{"id":312831,"date":"2026-08-03T20:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312831\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:52:17","slug":"jams-moving-hq-to-times-square-from-new-york-times-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312831\/","title":{"rendered":"Jams Moving HQ To Times Square From New York Times Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no argument over who is about to have the best view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/rudin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Rudin<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/3-times-square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">3 Times Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/960x0.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"object-cover w-full\"\/><br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/j4Wu7j7Xnde2hoM9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Photo credit: Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rudin&#8217;s 3 Times Square office tower, where JAMS is set to move into 55K SF across the top two floors.<\/p>\n<p>Jams, a global dispute resolution services provider, is relocating its New York City headquarters to 55K SF across the top two floors of the 30-story, 925K SF Midtown tower, Rudin announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJAMS\u2019 major commitment to 3 Times Square underscores the market\u2019s continued appetite for top-quality, well-located properties with premier amenity programs,\u201d Rudin co-CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/michael-rudin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Michael Rudin<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>After signing an 11-year lease, the company is expected to move into the office building in the fourth quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute resolution firm will join a tenant roster that includes Spectrum Reach, Remy Cointreau and Anchin, Block &amp; Anchin. The tower is now 75% leased, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/business\/jams-moving-to-3-times-square\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJAMS has a longstanding presence in New York, and this relocation represents an important investment in our future here,\u201d Jams CEO and President Kimberly Taylor said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Rudin and its joint venture partner, Thomson Reuters, in 2021 invested $25M to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/news\/new-york\/construction-development\/3-times-square-to-undergo-25m-repositioning-108388\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">create a 16th-floor amenity space<\/a>, which has a caf\u00e9, a lounge, and conference and event space.<\/p>\n<p>Rudin scored a $415M refinancing from a group of lenders led by JPMorgan in 2022, six months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/news\/new-york\/office\/university-signs-massive-lease-in-the-heart-of-times-square-111387\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">after signing<\/a> a 32-year, 243K SF lease with Touro University for a consolidated campus. The private college <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2023\/03\/08\/touro-university-expands-huge-lease-at-rudins-3-times-square\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">expanded to<\/a> 310K SF in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/cbre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CBRE<\/a>\u2019s Ken Rapp, Brendan Herlihy and Ron Wade represented Jams in the deal. Kevin Daly represented Rudin in-house along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/cushman-wakefield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cushman &amp; Wakefield<\/a>\u2019s Ron LoRusso, Lou D\u2019Avanzo, John Cefaly, Michael Burgio, Dan Organ and Paige Engeldrum.<\/p>\n<p>Jams is moving from its space at 620 Eighth Ave., where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamsadr.com\/locations\/newyork\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">its website shows<\/a> it has space on one floor in the portion of the building owned by The New York Times, as well as on a separate floor in the part owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/brookfield-asset-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Brookfield Asset Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal may cause further strain for the owners of Jams\u2019 current home, the 1.5M SF, 52-story office near the Port Authority Bus Terminal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/09\/business\/relateds-hudson-yards-inks-2-major-deals-in-covington-amp-burling-susquehanna-international-group\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">In October 2024,<\/a> law firm Covington &amp; Burlington was moving from 200K SF at 620 Eighth Ave. to 235K SF at 30 Hudson Yards via a sublease agreement. Fitch Ratings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/real-estate\/new-york-times-building-faces-tough-refinancing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">downgraded the building\u2019s outlook<\/a> to \u201cnegative\u201d five months later.<\/p>\n<p>A year after the law firm announced its move-out, Brookfield&#8217;s $635M debt was moved to special servicing as the owner tried to modify the loan after five consecutive extensions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/real-estate\/brookfields-stake-new-york-times-building-620-eighth-ave-heads-special-servicing\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Crain\u2019s New York Business reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brookfield defaulted on the building&#8217;s mortgage when it matured in December, according to servicer commentary via Morningstar Credit Analytics. After being appraised at a $1B value in 2018, a recent appraisal pegged the office condo&#8217;s value at $635M, according to servicer commentary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is no argument over who is about to have the best view at Rudin\u2019s 3 Times Square.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[118301,118302,68344,1500,28551,9,24,55,54,56,15571,118303],"class_list":["post-312831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-3-times-square","tag-620-eighth-ave","tag-brookfield-asset-management","tag-jpmorgan-chase","tag-michael-rudin","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-rudin","tag-the-new-york-times-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312831","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=312831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}