{"id":217430,"date":"2026-05-02T02:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217430\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:51:18","slug":"law-firm-cleary-gottlieb-inks-475k-sf-lease-at-brookfields-one-liberty-plaza-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217430\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firm Cleary Gottlieb Inks 475K-SF Lease at Brookfield\u2019s One Liberty Plaza \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/brookfield-properties\/\" title=\"Brookfield Properties\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brookfield Properties<\/a>\u2019 One Liberty Plaza signed Manhattan\u2019s largest office lease in April, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/manhattan-office-demand-leasing-colliers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">office market snapshot<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/colliers\/\" title=\"Colliers\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colliers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/cleary-gottlieb-steen-hamilton\/\" title=\"Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton<\/a>, commonly known as Cleary Gottlieb, took 475,000 square feet of space at the 54-story Financial District office building, where it has been a tenant since 1990, according to Colliers\u2019 office report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/?p=567498&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=567498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Events Company Skylight Expands By 11K SF at Two Trees\u2019 Refinery at Domino<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The length of the lease and the asking rent were not disclosed. However, the average asking rent for office space in Lower Manhattan was $62.21 per square foot in April, according to Colliers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to recommit to our office in downtown Manhattan, with a new space in One Liberty Plaza,\u201d a spokesperson for Cleary Gottlieb told Commercial Observer. \u201cIn the coming years, we will be moving to higher, completely redesigned floors which will accommodate our growth and provide a welcoming environment for Cleary lawyers, professional staff and clients. We\u2019re excited to be creating a 21st century workplace within this historic location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deal seems to represent a relocation within the building for the law firm. It\u2019s unclear how much space Cleary Gottlieb previously occupied at the property.<\/p>\n<p>Brookfield\u2019s Mikael Nahmias, Daniel Roberts and David Caperna are listed as the in-house brokers for One Liberty Plaza on its website. Brookfield did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who brokered the deal for the tenant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Liberty Plaza was built in 1972 and is 54 stories tall, and located near the World Trade Center. Other tenants in the building include law firm Chaves &amp; Perlowitz and media company Business Insider.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>News of Cleary Gottlieb\u2019s deal comes as Manhattan\u2019s office leasing activity reached 3.61 million square feet in April, surpassing the 10-year monthly average of 2.78 million square feet, according to Colliers\u2019 report.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Schiavo can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/cleary-gottlieb-lease-brookfield-one-liberty-plaza\/mailto:aschiavo@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brookfield Properties\u2019 One Liberty Plaza signed Manhattan\u2019s largest office lease in April, according to the latest office market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85715,85716,2361,85717,9,11,10,2362,85718],"class_list":["post-217430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-daniel-roberts","tag-david-caperna","tag-leases","tag-mikael-nahmias","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-office-leases","tag-one-liberty-plaza-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217430","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=217430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}