Our attorneys have negotiated major commercial and retail leases. We represent owners and operators of tower office buildings and shopping centers throughout the country as well as national and international corporations and retail tenants in connection with the leasing of national and regional headquarters and retail space. Advising both landlords and tenants has given us an advantage in negotiating the best possible terms for our clients.
Representative Matters
- Representation of numerous retailers for their leasing needs in enclosed malls, open-air malls, stand-alone properties and ground floor office buildings; extensive experience in New York City and suburban locations in Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey.
- Representation of a real estate investment division of one of the nation’s largest insurance companies, specifically relative to several in-line retail formats for all of their store leasing on a national basis, both in enclosed malls and in strip, community and lifestyle centers as well as downtown locations.
- Representation of a real estate investment and development corporation together with its partners in the 700,000 square foot lease to Novo Nordisk. The premises is now the United States headquarters for their $75 billion market cap pharmaceutical company.
- Representation of a financial services corporation and various entities for a long term sub-sublease to Sony Music Entertainment of approximately 20,000 square feet of office space at a premiere Hudson Square office building. Since multiple parties were involved, additional agreements were negotiated in connection with obtaining the consent of these superior parties.
- Representation of a large institutional investor as real estate counsel handling all leases for shopping centers owned in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Mississippi.
- Representation of a major toy retailer in negotiating, drafting and executing approximately 200 short term leases and license agreements in preparation for the 2013 holiday season. For the fifth consecutive year, our client is implementing its “pop-up” store program.
- Representation of a variety of corporate tenants (including a major money center and various other publicly traded corporations) for their headquarters and other office leasing requirements in transactions ranging from partial floors to entire buildings in New York, New Jersey and throughout the continental United States.
- Representation of a major financial institution in connection with its retail branch bank expansion throughout New York City and the New York metropolitan area, including the acquisition of approximately 350 retail bank branch locations.
- Representation of several “big box” national retailers in their expansions into various regions of the United States.
- Representation of several in-line retail formats for all of their store leasing on a national basis, both in enclosed malls and in strip, community and lifestyle centers as well as downtown locations.
- Representation of landlord/owners in initial and subsequent leasing of lifestyle and other shopping centers.
- Representation of a variety of landlord interests throughout New York City as exemplified by numerous high profile multi-tenanted office buildings in midtown, a single-user building on 57th Street, a lifestyle shopping center in Queens and a potential mixed-use project in lower Manhattan.
- Representation of an Atlantic City casino in master leasing the Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, from The Gordon Group.