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March 29, 2007
Hub law firm signs lease at new N.Y. Times tower
Boston Herald
By Scott Van Voorhis
Forest City Ratner's Times Tower, co-owned by the building's namesake, The New York Times Corporation, just added another law firm to its list of tenants:
Boston-based legal firm Goodwin Procter has inked a deal to lease several floors in The New York Times [NYT]’ new Manhattan high-rise headquarters.
The law firm will lease seven floors, totaling 216,000 square feet, in the 52-story Renzo Piano designed building, which is now nearing completion.
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The new Times headquarters building is a joint venture between The New York Times Co. and Forest City Ratner Cos. The 1.6 million-square-foot New York Times Building, which will open in the fall, is now almost fully leased.
Additional coverage:
GlobeSt.com, Goodwin Procter Signs On for NYT Space (emphasis added)
The law firm’s 100,000-sf lease at 599 Lexington Ave. is set to expire at the end of 2008, and Randall tells GlobeSt.com that the search for a new space started almost a year ago. After looking at dozens of properties, mostly in Midtown and a few Downtown locations, Goodwin Procter opted for the NYT building. The prestige of the location and the buildings anchor tenant as well as the amenities and the development company, which is a Goodwin Procter client, that will be part of the facility sealed the deal for the firm....
NoLandGrab: This lease was originally announced two weeks ago and constitutes the fourth law firm to sign a lease for the building housing the new Times headquarters.
Posted by lumi at March 29, 2007 6:30 AM