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Plural Capital Heads to 545 Madison Avenue’s Modern Glass Tower

Plural Capital finalized a lease for nearly 4,000 square feet at 545 Madison Avenue, LCOR’s LEED-certified Plaza district building, brokers told The Commercial Observer. Following a flurry of recent leases at the modern glass tower, Plural Capital, a Brazilian financial services firm, took the entire eighth floor, a prebuilt space, in the 142,000-square-foot building. Read More

Finance Firm Leases Push 545 Madison Toward Half-Full

545 Madison Avenue

Financial services firms may be an endangered species, but at least three survivors have found a gleaming glass sanctuary at 545 Madison Avenue.

London-based hedge fund James Caird Asset Management has taken 7,175 square feet for 10 years. Apropos for these sinking economic times, the firm is Read More

Finance Firm Leases Push 545 Madison Toward Half-Full

545 Madison Avenue

Financial services firms may be an endangered species, but at least three survivors have found a gleaming glass sanctuary at 545 Madison Avenue.

London-based hedge fund James Caird Asset Management has taken 7,175 square feet for 10 years. Apropos for these sinking economic times, the firm is named after the Read More

CBRE Replaces JLL as Exclusive Agent for LCOR’s 545 Madison

CB Richard Ellis has been chosen as the exclusive leasing agent at 545 Madison Avenue, a gut-renovated, LEED Gold-certified tower in the Plaza District.

CBRE will take over leasing on June 25. Previously, a Jones Lang LaSalle team was in charge of leasing the office space.

Robert Flippin, Howard Fiddle, Sloane Rhulen, Gregg Rothkin, Paul Read More

How Soon Can You See Green From Building Green?

Jason Black has found that going green can become a habit.

The director of architecture and sustainability for Reckson, a division of SL Green, said the firm began its green initiatives by recycling carpet and ceiling tiles in its suburban office portfolio, then graduated to lighting retrofits and to installing a solar Read More

This Beautiful Penthouse Is Glass-Encased: Home Shopping Network’s New Offices

545 Madison Avenue

What better place to hawk tracksuits and sweater sets than a Madison Avenue penthouse? The Home Shopping Network, that seemingly inevitable destination of ex-Project Runway-ers, P. Diddy and United Homeless Organization funds, is coming to LCOR‘s recently completed tower at 545 Madison Avenue. The $2.8 billion interactive retailer Read More