Northeast

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.