Office Properties/Represent The Nordic financial company signed a long-t erm lease. 120 West 45t h Street 19,397 DeVry College of New York SL Green Erica Rubenstein of Newmark Knight Frank repre sented DeVry 505 Eighth Ave 18,060 Common Groun d/M. Furst, D. Lebenst ein, C Newmark Holdi ngs/ E. Gural, A. Gurevi ch The nonprofit signed a 10-year lease on the fift h an d 12t h 28 West 44th Street 17,773 Crew Cuts Inc./ Rob Silve r, New mark Knigh APF Pro pert ies/ D. Rosen bloom , J. Fales The com mercial and film post-p roducti on com pany signed a Ie 655 Thir d Ave nue 16,000 Brahm an Capita l Durst Organizat ion Eric Engelhar dt and Karen Kuznick of t he Dur st Organizatio n 519 Eighth Ave 16,000 Skanska Railwor ks Joint Venture/T ed Spie n/a /S. Kauf man, B. Raskob, Kaufman Or The co nstruction development company signed a five-yea r lea 160 Fifth Ave 15,173 TheSimon s Foundat ion/ P. Hennessy, W. M il RFR/ A. Chud noff, M . Konsker, J. Toot el The nonprofit signed an expan sion lease fo r the entire seco 261 Fifth Aven ue 14,047 Tumi Inc. The Feil Organizat ion Tumi expan ded from 9,735 square feet t o 14,047 square feet. 1465 Fifth Ave 12,484 Harlem Children 's Zone/ M . Gor man Site * Developers Equiti es LLC/ n/a The nonp ro fit signed a long-t erm lease fo r three floor s. 350 Seventh Ave 11,850 Augme Technol ogies/ M . Sevillano , CiOkada Benstein Real Est at e The tech no logy firm signed a lease. 505 Eighth Avenue 11,500 Biddl e Sawyer Jeff Gural Dan Segal, a broker at the real estate services firm Newmar 34 West 33rd St 11,250 Accessory Innovat ions LLC/ M ichael Beyd a, Arcade Building Associate s/ D. l evy, B. The childrens appare l and accessory maker signed a 13-year 5 Columb us Circle 11,000 Riverside Associate s/ JFW Realt y Corp. Jeffrey Rosenb latt , new mark Knight Fra The psycho logist signed a lease for th e entire 10th floor. 151 West 26t h St to,500 T. Schreiber Studio &Theater/M. Furst, Abner Pro perti es/ Lou is Prisco Collie rs The acti ng school Signed a 10-year lease renew al and expans 10 Hudson Square 9,715 Jen Kao/ M ichael Schoen , Savitt Part ners Trinity Real Est at e The fashio n designer signed a 10- year lease, t he new York 253 West 35t h St 9,00 1 Amida Care Inc./ Allen Gurevich Newmark K Shul sky Propert ies/ A. Bonett, N. Zagar The no nprof it signed a five-year lease. The repor t ed askin 444 Ma dion Aven ue 9,000 AWA5 We stbrook Partners CBRE bro kers Paul Am rich and Kerry Pow ers represen te d the I 64 West 48t h Street 9,000 Document Technologies M uss Development Erica Rubenst ein of Newmark Knight Frank rep resented DeVry 600 Ma di son Ave 8,886 Falcon Edge Court/A. Chudnoff, D. Turkew P.Amr ich, S. Zarba, N. king, CBRE The tenant signed a lease for 10 years and 11 months on the 530 Seventh Avenue 8,800 DL 1961 Denim Savitt Partners Mar c and Michael Schoen of Savitt Partners represented the 40 Fulton St 8,583 Laws.com/ Anit a Grossberg, Prud ential Dou Varna do/Represente d in-house The legal website company signed a 10-year lease for its co 1140 Broadway 8,500 Icrave/ Elie Reiss, Rice & Associat es 1140 Associates/Michael Joseph, Collie The design studio signed a lease. 424 West 33rd St 7,800 Stanaca rd LLC/Anit a Grossberg, Prud enti a 424 West 33r d Streeet LLC The te leco mm un ications co mnpany a seven-year lease. The t e 350 Fifth Ave( Empire State Bid 7,665 Acro nym Me dia/ Daniel Bod ner, CBRE W & H Propertle s/w. Cohen, R. Kass, Newm The search engine marketi ng firm Signed an expan sion lease. 159 West 25t h St 7,500 Iconology/ M ichael Oku n, CBCHunt er Realt Thom as Campen ni Co./ Represente d in-hou The digita l plat form fo r comic books signed a lease. 420 l exington Ave 7,457 Phoenix Investment Adv isor/ lo ren Biller, SL Green/ Represent ed in-ho use The securities inve stment adv isor signed a 10-year lease on 655 Third Avenue 6,700 Kastl e System s Durst Organization Brand i Frey and John Grott o of the Durst Organizati on rep re 104 We st 40th Street 6,610 RDA Vent ures Savanna Mar c Miller of Winoker Realty Company rep resented RDA Vent u 524 Broadw ay 6,600 Healt h Guru/ Elizabeth Juviler , Rice & As Viad/Robert Gallucci , New mark Knight F The healt h and w ellness conmpany signed a lease. 104 West 27t h Street 6,000 StrongMaii Systems 104 West 27th St Realt y Inc. Stephen Benoit and Elliot War ren of t he Kaufman Organizatio 120 West 45t h Street S,877 Hort on Point Sl Green Jordan Man del of the Vor tex Grou p rep resente d Hort on Point. 5 Columbus Cir cle 5,500 lIif e lhealt hcare/ Edw ard Wartels, Cresa Jeffrey Rosenblatt, new mark Knight Fra The healt hcare compa ny signed a lease on the 17th fl oor. 15 West 37th Street 5,200 O'Neil Langan Architects P.e. Kamber Management Alan Bonett and Nick Zagar of Abrams & Co. repr esent ed t he 1330 Ave nue of the Amer icas 5,000 Palestra Capita l M anagement RXR Realt y Dan Ma dison of New mark Knight Fran k repped the t enant. Ask 500 Eighth Ave 5,000 Resour ce Training Cente rH. Schuste r, J. Wa lter & Samuels/ H. Schuster, J. Glads The school signed a lease. 250 We st 57t h Street 4,758 AFEConsult ing W&H Properti es Andre w Braver of Cushman & Wakefield represent ed AFE in the 40 Wall Street 4,706 Coastal Trade Secur itie s The Trump Organi zation Rob W izenberg of CB Richar d Ellis rep resente d the tenant in 333 Park Ave South 4,600 Red Square Prod ucti ons/ Elissa Groh , Rice Bloch Graulich Associates/ J. Robinson, The fi lm and tele viso n production company signed a 10-year 499 Park Ave nue 4,500 Daum Inc. & Haviland Hines Jonat han Krevi ne, a di rector at Newmark Knight Frank, repre 8 West 38th St 4,375 Okum, Odd o & Babat/ M ichael Okun, CBCHun Fraglow Realty The law fir m signed a lease 56 West 45th St 4,000 Tur kish Cult ura l Cente r/ F. Conso lo, J. A Cassidy Turley The nonp rof it signed a lease on t he fourth floor. 40 Wall St reet 3.689 Rosent eel Law The Tru mp Organ izatio n W illa rd Overlock and Dan Johnson of Cushman & Wak efiel d rep 292 Ma dison Ave 3,600 Bur ford Gro u/Signa ure Partners Pro perties/ CBRE The invest ment advisor signe d a new lease on the 23r d fl oor 112 West 34t h St 3,42 5 Taylor Consult ing & Cont racting LLC/ lra 112 West 34th Street Company LLC The energy consulting firm signed a five-year lease. 213 West 35t h St 3,250 Nikki Appa rel ltd./A. Bonett , D. Theord o Samuel Stein, Just in Manage ment The ap parel company signed a five-year lease. The report e 1330 Sixth Ave 3,179 Karya Capital Management/Michael Okun, CW illiam Elder, RXR Realt y The investme nt fi rm signed a lease. 19 West 21st St 3,130 Taboola/T homasJacob s, Rice & Associates Fif th Ave. Part ner s/A. Defor t una, V. H The video di scovery and distributionplatform signed a lease 244 Fifth Ave 3,000 Master son Gro up/Alan Ma rko witz Pro-Media/ Elizabet h Juviler, Rice & As The advertising firm signed a sublease. 247 West 35th St 3,000 CSH Mar tia l Arts/Brett Maslin Adams & Co Adams & Mi ller The martial art s studio signed a five-year lease. The repo 317 East 34th St 2,894 M ichael Margiotta , M .D./ Brentler Inc. 317 East 34t h Street/David l evy Adam s The medic al office signed a seven-year lease renew al. The 34 West 33r d St 2,890 Unit ed States Accessories Inc./ David l ev Arca de Building Associates/David Levy, The accessories company signed a one -year lease. The eport 39 Broadway 2,820 Doy le &Roth/ Neil M urray, CBCHunte r l aw rence Gro up llC The supplier of heat-t ransfer equ ip ment signed a lease. 7 West 45t h St 2,750 Pekoe Gro up/ Jaey Meran, Okada & Co. Phil Amarante, Colliers Int ernational The market ing firm signed a sublease. 684 Bro adway 2,744 SMCP Inc./ D. Baker, J. Lauzon, Isaacs & Olmstea d Propert ies/ Represent ed in hou The fashion cm pany signed a lease for show roo m and office s 11 We st 25th St 2,500 La Bou ti que/ Elie Reiss, Rice & Associate Kew Manage ment/Represente d in-ho use The grap hic design compa ny signed a lease. 5 Hanover Square 2,340 Braema r Steege Inc./ M . Mckenna, T. W ilso nfa The energy-adj usti ng company signed a lease. 541 We st 25th St 2,300 Asia Art Piers/ Earl Bat eman, Rice & Asso 5th Street Art Part ners/ Jamison Weine r The art gallery signed a lease in the office building . 19 West 34th St 2,250 New Life Accessor ies/Joseph Fried man Scott Domansky, PRD Realt y The accessorie s company signed a four -year lease. The repo 148 West 24t h St 2,200 Anthony Barrat a Ll C/ D. Baker, J. l ouzan, Signat ure Part ners The int erior design firm signed a lease. 40 Wall Street 2,059 Topeka Capital Markets Th e Trump Organization Michael Rizzo of CB Richar d Ellis represent ed the tenant in 55 Broad St 2.055 l eaDOG/T . Hat zimi chael, Red Rock NYC; E. 55 Broad Street l P/ Gene Baumst ein Rud i The financial services firm signed a five-year lease. 28 West 44th Street 2,002 Rule Financial/Ricy Kramer, Newma rk Knig APFPropert ies/D . Rosen bloom , J. Goldm The financial firm signed a lease renewal on the eighth flo 885 Thir d Ave 1,930 Galilee Invest ment Management/Michael Ma Metropo lit an 885 Third Aven ue Leasehol The financial services firm Signed a five-ye ar lease. 162 West 21st St 1,900 Kramer & Kramer/ Elissa Gro h, Rice & Asso North side Realt y Corp./Stan Putko, Ore The phtog raphe rs signed a lease. 1,796 Atl as Financial/ M ichael Okun, CBC Hunter AM Proper t y The financial com pany signed a lease. 231 West 39th St 1,779 Summ it One Ll C/James Buslik, Jeff rey Bus 231/249 West 39 Street Associate s/Jame The company signed a five-year lease renewal. The repo rte d 218 East 29th St 1,750 Ar imed/ Ryan Gessin, Halstead Pro pert y Ryan Gessin, Halstead Property The medical clin ic signed a five-year lease for it s thi rd I 231 West 39th St 1,682 Anama Ll C/James Buslik, Adam s & Co. 231/2 49 West 39th Street Associates/Ja The fashion company signed a two-year lease rene wa l. The r 1071 Sixth Ave 1,651 Reliable Offic e Systems & Supp lies Inc./ Ten Seventy One Associates/ David l evy The office supplies company signed a four-yea r lease renewa 10 West 33 rd St 1,627 Linda De Rosa/D avid l evy, Ada ms & Co. Ten West Thiry Thir d Associate s/ David The fashion accessories company signed a five -year lease re 547 We st 27th St 1,534 Litt lejohn Contem porary/Earl Bat eman, Ri Pinetree Gro up The art gallery signed a lease in the off ice building. 545 Eighth Ave 1,500 EI York/P aul LeBlanc, Synergy Realty K. Lerner, e. Okada, Okada & Co. The con struction firm signed a sublease. 60 Broadway 1,500 M ichael Silve rste in/ Jason Mezydlo ,NYCRS nf a The te nant Signed a lease. 40 East 23rd St 1,500 Physicalmind Studio/Allan Gallaway, DJK CeeCee Associat es/ M . Gorman , j. Gettl e The fitness studio signed a lease on the t hird fl oor. 40 East 23rd St 1,500 Physicalmind Stu dio/Allan Gallaway, DJK CeeCee Associates/K . Gorman , J. Gett le The fitn ess studio signed a lease on the t hird floor. 40 Wall Street 1,377 RRG new York The Trump Organ ization Ilan Hof fmanof Grub b & Ellis represent ed the tena nt in its 463 Seventh Ave 1,247 Popst ar l l C/ David l evy, Adam s & Co. The Arsenal Compa ny llC/ David l evy, Ad The tenant signed a 10-year lease. The repo rte d signed a 110 West 40th St 957 Stern Metals Inc./ David l evy, Adams & Co One Ten West Fort ieth Associates/David The producer of metal alloy s signed a three-year lease rene 1015 Ma dison Aven ue 600 Plaza Real Est at e Group S&S Ma dison Associates Plaza Real Estat e Gro up rep resente d itself and the landlor d 241 West 37t h St 400 M PPGGro up/Jared Jasinski, NYCRS Pr ivat e investor/Jared Jasinkski NYCRS The te nant signed a lease.

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