Willis Group Signs at One World Financial Center

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NEW YORK CITY-Global insurance broker Willis Group signed a long-term lease for 205,000 sf of space at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan in Battery Park City. The company will relocate its New York Associates to One World Financial Center from its current locations at Hanover Square and Wall Street Plaza. Terms of the deal we not made immediately available to GlobeSt.com. Willis Group was represented by the Studley team of George Martin, vice chairman and senior officer, Iselin, New Jersey; Philip Lipper, corporate managing director, Iselin; Joseph Messina, managing director, Iselin and Mark Jaccom.

Consistent with the company’s One Flag approach of close cooperation and coordination around the world, this space will bring all of Willis’ New York Associates together under one roof. “This is a great day for Willis,” Joe Plumeri, Willis chairman says in a statement. “It is first-class space for first-class people and I could not be more proud of what we have all accomplished together such that we can make this great commitment to our future.”