Cushman & Wakefield announced today the completion of five new leases at 950 Third Ave.,
the premier 32-story office tower at the corner of 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
- Anchor Associates, a New York City apartment realtor and broker service leased 5,431 square
feet on the 25th floor in an expansion from the 31st floor. Scott Bloom of Bloom Real Estate
represented Anchor.
Frankhill Associates leased 2,033 square feet on the 26th floor of the building. The firm will
relocate from 630 Fifth Ave. in Rockefeller Center. Richard Pugatch of CBC Hunter Realty
represented Frankhill.
Aldwych Inc., a specialist consulting firm, leased 2,652 square feet on the 16th floor. This
will be a new location for the firm. Robert Gastel of Cushman & Wakefield represented
Aldwych.
MKF Realty renewed its lease for 3,712 square feet on part of the 28th floor. There was no
broker involved on the tenant side.
TPR Holdings, which leased 5,133 square feet at the end of 2010, has expanded onto the third
floor of the building for an additional 2,769 square feet.
The transactions are the latest since the building was acquired in 2010 by an entity
controlled by Naomi and Andre Altholz, who have more than two decades of experience in the real
estate development and management business and who previously held a minority interest in the
building. The premier East Side office building is nearly 100 percent occupied.
Cushman & Wakefield's Jared Horowitz and Mikael Nahmias serve as exclusive leasing
agents for the building and represented the owner in all five leasing transactions.
"We're very pleased to be able to accommodate the space needs of these growing
organizations," said Mr. Horowitz, a Cushman & Wakefield executive director.
"Among the factors which drew these firms to the property were the high quality of the
asset, superb amenities, prestigious tenant roster, and ownership's firmly-established
reputation for professional, attentive management."
Located at the southwest corner of 57th Street, the distinctive office building was the
first mirrored-glass façade building in New York City and one of the premier office buildings
on Third Avenue. Designed by the renowned architectural firm Kahn & Jacobs and completed in
1971, 950 Third Ave. boasts a highly diversified tenant roster of premier firms in sectors
including communications, finance, banking and law, among others.
"950 Third Avenue has an outstanding, prominent location, modern design and seasoned,
dedicated ownership. We're experiencing strong demand at the property," said Mr. Nahmias,
a Cushman & Wakefield Senior Managing Director in the firm's Strategic Agency Services
Group.
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