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MetLife Signs Long-Term, Midtown Lease

NEW YORK CITY-The company will occupy a total of 12 floors in an Equity Office property currently undergoing a major redevelopment.

By Katie Hinderer | Updated on December 28, 2006

NEW YORK CITY-MetLife Inc. has leased 410,000 sf at Equity Office’s 1095 Avenue of the Americas bringing the property to 60% occupancy. The company will occupy 12 floors in the building and move employees from its Long Island City office into the space by the end of 2008.

“We are extremely pleased and excited about MetLife moving to 1095 Avenue of the Americas, which will be a premier class A office tower,” says C. Robert Henrikson, president and CEO of MetLife, in a statement. “MetLife is a worldwide provider of financial solutions in today’s global marketplace, and relocating to 1095 Avenue of the Americas will allow us room for future growth and expansion.”

MetLife’s IT department will remain in Long Island City while the rest of the employees make the transition to the new space.

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