Rudin Family Leases 16,246 SF at 55 Broad St.
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects and online gambling Unibet will move into the renovated downtown tower.
NEW YORK CITY—Two tenants have signed leases totaling 16,247 square feet at 55 Broad St., the Rudin Family’s 30 story, 425,000-square-foot office tower in Manhattan’s Financial District.
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects signed a 10-year lease for 10,307 square feet to occupy a portion of the eighth floor. The firm, which specializes in sustainable design, plans to move from the Ungar Building at 299 Broadway in Tribeca, by the end of 2019. Asking rent for their lease at their new location was $48 per square foot.
Unibet Interactive, Inc. also signed a three-year, 5,940-square-foot lease for a portion of the 13th floor, with Rudin. The online gambling operator will use the space as its first permanent office in the US. The asking rent on the Unibet lease was $52 per square foot.
Ruth Colp-Haber of Wharton Property Advisors, Inc. represented Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, and Cushman & Wakefield’s Michael Baraldi and Lexie Perticone represented Unibet Interactive. Kevin Daly of Rudin Management Company represented the building ownership.
“We are pleased to welcome Curtis + Ginsberg and Unibet Interactive to 55 Broad St.” says Michael Rudin, SVP at Rudin Management Company. “Their commitments reflect Lower Manhattan’s continued appeal to creative, tech-focused companies.” He adds the leases further validate his family’s capital improvements at the Lower Manhattan office building.
Earlier this year, the Rudins invested in a multi-million dollar renovation. Designed by Fogarty Finger, the building’s new lobby has white marble interiors, textured terrazzo floors, ornamental marble and a reflective ceiling designed to bring more light into the space. It also has an increased presence from the street level. The building owners plan to replace and modernize the tower’s elevators later this year.
Emery Roth & Sons designed 55 Broad St. and the Rudin Family developed the property in the 1960s originally as the headquarters for Goldman Sachs. In the 1990s the Rudins re-engineered and upgraded the structure which became New York City’s first fully wired office building and is designated Wired Certified Platinum. Other building tenants include Crown Castle Fiber, Dailypay, PJ Mechanical, City Year and Statista.