{"id":304292,"date":"2026-07-23T23:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304292\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:35:24","slug":"durst-secures-three-leases-at-1133-avenue-of-the-americas-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304292\/","title":{"rendered":"Durst Secures Three Leases at 1133 Avenue of the Americas \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Durst Organization has announced three leases totaling 11,223 square feet for prebuilt office suites at the company\u2019s 1133 Avenue of the Americas, Commercial Observer has learned.<\/p>\n<p>In the largest of these, software company <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/quantexa\/\" title=\"Quantexa\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quantexa<\/a> signed a new lease for 5,263 square feet at the building. The U.K.-based firm specializes in artificial intelligence-based software applications for analysis and decision-making, according to the company website.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/07\/fashion-nova-la-industrial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Nova Expands L.A. Footprint With 133K-SF Warehouse Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, theater company <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/olympus-theatricals\/\" title=\"Olympus Theatricals\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympus Theatricals<\/a> renewed its lease for 3,345 square feet, and financial services firm <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/global-securitization-services\/\" title=\"Global Securitization Services\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Global Securitization Services<\/a> renewed for 2,615 square feet.<\/p>\n<p>The lengths of the three leases were unclear. <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/the-durst-organization\/\" title=\"The Durst Organization\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Durst Organization<\/a> was represented in-house by Tom Bow, Rocco Romeo and Nora Caliban. Quantexa was represented by Aidan Campbell of <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/colliers\/\" title=\"Colliers\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colliers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese three leases reflect what tenants are looking for right now: quality space in a best-in-class building,\u201d said Jody Durst, president of the Durst Organization. \u201cWe are grateful that Olympus Theatricals and Global Securitization Services have recommitted to 1133 Avenue of the Americas, and welcome Quantexa to the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1133 Avenue of the Americas is a 1.1 million-square-foot, 45-story Class A tower a block north of Bryant Park.<\/p>\n<p>Global banking and financial services firm <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/ing-group\/\" title=\"ING Group\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ING Group<\/a> renewed its 132,400-square-foot space at the building in December 2025, adding 21,515 square feet more for a total of 153,915 square feet throughout the seventh through 11th floors, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/12\/ing-group-lease-durst-1133-avenue-of-the-americas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as reported in CO<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/massumi-consoli\/\" title=\"Massumi + Consoli\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Massumi + Consoli<\/a> also <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/08\/massumi-consoli-lease-durst-1133-avenue-of-the-americas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved into 22,915 square feet there<\/a> with a seven-year lease in August 2025. The move was an expansion for the firm, which Durst said now had five times more space than it had in its previous home at Penn 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/07\/law-firm-steptoe-1133-avenue-americas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The month before<\/a>, another law firm, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/steptoe\/\" title=\"Steptoe\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steptoe<\/a>, signed a 15-year lease at 1133 Avenue of the Americas for 57,988 square feet on the building\u2019s 43rd, 44th and 45th floors. The firm had previously been headquartered at 1114 Sixth Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of July 2025, asking rent in the building reportedly ranged from $115 to $120 per square foot.<\/p>\n<p>Other tenants at 1133 Avenue of the Americas include <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/charles-schwab\/\" title=\"Charles Schwab\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Schwab<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/interactive-brokers\/\" title=\"Interactive Brokers\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Interactive Brokers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/patterson-belknap-webb-tyler\/\" title=\"Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/take-two-interactive\/\" title=\"Take-Two Interactive\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Take-Two Interactive<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/national-basketball-players-association\/\" title=\"National Basketball Players Association\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Basketball Players Association<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/schindler-elevator-corporation\/\" title=\"Schindler Elevator Corporation\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schindler Elevator Corporation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/steinway-sons\/\" title=\"Steinway &amp; Sons\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steinway &amp; Sons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2021, the Durst Organization <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2021\/04\/durst-organization-114-west-47th-street-1133-avenue-of-the-americas-refinance-wells-fargo-bank-of-america-citi-manhattan-office-commercial-real-estate-cmbs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">secured a 10-year, fixed-rate and interest-only<\/a> commercial mortgage-backed securities loan for about $1.1 billion to refinance 1133 Avenue of the Americas and 114 West 47th Street. The nonrecourse financing was originated by <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/bank-of-america\/\" title=\"Bank of America\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bank of America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/citigroup\/\" title=\"Citigroup\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Citigroup<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/wells-fargo\/\" title=\"Wells Fargo\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wells Fargo<\/a>, and was secured by Durst\u2019s fee simple interests in the two office towers.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for Quantexa, Olympus Theatricals and Global Securitization Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Larry Getlen can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/07\/durst-secures-three-leases-1133-avenue-of-the-americas\/mailto:lgetlen@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lgetlen@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Durst Organization has announced three leases totaling 11,223 square feet for prebuilt office suites at the company\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[115333,115334,115335,81376,3759,32977,2361,75,84,83,9,24,96384,63,2362,78165,96386,96387],"class_list":["post-304292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-1114-sixth-avenue","tag-1133-avenue-of-the-americas","tag-114-west-47th-street","tag-aidan-campbell","tag-bryant-park","tag-jody-durst","tag-leases","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nora-caliban","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-penn-1","tag-rocco-romeo","tag-tom-bow-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304292","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=304292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}