{"id":211587,"date":"2026-04-27T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211587\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:27:25","slug":"energy-capital-partners-expands-to-70k-sf-at-one-world-trade-center-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/211587\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Capital Partners Expands to 70K SF at One World Trade Center \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/energy-capital-partners\/\" title=\"Energy Capital Partners\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Energy Capital Partners<\/a> (ECP), an energy transition infrastructure-focused investment firm, has expanded its presence at One World Trade Center to 70,425 square feet, Commercial Observer can first report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company is expanding its office footprint to span the building\u2019s entire 59th floor, while maintaining the 26,292 square feet it currently occupies on the 58th floor, according to building owner and operators the <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/durst-organization\/\" title=\"Durst Organization\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Durst Organization<\/a> and The <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/port-authority-of-new-york-and-new-jersey\/\" title=\"Port Authority of New York and New Jersey\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/office-operating-model-that-converts-uncertainty-into-occupancy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Office Operating Model That Converts Uncertainty Into Occupancy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deal marks ECP\u2019s third expansion at One World Trade Center since 2017, when the firm initially leased just 6,173 square feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we scaled our company, we decided again and again to grow within One World Trade Center,\u201d Murray Karp, managing partner and chief operating officer at ECP, said in a statement. \u201cThe building offers an ideal commute for our expanding team, amenities, unmatched views, and a shared commitment to innovation and sustainability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The length of the new lease and the asking rent were not disclosed. The average asking rent for the Class A office property in the Financial District was $77.18 per square foot in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/colliers\/\" title=\"Colliers\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colliers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Durst was represented in-house by Eric Engelhardt, Karen Rose and Sayo Kamara, as well as by <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/newmark\/\" title=\"Newmark\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newmark<\/a>\u2019s David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Hal Stein, Nathan Kropp and Paige Raisides. Eric Zemachson and Corey Borg from Newmark represented the tenant. Newmark did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne World Trade Center is one of the most dynamic buildings in New York City with direct access to transit and all the cultural and retail attractions Lower Manhattan has to offer,\u201d Durst Organization President Jody Durst said in a statement. \u201cWe are proud that ECP and many other companies have chosen to stay and grow in the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One World Trade Center \u2014 one of the tallest buildings in the Western Hemisphere \u2014 is now 97 percent leased following ECP\u2019s deal. Other tenants at the 104-story office skyscraper include <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/10\/scale-ai-sublease-wunderkind-one-world-trade-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">software development company<\/a> Scale AI, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/09\/law-firm-frier-levitt-one-world-trade-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">law firm<\/a> Frier Levitt, and <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/09\/lmax-group-one-world-trade-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital asset operator<\/a> LMAX Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Schiavo can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/energy-capital-partners-lease-expansion-one-world-trade-center\/mailto:aschiavo@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Energy Capital Partners (ECP), an energy transition infrastructure-focused investment firm, has expanded its presence at One World Trade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[83642,26047,83643,83644,24703,32977,83645,2361,75,84,83,83646,83647,9,24,63,2362,10360,34484,83648,83649],"class_list":["post-211587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-corey-borg","tag-david-falk","tag-eric-engelhardt","tag-eric-zemachson","tag-hal-stein","tag-jody-durst","tag-karen-rose","tag-leases","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-murray-karp","tag-nathan-kropp","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-one-world-trade-center","tag-paige-raisides","tag-peter-shimkin","tag-sayo-kamara-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}