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Morgan Stanley Mulls Sale of Midtown Property

NEW YORK CITY-Morgan Stanley is considering selling its unfinished Midtown building to rival securities firm Lehman Brothers and moving a chunk of its operations out of Manhattan.

By Glen Thompson | Updated on October 05, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-Morgan Stanley is flirting with the notion of selling its still-unfinished Midtown building to rival securities firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and moving part of its operation out of the city, published reports say. Such a move would be a major signal to both the real estate and financial communities that the events of September 11 will have ramifications that reach far beyond the question of whether or not to rebuild the flattened World Trade Center towers.

The news comes less than a week after reports that the firm will lay off 150 employees. It also comes a few days before a charity event to benefit the Morgan Stanley Victims Relief Fund, which was seeded with a $10 million gift from the company.

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