Lease of the Week

77 Water Street.

When it Rains it Pours at 77 Water St.

It would have been easy for Lou D’Avanzo and his Cushman & Wakefield leasing team to rest on their laurels.

While Condé Nast’s million-square-foot lease at 1 World Trade Center last year has become a dominant emblem of downtown’s resurgence as a popular destination for office tenants, the C&W group’s lease-up of 77 Water Street has also etched its way into recent lore in the neighborhood. Read More

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Nonprofit Leasing Stands Firm: Report

Nonprofit and public sector tenants took a total of 2.6 million square feet in 2011, approximately the same amount it leased a year earlier, but committed to much larger leases than in the previous year, according to a new report released yesterday by Cassidy Turley. Read More

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Two More Floors of Goldman Go

77 Water Street

Goldman Sachs, at one point America’s No. 1 source of sublease space, has handed over another small chunk of its unwanted bounty.

Several years ago, the financial giant leased 600,000 square feet at 77 Water Street, only to decide it didn’t really want to occupy the FiDi favorite. Technology consultancy Read More

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Two More Floors of Goldman Sachs Go

77 Water Street

Goldman Sachs, at one point America’s No. 1 source of sublease space, has handed over another small chunk of its unwanted bounty.

Several years ago, the financial giant leased 600,000 square feet at 77 Water Street, only to decide it didn’t really want to occupy the FiDi favorite. Technology consultancy Read More

L.A. Law Firm Grabs Three Floors at 77 Water; Goldman to Pay for Build-Out

With its 75,716-square-foot lease at 77 Water Street, Los Angeles-headquartered law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has more than doubled its Lower Manhattan office space. Moving down the street from its offices at 199 Water, the law firm signed a 10-year deal with Goldman Sachs, which is subleasing the entire building. Goldman, Read More