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November 10, 2008
Premier Ad Agency Leases Space at One MetroTech
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Linda Collins
More on UniWorld Group's move to Bruce Ratner's MetroTech complex in Downtown Brooklyn:
[CEO Byron] Lewis’ firm, reportedly the nation’s largest African-American-owned ad agency, joins the city’s largest Hispanic daily newspaper El Diario La Prensa, online artist marketplace Etsy.com, global media company Incisive Media, architecture firm Interboro Partners, and urban design and planning cooperative The Metropolitan Exchange as tenants.
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Lewis said he chose the MetroTech space for several reasons: “It was the most beautiful space in our price range, it was not far from our offices in SoHo, about 35 of our 135 employees already live in Brooklyn and for those who live on Long Island, the Long Island Railroad is handy. The transportation is ideal,” he said.
NoLandGrab: The article does not mention the tax credits, which according to Crain's, drove the asking rent below $30 a square foot.
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Posted by lumi at November 10, 2008 4:51 AM