Cushman & Wakefield announced today that 1156 Avenue of the Americas, located on the
southeast corner of 45th Street, is now fully leased following the completion of three
transactions in the Midtown Manhattan office building.
Lieber & Solow, Ltd. has renewed and expanded its lease for a total of 7,773 square feet
on the 4th floor, China Telecom has signed a new lease to occupy 3,330 square feet on the 6th
floor and Miniclip has signed a new lease to occupy 1,630 square feet on the 4th floor in the
office building located in the Grand Central submarket.
The completion of these three transactions, which total 12,733 square feet, represents the
lease-up of the APF Properties-managed office building, which is one of four Grand Central
building's that are owned by subsidiaries of the real estate investment firm. As a comparison,
the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center corridor, which includes all Sixth Avenue properties north
of 41st Street including Rockefeller Center, has a vacancy rate of 9.7%.
"In our business, happiness is a full building," states Kenneth Aschendorf,
principal of APF Properties. "At 1156 Avenue of the Americas we are able to offer boutique
space with a prestigious avenue address on corporate row. Our Grand Central district properties
consistently outperform the market due to the constant investments that we make in our
building's including new lobbies, elevators, common areas, mechanical systems and our Plaza
quality pre-built program."
Cushman & Wakefield, led by David Rosenbloom, Joshua A. Goldman and Emily Weber, along
with Jonathan Fales and Michael Tranfalia of the firm's Strategic Agency Services group are
exclusive leasing agent on the building and represented APF Properties in the transactions. The
C&W team also represented Liebert & Solow, Ltd. and Miniclip. Yuan Tang and Clyde Reetz
of CBRE represented China Telecom.
"This is a big statement for ownership and shows their commitment to offering tenants
the best class 'B' office space in the Grand Central district," said Rosenbloom, a Cushman
& Wakefield executive director.
APF Properties LLC is a real estate investment firm that owns and manages commercial real
estate in New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Aschendorf and
Berndt Perl, APF Properties own a 2.0 million-square-foot office portfolio.
www.apfproperties.com
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