Artist Hunt Slonem Signs Full-Building Lease on 11th Ave

March 31, 2022 10:00 AM

Newmark announces that Hunt Slonem has signed a 37,151-square-foot lease for the entirety of 595 11^th Avenue, a unique single-tenant office building located in Manhattan’s Far West Side. Newmark’s Managing Director Nick Berger represented the asset owner, Marin Management, on the transaction.

“595 11^th Avenue is a one-of-a-kind creative office building perfect for a renowned artist like Hunt Slonem,” said Berger. “The fact that he chose to relocate to this building from Brooklyn speaks to Manhattan’s continued ability to attract creative tenants.”

595 11^th Avenue is a 3-story, 37,151-square-foot, single-tenant creative office building with additional usable basement and rooftop space. The building features trendy aesthetics, above-standard ceiling heights, oversized windows providing abundant natural light, skylights on the top floor and a unique central atrium and staircase leading up to a beautiful useable roof deck with 360-degree views. The building also offers unique signage and branding opportunities.

Hunt Slonem is a celebrated American painter, sculptor and printmaker, best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies, bunnies and tropical birds. Slonem regularly exhibits at both public and private venues, and his works are featured in important museum collections worldwide. The artist was seeking a new vision for his brand and 595 11^th Avenue checked all the boxes, presenting a unique opportunity to have a full-building presence in a stunning, one-of-a-kind building. The brand will relocate from its previous office space at 14 53^rd Street in Brooklyn.

According to Newmark Research, Midtown leasing velocity during the fourth quarter of 2021 totaled 5.5 million square feet, an increase of 15.7% from the third quarter. This marks the highest total since the fourth quarter of 2019. Activity was also just above the 10-year quarterly average of 5.5 million square feet, propelled by a few large renewals. Midtown average asking rents increased by 6.1% quarter-over-quarter to $82.79 per square foot, the highest level over the past five quarters.

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