Lease of the Week

450 West 15th Street. (Courtesy Property Shark)

Re-inVenting the Meatpacking District

inVentiv Health, a multifaceted provider of services in the health care industry, has signed a 75,000-square-foot renewal and expansion for its subsidiary Chandler Chicco Agency at 450 West 15th Street.

The company, which handles public relations and advertising for health care companies, renewed its lease for the 300,000-square-foot building’s entire seventh floor and a portion of six. The firm will expand onto part of the building’s fourth floor, taking a little over 21,000 square feet. Read More

No Invitations? Head Downtown!

A whisper of advice for would-be Fashion Week show-crashers: judging from the line for the elevator at Milk Studios last night, it’s probably best to skip Lincoln Center altogether and head down to 15th Street instead. Milk had five separate presentations planned for 7 p.m. on their 8th floor, and when we arrived around 7:10, the line Read More

Milk It! Upstart Downtown Studio Tweaks the Tents

It was four days before the beginning of Fashion Week, but Mazdack Rassi, founder of Milk Studios on West 15th Street—which, with MAC Cosmetics, will be producing 32 shows and presentations this season—appeared utterly relaxed. Sitting behind a glass desk in a large, industrial office stacked high with art books, Mr. Rassi, a hunky 38, Read More