30 Rockefeller Plaza
Alec Baldwin might be leaving the hit television show 30 Rock in 2012, but at least the building will have Rain Africa. The South African bath, body and home retailer is taking 1,247 square feet at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Michael Stone of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Read More
411 Fifth Avenue
Citibank has signed a 15-year renewal at 411 Fifth Avenue, where it has occupied space for 46 years. A branch office will occupy the ground floor and mezzanine, and the bank will also use part of the basement. The building will undergo light renovations, but they won’t affect business. Read More
530 Fifth Avenue
Booze juggernaut Diageo North America has leased 56,156 square feet at 530 Fifth Avenue, taking the entire fourth floor and part of the third for five years. The Connecticut-based company has more than 20,000 employees in 80 countries and produces a variety of spirits wine and beer. Guinness, anyone? Read More
71 Gansevoort Street
The shoemaker True Religion Footwear, which featured omega signs in its collection from 2008, has signed a 4,617-square-foot lease on the third floor of 71 Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district.
Isaac Kashanian of Metropolitan Property Group represented the tenant. Darryl Romanoff represented the landlord, Romanoff Equities, in-house.
One Grand Central Place
Skin care distributor Ales Group USA Inc. has signed a lease for 9,400 square feet, taking the entire 54th floor at One Grand Central Place for its U.S. headquarters. The company is a subsidiary of Parisian company Ales Groupe, and will relocate from 1350 Avenue of the Americas Read More
Community Board 7 voted on Tuesday night to recommend a liquor license for a proposed bar at The Century at 25 Central Park West, at West 63rd Street, despite opposition from residents of the area.
The move comes with the stipulation that the bar and its managing partner, Greg Hunt, adhere to a list of 14 Read More
1065 Avenue of the Americas
Nonprofit TransitCenter, which initiated the first commuter benefits program in the country, has expanded its headquarters at 1065 Avenue of the Americas to 34,083 square feet on the fifth floor. The organization previously occupied 27,000 square feet on the 16th floor and part of the seventh floor. Read More
420 Fifth Avenue
Hedge fund specialist Reval.com has subleased 29,406 square feet on the fifth floor of 420 Fifth Avenue. The company was previously at 100 Broadway. Reval decided to move based on a need for more space, following a two-year company expansion, and began searching in 2009. It will sublease the Read More
370 Lexington Avenue
Credit Market Analysis Limited (CMA) doubled its space from 3,695 to 8,144 square feet at Sherwood Equities‘ 370 Lexington Avenue. CMA will move from the seventh floor to the second floor.
David Amsterdam and Rob Lowe of Cushman & Wakefield and Holly Duran and Lois Durkin of Holly Read More
45 Main Street, Brooklyn
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, the nonprofit arts group that puts on the Celebrate Brooklyn! extravaganza each summer, is moving to-where else?-Dumbo. The group’s executive and administrative staff will take 3,387 square feet for two years at 45 Main Street.
Caroline Pardo and Zannah Mass of Read More
