{"id":380412,"date":"2026-10-23T03:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380412\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T03:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:40:20","slug":"it-firm-mphasis-expands-by-14k-sf-at-rudins-41-madison-avenue-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380412\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Firm Mphasis Expands by 14K SF at Rudin\u2019s 41 Madison Avenue \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/blackstone\/\" title=\"Blackstone\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blackstone<\/a>-backed information technology firm <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/mphasis\/\" title=\"Mphasis\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mphasis<\/a> has more than doubled its office footprint at 41 Madison Avenue to 27,709 square feet, and tacked on another decade to its tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The deal adds 14,151 square feet to Mphasis\u2019 footprint at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/rudin\/\" title=\"Rudin\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rudin<\/a>\u2019s office tower northeast of Madison Square Park, according to the landlord. Mphasis, headquartered in Bengaluru, India, will expand its New York City office onto the building\u2019s entire 36th floor, while continuing to occupy the 35th floor below.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/10\/podcast-reducing-cre-energy-costs-with-physical-ai-with-r-zero-ceo-jennifer-nuckles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Podcast: Reducing CRE Energy Costs with Physical AI, with R-Zero CEO Jennifer Nuckles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 10-year extension accompanied the lease deal, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.costar.com\/article\/374127104\/blackstone-backed-tech-firm-doubles-manhattan-footprint\">first reported by CoStar.<\/a> The asking rent was not disclosed, but Class A office rents in Midtown South averaged $98.01 per square foot in the third quarter of 2026, according to Colliers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rudin\u2019s Robert Steinman and Craig Panzirer represented the landlord in-house, while <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/cbre\/\" title=\"CBRE\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBRE<\/a>\u2019s William Iacovelli and Patrick Moroney negotiated on behalf of Mphasis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMphasis\u2019 preference was to remain at 41 Madison Avenue,\u201d Iacovelli told Commercial Observer. \u201cAnd when the opportunity arose to lease the 36th floor alongside its existing 35th-floor space, it was the ideal solution to support the company\u2019s continued growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mphasis arrived at the 42-story Flatiron District tower in April 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2021\/04\/it-firm-mphasis-inks-14k-sf-sublease-at-41-madison-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CO previously reported<\/a>. The company relocated from 460 Park Avenue South through a 13,558-square-foot sublease with Mission Capital Advisors. Asking rent at the time was in the mid-$70s per square foot.<\/p>\n<p>The 560,000-square-foot building sits along Madison Avenue between East 25th and East 26th streets. Other recent moves there include new full-floor leases by <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/09\/zip-lease-rudin-41-madison-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital financial services firm<\/a> Zip and <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/03\/brighttower-lease-rudin-41-madison-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">investment bank<\/a> BrightTower, as well as a 13,357-square-foot expansion by <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/polar-asset-management-partners-lease-rudin-41-madison-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">investment services firm<\/a> Polar Asset Management Partners.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Mphasis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Davis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/10\/mphasis-lease-expansion-rudin-41-madison-avenue\/mailto:edavis@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edavis@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blackstone-backed information technology firm Mphasis has more than doubled its office footprint at 41 Madison Avenue to 27,709&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[130655,50628,2361,75,84,83,9,24,63,2362,132352,130656,139500],"class_list":["post-380412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-41-madison-avenue","tag-craig-panzirer","tag-leases","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-patrick-moroney","tag-robert-steinman","tag-william-iacovelli-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380412","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=380412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}