{"id":385820,"date":"2026-10-28T20:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/385820\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:38:46","slug":"childrens-rescue-fund-adds-9k-sf-at-the-bronxs-521-bergen-avenue-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/385820\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Rescue Fund Adds 9K SF at the Bronx\u2019s 521 Bergen Avenue \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nonprofit housing and supportive family services provider <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/childrens-rescue-fund\/\" title=\"Children\u2019s Rescue Fund\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Children\u2019s Rescue Fund<\/a> has upped its footprint at 521 Bergen Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The charity\u2019s executive offices expanded by 8,648 square feet on the South Bronx office property\u2019s second floor in early October, according to an announcement by landlord brokerage <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/jll\/\" title=\"JLL\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JLL<\/a>. The deal gives Children\u2019s Rescue Fund a total footprint of 26,646 square feet and completes the lease-up of the redeveloped building, all six stories of which are entirely occupied by nonprofits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/10\/blacksmith-software-sona-technologies-lease-245-fifth-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blacksmith Software, Sona Technologies Lease 26K SF at Moinian\u2019s 245 Fifth Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a space that is accessible, flexible and well suited to our needs allows us to strengthen our operations and remain focused on delivering the critical services that families depend on,\u201d Children\u2019s Rescue Fund CEO Orlando Ivey said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The building owner is <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/521-bergen-properties\/\" title=\"521 Bergen Properties\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">521 Bergen Properties<\/a>, and the building is managed by an affiliate of <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/rubenstein-partners\/\" title=\"Rubenstein Partners\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rubenstein Partners<\/a>. The landlord was represented by JLL\u2019s William Korchak, Al Gutierrez, Edward DiTolla and Henry Warner in the expansion deal. It was not immediately clear whether the tenant worked with an outside brokerage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompleting the lease-up of 521 Bergen Avenue is a significant milestone for the property and a testament to the vision behind its redevelopment,\u201d Korchak said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Rescue Fund arrived at 521 Bergen Avenue in November 2025. Its initial lease spanned 18,000 square feet across the third and fourth floors, as well as a portion of the basement, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2025\/11\/childrens-rescue-fund-521-bergen-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Commercial Observer reported at the time<\/a>. That deal carried a 10-year term with an asking rent of $39 per square foot, and the same terms applied to its recent expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The 55,000-square-foot building, located one block from the Third Avenue\u2013149th Street subway station, also hosts child welfare organization JCCA and <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2024\/09\/the-bridge-lease-521-bergen-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">programming provider<\/a> The Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Davis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/10\/childrens-rescue-fund-521-bergen-avenue-lease-expansion\/mailto:edavis@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edavis@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nonprofit housing and supportive family services provider Children\u2019s Rescue Fund has upped its footprint at 521 Bergen Avenue.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[140571,140572,128,140573,140574,2361,9,24,63,2362,140575,129,131,130,140576],"class_list":["post-385820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-521-bergen-avenue","tag-al-gutierrez","tag-bronx","tag-edward-ditolla","tag-henry-warner","tag-leases","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-orlando-ivey","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-william-korchak-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385820","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=385820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}