Madison Square Park is a 368,000-sf 20-story office building built in 1912. The sale price was $85 million. The seller was Lend Lease, which was represented by Darcy Stacom of Cushman & Wakefield. Norman Sturner, partner, represented Murray Hill Properties. The building was completely renovated over the last five years and is anchored by Structuretone Builders and counts Bertelsmann and the Jewish Community Center as occupants.

Another TCN company, TCN Metro, has released a regional report stating that subleases are still only creating equilibrium in the Midtown office market. For Downtown, however, leasing activity is down 80% since this time last year, and vacancy rates are steadily climbing upward. Prices in both markets are remaining steady.

Year-end 2000 closed with negative sublet absorption of 2 million sf of space. The report predicts that while the decreased leasing activity trend will continue, asking rents should hold steady and leasing activity should absorb sublease space.

TCN Metro is comprised of Chase Commercial of Stamford, CT; Sutton & Edwards of Long Island; the Schultz Organization of northern and central New Jersey; and Murray Hill Properties of New York City.

NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.