{"id":1004264453,"date":"2018-09-12T06:39:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004264453"},"modified":"2018-09-12T06:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:39:20","slug":"thor-equities-inks-lease-at-historic-manhattan-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/thor-equities-inks-lease-at-historic-manhattan-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor Equities Inks Lease at Historic Manhattan Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Corina Stef<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004264483\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004264483\" data-attachment-id=\"1004264483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/thor-equities-inks-lease-at-historic-manhattan-building\/attachment\/5770\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"25 W. 39th St.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;25 W. 39th St.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;25 W. 39th St.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004264483 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/09\/5770.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004264483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">25 W. 39th St.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thor Equities has signed a 13,400-square-foot lease with The Squash Center at one of its office buildings in Manhattan. By early 2019, the private club will occupy the asset\u2019s entire fifth floor.<\/p>\n<p>The property located at 25 W. 39<sup>th<\/sup> St. was formerly known&nbsp;as the Engineering Societies\u2019 Building. Completed in 1907 with&nbsp;a $1.5 million gift from millionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the tower featured a 1,000-seat auditorium and one of the world\u2019s largest engineering&nbsp;libraries at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Engineering Societies\u2019 relocation in 1961, the 15-story, 208,000-square-foot building was converted into office&nbsp;space with expansive column spacing and 20-foot slab-to-slab ceiling heights. Other tenants include Spark Labs, Halston, Movado, Seven for all Mankind, VF Jeanswear and Thor Equities.<\/p>\n<p>Avison Young\u2019s Arthur Mirante, John Ryan and Patrick Steffens partnered with Thor Equities\u2019 Jonathan Scheinberg to represent the landlord. JLL\u2019s Ellen Herman and Allison Buck acted on behalf of the tenant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We are pleased to welcome The Squash Center to 25 W. 39<sup>th<\/sup> St., a majestic building located just steps from Bryant Park in the Garment District, an area that is continuing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ac-hotel-opens-in-midtown-manhattan\/\">evolve into a vibrant 24\/7 destination<\/a><\/em>,\u201d Thor Equities CEO Joseph Sitt said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Engineering Societies\u2019 Building used to be home to a 1,000-seat auditorium and one of the largest engineering libraries of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":1004264483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,21743,1600,21742,10,21747],"tags":[36185,33022,32796,32776],"class_list":["post-1004264453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-deals","category-new-york","category-latest","category-northeast","category-office","tag-arthur-mirante","tag-avison-young","tag-jll","tag-thor-equities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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