The increase in vacancy and availability was due to a combination of tenants seizing on attractive sublease offerings, thereby increasing direct vacancy upon move, and through an additional wave of sublease listings.

“The evidence we have points to an environment where white men are favored by their male colleagues in senior management, significantly limiting the advancement of women, and particularly women of color,” a lawyer for the former Cushman & Wakefield executive, Nicole Urquhart-Bradley, said.

The building design incorporates solar panels and other energy-savings features that state officials say will make Energy Square the Hudson Valley's first “net zero” affordable housing development.