Law firm Jenner & Block takes four floors at Sixth Avenue tower
Law firm Jenner & Block LLP has signed a 15-year lease to take 67,000 square feet at 1155 Avenue of the Americas Jenner & Block will occupy floors 29 through 32 under the deal. The firm will move from its current offices at 919 Third Ave., just over a mile away, where it leases 99,000 square feet. It expects to move in December. The firm first opened a New York office in 2005. Since then, the office has grown to about 80 lawyers, said Susan Kohlmann, the New York office managing partner. "We are excited to be recommitting to midtown…
Date 2021-03-08
Author Liz Young
Law firm takes four floors at 1155 Sixth Ave
The Durst Organization announced that Jenner & Block LLP has signed a 15-year lease for 66,935 s/f on the 29th through 33nd floors of 1155 Avenue of the Americas The 100 plus year-old firm is moving from 919 Third Avenue, and it is the fourth law firm to sign at the building over the past three years. 1155 Avenue of the Americas was completed in 1984 and designed by Emery Roth & Sons. The building, LEED v4 Silver certified under the EBOM rating system (Existing Buildings Operations Maintenance), has undergone a $130 million capital improvement program. “We are pleased to…
Author Real Estate Weekly
Jenner & Block cuts footprint, takes 67K sf at Durst’s 1155 Sixth Avenue
A well-known law firm just inked a 15-year, 67,000-square-foot lease to move to the Durst Organization’s 1155 Sixth Avenue Jenner & Block will occupy the 29th through 32nd floors of the 41-story tower between West 44th and West 45th streets, according to the landlord. The firm is downsizing from 90,000 square feet at SL Green’s 919 Third Avenue. Jonathan Durst, president of the Durst Organization, said law firms have been the Sixth Avenue building’s key tenants since its opening in 1984. “Nearly 40 years later, the building continues to be a magnet for legal tenants and boutique headquarters because of…
Date 2021-03-08
Author Akiko Matsuda
Jenner & Block takes 67,000 square feet at Midtown Durst building
Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block has inked a 15-year deal for new digs at The Durst Organization’s 1155 Avenue of the Americas The firm will be downsizing from its current 79,000 square feet of offices at SL Green’s 919 Third Ave. to take 67,000 square feet across the 29th through 32nd floors at its new address. The company will be moving in by December 2021. It will join other law firms like Knobbe Martens and Perkins Coie, as well as tech companies like Indeed and Checkpoint Software Technologies. The building recently underwent a $130 million renovation complete with a…
Date 2021-03-08
Author Natalie Sachmechi
Healthcare conglomerate signs lease at 1 WTC
The Durst Organization and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that Medical Knowledge Group LLC (MKG) has signed an eight-year lease for 12,063 s/f on the 84th floor of One World Trade Center MKG will move from 750 Third Avenue once Durst completes the buildout of MKG’s new offices. “We are pleased to welcome MKG to One World Trade Center,” said Jonathan (Jody) Durst, President of The Durst Organization. “As MKG was our leasing team’s first tour at the property after the shutdown in March, we are especially proud that they are our first deal…
Author Real Estate Weekly