{"id":78391,"date":"2025-12-22T20:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/78391\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:37:10","slug":"moodys-inks-460k-sf-brookfield-place-lease-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/78391\/","title":{"rendered":"Moody\u2019s Inks 460K-SF Brookfield Place Lease \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial analytics firm Moody\u2019s is moving to a new home, having signed a 460,000-square-foot lease at 200 Liberty Street at Brookfield<\/a> Place in Lower Manhattan, Moody\u2019s announced. There had been previous speculation<\/a> that Moody\u2019s was in the process of signing this deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The firm will move from 7 World Trade Center \u2014 where it currently occupies 758,000 square feet \u2014 in 2027. The length of the new lease and the asking rent were not disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The average asking rent for office space in Lower Manhattan during the third quarter of 2025 was $57.92, according to CBRE<\/a> data. However, previous Commercial Observer reporting noted asking rent of $72 per square foot at another Brookfield property in the area \u2014 225 Liberty Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis move is so much more than a change of address,\u201d Rob Fauber, president and CEO of Moody\u2019s, said in a statement announcing the lease. \u201cIt\u2019s an investment that is going to help us better serve our customers and ensure Moody\u2019s remains a place where people want to come and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moody\u2019s will occupy space across several floors of 200 Liberty Street, a 40-story office building built in 1986.<\/p>\n

The tenant was represented by Robert Lowe, John Cefaly, Paige Engeldrum, Ed Donnery, Michael Montesi and Nicholas Dysenchuk from Cushman & Wakefield<\/a>, as well as Valerie Kelly, Jonathan Mechanic, and Catherine Bushong from law firm Fried Frank<\/a>. C&W did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a pleasure working on this significant lease for Moody\u2019s and helping to keep their recognized presence downtown, where they have been for more than 115 years,\u201d Kelly told CO via email. \u201cThey are moving to a prime location with terrific amenities and spaces for their employees across 460,000 square feet and multiple floors, which will further ensure that the company continues to bring innovative solutions, ideas and insights to global markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookfield was represented in-house by Mikael Nahmias, Dan Roberts and Andrew Dunn, alongside Paul Glickman, John Wheeler and Christine Colley of JLL. JLL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBrookfield Place is one of the world\u2019s premier workplaces, and Moody\u2019s decision to locate its global headquarters here signifies the company\u2019s strong commitment to New York City, Lower Manhattan, their employees and the future of their business,\u201d Ben Brown, co-president at Brookfield Real Estate, said in the statement. \u201cMoody\u2019s will join an elite roster of leading companies at Brookfield Place, and we are thrilled to welcome them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other tenants at\u00a0 200 Liberty Street include the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, financial services firm Alex Brown and the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Amanda Schiavo can be reached at aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Financial analytics firm Moody\u2019s is moving to a new home, having signed a 460,000-square-foot lease at 200 Liberty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38982,32170,38983,38984,38985,38986,38987,2361,38988,9,11,10,38989,2362,38990,38991,38992,38993],"class_list":["post-78391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-200-liberty-street","tag-225-liberty-street","tag-ben-brown","tag-catherine-bushong","tag-ed-donnery","tag-john-cefaly","tag-jonathan-mechanic","tag-leases","tag-michael-montesi","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nicholas-dysenchuk","tag-office-leases","tag-paige-engeldrum","tag-rob-fauber","tag-robert-lowe","tag-valerie-kelly-channel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78391","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=78391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}