Rudin announced today that it has secured two headquarters relocation deals, totaling a combined 26,500 square feet, at One Battery Park Plaza, its 35-story, 870,000 square-foot office tower in Lower Manhattan.
New York City-based insurance litigation firm, Barry McTiernan & Moore LLC, will relocate from its current headquarters at 101 Greenwich Street to 18,464 square feet across the tower’s entire top floor as part of a 16-year lease. The firm is expected to move to its new space, which features high ceilings and unrivaled skyline views, in mid-2024.
Partnership With Children, an organization that specializes in providing mental health services and support for the emotional well-being of children across the five boroughs, has signed an 11-year lease to occupy 8,036-square-feet of prebuilt space on a portion of the second floor. The relocation and expansion from its current headquarters at 299 Broadway is planned for Q2 2024.
This marks the third headquarters lease at One Battery Park Plaza in the last six months. In August 2023, award-winning architecture practice Curtis & Ginsberg relocated to 12,602 square feet on the 27th floor.
“We are pleased to welcome Barry McTiernan & Moore LLC and Partnership With Children to our diverse and growing roster of organizations that have chosen One Battery Park Plaza as their new homes,” said Michael Rudin, Co-CEO of Rudin. “These relocations further demonstrate that companies are prioritizing distinctive, high-quality work environments backed by strong building ownership.”
Added Wesner Pierre, CEO, Partnership With Children, “On behalf of Partnership With Children, we are very excited about this new pivotal chapter in our 115-year history. For over a century, we have worked tirelessly to meet the critical mental health needs of our city’s young people, and we are delighted to call One Battery Park Plaza our new home!”
Barry McTiernan & Moore LLC was represented by Cushman & Wakefield’s Jonathan Schindler and Mark Weiss. Partnership with Children was represented by Ramneek K. Rikhy, Zachary Price and Marlee Teplitzky of CBRE. Rudin’s Kevin Daly, Vice President, represented building ownership in both transactions.
Originally constructed by the Rudins in 1971, One Battery Park Plaza features original architecture by Emery Roth & Sons and a renovated Italian marble lobby by Specter DeSouza Architects. Floor plates in the building range from 27,000 to 29,000 square feet and offer sweeping views of New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Governors Island, and Battery Park.
One Battery Park Plaza has achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating, is WiredScore Platinum certified and utilizes Nantum, the world’s most advanced building operating system. Nantum OS is the flagship product of Prescriptive Data, a privately held smart building automation company focused on using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, decrease carbon emissions and optimize tenant comfort.
Major tenants at the tower include SFA Agency LLC, Nationwide Mutual Insurance, the International Refugee Assistance Project, Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson, Cullen and Dykman. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Seward & Kissel, Meridian Capital, The Partnership for New York City, the New York City Fire Pension Fund and CetraRuddy.
About Rudin
Rudin is a full-service real estate organization, and one of New York City’s largest private owners, operators and developers of best-in-class real estate. Among its real estate holdings are 15 commercial office buildings containing approximately 10.1 million square feet of space and 17 apartment buildings comprising over four million square feet of residences. For more information about Rudin, please visit https://www.rudin.com/.
