Architecture Firm to Leave SoHo for lower Manhattan Digs
12 June 2017 - 6:49AM
Dow Jones News
By Keiko Morris
Architecture and design firm CetraRuddy is planning to relocate
its office to a lower Manhattan tower, joining the flow of firms
that have diversified and revitalized the area over the last
several years.
CetraRuddy signed an 11-year lease to move its offices from the
SoHo neighborhood to One Battery Park Plaza, which is across the
street from Battery Park, according to the building's owners, a
joint venture of the Rudin family and Allianz Real Estate of
America.
"You are seeing the continued movement of architectural and
design firms downtown," said Bill Rudin, chief executive of Rudin
Management Co.
Downtown Manhattan recently has been on an upswing, recording
2.3 million square feet of leasing in the first quarter this year
and capturing five of the 10 largest Manhattan leases during the
period, according to real estate services firm JLL. Among the
biggest transactions was the 378,000 square-foot lease deal signed
by digital music company Spotify to relocate from Chelsea to 4
World Trade Center.
In the first quarter, downtown's vacancy rate fell to 10.4% from
11.1% in the same period last year.
One Battery Park Plaza is almost fully leased. A little more
than a year ago, the joint venture upgraded the 870,000 square-foot
tower, redoing the lobby and installing new elevator cabs.
CetraRuddy expects to relocate with its 108 architects and
designers at the end of 2017.
"When we moved to Soho 30 years ago it was the new frontier,"
said Nancy J. Ruddy, CetraRuddy's co-founding principal and
executive director of interior design, in an emailed statement.
"And we're glad to move to New York City's growing nexus of
pioneering design ideas."
Write to Keiko Morris at Keiko.Morris@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 11, 2017 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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