New York Real Estate Journal

Jones Lang LaSalle selected by SL Green and Moinian as office leasing agent for 3 Columbus Circle

September 23, 2013 - Brokerage
Jones Lang LaSalle was selected by building owners SL Green Realty Corp. and The Moinian Group as the office leasing agent for 3 Columbus Circle, 1775 Broadway. The firm will provide a full range of marketing and transaction services for the class A, 747,416 s/f commercial office building. The JLL team handling the leasing assignment will be led by Paul Glickman, Frank Doyle and Mitti Liebersohn, vice chairmen, and includes Alexander Chudnoff, executive managing director; Jonathan Fanuzzi, executive vice president; Diana Biasotti, senior vice president, and Benjamin Bass, associate. The team will work closely with Larry Swiger, senior vice president, and Elaine Anazagasty, vice president of leasing, at SL Green. "Ownership has recently completed a comprehensive building-wide redevelopment at 3 Columbus Circle, with the work including a new glass curtain wall, a new entrance and lobby, new elevators and updated mechanical systems," said Glickman. The 26-story 3 Columbus Circle offers efficient, flexible floor plates ranging from 21,324 s/f to 41,202 s/f, and boasts sweeping Central Park and city views. It also features close proximity to area amenities that include world-class restaurants and hotels, and immediate access to the subways at Columbus Circle, including the A, B, C, D and 1 trains. The building is also near the N, R, Q and E trains, and the M10, M20, M31, M57 and M104 buses. The office building has approximately 125,000 s/f of available commercial office space, including 22,052 s/f on the second floor, 9,708 square feet on the 16th floor, the entire 34,290 s/f 17th floor, the entire 21,342 s/f 20th floor and 21st floor, and above-standard, pre-built suites ranging from 3,000 s/f to 6,000 s/f on the 22nd floor. Originally known as the Colonnade Building, the three-story property was designed by architect William Welles Bosworth and constructed in 1923. The historic 3 Columbus Circle was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, the architectural firm behind the Empire State Building, and constructed on top of the original building in 1927. In 2010, the office property underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation designed by architectural firm Gensler, achieving LEED-EB: OM Silver certification. JLL is a leader in the New York tri-state commercial real estate market, with more than 1,600 of the most recognized industry experts offering brokerage, capital markets, property/facilities management, consulting, and project and development services. In 2012, the New York tri-state team completed approximately 23.8 million square feet in lease transactions, arranged capital markets transactions valued at $1.57 billion, managed projects valued at nearly $7 billion, and oversaw a property and facilities management portfolio of 102.1 million /f and an agency leasing portfolio of 76 million s/f.