Financial SMEs helping to boost Manhattan's office leasing market
New York
NEW YORK'S financial industry has returned to lead the city's office leasing, after years of being hobbled by the credit crisis. This time, it's not the biggest banks that are driving the market.
Private equity and advisory firms are expanding, helping to push Manhattan's office-vacancy rate to the lowest in more than six years, even as large global companies scale back. PJT Partners Inc, led by former Morgan Stanley executive Paul Taubman, is moving into bigger quarters on Park Avenue. Fortress Investment Group LLC increased its space by a third this year.
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