Diageo Pops the Cap on Midtown Lease

NEW YORK CITY-Liquor giant Diageo North America, whose brands include Guinness and Johnnie Walker, has leased 56,156 square feet at the Moinian Group’s 530 Fifth Ave., taking the entire fourth and part of the third floor in a five-year deal. Diageo, which is headquartered in Norwalk, CT, will use the space for marketing offices, Newmark Knight Frank associate director Jordan Gosin tells GlobeSt.com. Howard Kesseler, a senior managing director at Newmark, adds that the Manhattan offices will not replace the Norwalk space.

Kesseler and Gosin represented Moinian along with Newmark EVP and principal Brian Waterman. Their Newmark colleague, EVP and principal Scott Klau, represented Diageo along with CLW Real Estate Services Group’s Joe Garvey represented the tenant.