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NEW YORK CITY — Empire State Development has signed a 117,181-square-foot office headquarters lease at 655 Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The state’s chief economic development agency will occupy five full floors of the 30-story, 425,000-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1958. Tom Bow, Ashlea Aaron and Bailey Caliban internally represented the landlord, The Durst Organization, in the lease negotiations. Moshe Sukenik and Brian Cohen of Newmark, along with Joan Brothers of Manhattan Boutique Real Estate, represented Empire State Development.