Lee & Associates NYC’s Kelly Koukou Brokers 24K SF Department of Defense Lease at 1 Old Country Road The Department of Defense Carle Place office is officially moving forward. The department — which is seeking congressional approval this year to rebrand as the Department of War — signed a 10-year, 23,600-square-foot lease at 1 Old Country Road, a five-story Nassau County office building that recently served as the headquarters of 1-800-Flowers. Commercial Observer reports that…
Treeswift Manhattan Headquarters Signs at 256 W. 38th St.
Lee & Associates NYC’s Todd Korren and Noah Caspi Land AI Tech Firm Treeswift at 256 W. 38th St. Connect CRE reports that Todd Korren, Principal and Executive Managing Director at Lee & Associates NYC, along with Noah Caspi, represented landlord Hakimian Organization in a four-year, 7,487-square-foot full-floor lease for Treeswift Inc.’s new Manhattan headquarters at 256 W. 38th St. Daniel Rodriguez of Buchbinder Warren LLC represented the Philadelphia-based tenant, an AI-powered infrastructure technology company…
Department of Defense Carle Place Lease Totals 24K SF
Lee & Associates NYC’s Kelly Koukou Brokers 24K SF Department of Defense Lease at 1 Old Country Road Commercial Observer reports that Kelly Koukou, Executive Managing Director and Principal at Lee & Associates NYC, brokered a 10-year, 23,600-square-foot lease at 1 Old Country Road in Carle Place, New York, to the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of landlord DBD Realty Group. CBRE’s Ralph Guiffre, Vince Lamatta and Richard Freel represented the tenant. The five-story,…
Environmental Firm Roux Signs Lease at 14 Penn Plaza
Lee & Associates NYC Relocates Environmental Firm Roux to 14 Penn Plaza Commercial Observer reports that Lee & Associates NYC’s Woody King and Sean Slattery brokered a 10-year, five-month lease for 5,250 square feet on behalf of environmental consulting and compliance firm Roux at Circle Realty’s 225 West 34th Street, also known as 14 Penn Plaza. Asking rent in the 22-story Art Deco tower was $65 per square foot. Roux is relocating from 252 West…
Jones Jones 44 Wall Street Lease Totals 5,311 SF
Lee & Associates NYC Represents Jones Jones in 5,311-SF FiDi Relocation Lee & Associates NYC’s Todd Korren and Noah Caspi represented employment litigation firm Jones Jones in a 10-year, nine-month lease for 5,311 square feet on part of the seventh floor of Gaedeke Group’s 44 Wall Street. The firm is relocating from nearby 5 Hanover Square and plans to take occupancy in June. George Comfort & Sons’ Alexander Bermingham represented the landlord. Other tenants in…
Daniel Romualdez Architect Signs 10 East 40th St. Lease
Lee & Associates NYC Arranges 11-Year Lease for Daniel Romualdez Architect at 10 East 40th St. Manhattan, NY Lee & Associates NYC arranged a new Daniel Romualdez Architect lease at 10 East 40th St. in Midtown. The architecture and interior design firm signed an 11-year deal for 5,670 s/f on a portion of the 32nd floor of the building. The New York Real Estate Journal reports that Lee & Associates NYC’s Woody King and Todd…
SceniX Signs Chelsea Office Lease at 80 Eighth Avenue
AI platform SceniX has signed a Chelsea office lease for the entire 17th floor at GFP Real Estate’s 80 Eighth Ave. — a 5,914 SF, five-year commitment representing one of the neighborhood’s notable AI-tenant deals of the quarter. Dennis Someck and Justin Myers of Lee & Associates NYC represented the tenant in the SceniX Chelsea office lease, which will house the robotics-simulation company’s general and administrative operations. NYREJ: SceniX Signs Full-Floor Chelsea Office Lease at…
Manhattan Office Recovery: What Tenants Want in 2026
The Manhattan office recovery is leading the nation, with office foot traffic now only 5.5% lower than pre-pandemic levels. In a new Bisnow Studio B feature, Lee & Associates examines what’s driving the rebound — and what tenants and landlords are doing to capitalize on it. The Manhattan office recovery has pushed Q4 vacancy to a five-year low of 13.9%, with 10M SF leased in the quarter alone. Bisnow Studio B: Manhattan Office Recovery Reshapes…
NYC Retail Leases 2026: New York’s Top 10 in March
New York City is getting some new places to eat, based on this roundup of the top NYC retail leases 2026 has seen so far — with the largest deals signed across the five boroughs in March. Cory Gahr and Josh Lebowitz of Lee & Associates NYC represented Hydrogen Fitness in its first-ever New York City lease — a 17,000-square-foot, 15-year deal at 145 East 32nd Street in Kips Bay, topping the March 2026 rankings….