Investment Management Firm Takes 18th Floor of 48 Wall St.

NEW YORK CITY-John W. Bristol & Co. has taken the 18th floor, a total of 9,325 sf, at 48 Wall St. More than half of the 324,000-sf, 34-story building is now leased. Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning Worldwide, the largest design firm in the US, recently signed for 27,300 sf and StockHouse Media Corp., an online information source for investors will occupy space on the ground floor, grand mezzanine and upper mezzanine. That space once comprised the great banking hall of the Bank of New York.

“This lease represents a solid commitment to 48 Wall St. by a strong investment management firm. We are thrilled that the building is now over 50% leased and we are confident that we will hit the 60% mark before the building opens in the next 45 days,” says Robert Lowe, director, Cushman & Wakefield. John Cefaly and Jonathan Dean represented the owner, Swig Burris Equities LLC, and Jonathan Weller, also of C&W, spoke for Bristol. Terms were not disclosed.