New York

NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Akerman LLP has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. Akerman will move from its current office at 666 Fifth Avenue to the entire 37th and 38th floors and a portion of the 35th floor at the new building. About 185 lawyers will work out of the new space. Other tenants of the building include MUFG Union Bank, Trust Co. of the West and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Matthew Cheezem, Ken Siegel and Lisa Kiell of JLL represented Akerman in the lease negotiations. David Falk and Peter Shimkin of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.  

NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 20,378-square-foot office lease for Advantage Sales & Marketing at the Club Row Building in Manhattan. The company will consolidate its two former locations, located at 360 Lexington Avenue and 1500 Broadway, into a 15,093-square-foot space on the 14th floor and a 5,285-square-foot space on the ninth floor. Situated at 28 West 44th Street, the 372,000-square-foot Club Row Building features onsite shops and services including Japanese-Peruvian restaurant Sen Sakana, Dunkin’ Donuts, a barber, tailor, newsstand, post office and a bicycle room. Andrew Sachs, Tim Gibson, Josh Gosin and Matthew Augarten of NKF represented the landlord, APF Properties, in the lease negotiations. Peter Trivelas and Jason Ward of Cushman & Wakefield represented Advantage Sales & Marketing.

RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. — ABS Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 13,823-square-foot office lease for music rehearsal space provider Pirate Studios at the Box Factory, an office and retail center in Ridgewood, Long Island. The U.K.-based company provides rehearsal and production space to musicians in sound-treated rooms. Ben Waller of ABS Partners represented Pirate Studios in the lease negotiations. Waller also represented the landlord, a partnership between Hornig Capital Partners and Brickman.

NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has negotiated a 10,000-square-foot office lease for grocery delivery service Hungryroot in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan. Hungryroot is moving to 7 West 22nd Street from its Union Square coworking office space to accommodate its everyday business functions, rising employee count and continued company growth. Sheena Gohil and Jack Senske of Colliers represented Hungryroot in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King, Alexander Golod and Georgina Cook of CBRE represented the landlord, Chang Realty Associates.