Ask.com, which was formerly known as Ask Jeeves.com, currentlyleases about 19,000 sf on multiple floors at One Bridge St. inIrvington, NY, says Steve Baker, senior director of Cushman &Wakefield, who represented Ask.com. The firm's lease at theIrvington property ends at the end of this year.

Baker says that the new lease will allow the firm to maintainoperations on one floor. He adds that Ask.com liked Gateway'scentral location near Manhattan and the White Plains railroadstation. "Part of the reason for the move is that the location bythe train station allows them to attract employees from New YorkCity and up the line," Baker adds.

William Cuddy and Hilarie Siles of CB Richard Ellis'Westchester/Fairfield office represented the Alaska Permanent Fund,the owner of the 530,000-sf office. Cuddy says the lease is a"testament to White Plains' on-going appeal to technology andcreative tenants, as well as its strategic location for providingservices throughout the tri-state region." There is approximately120,000 sf of space still available for lease.