Design Firm Expands in Union Square

NEW YORK CITY-Architectural firm Perkins + Will has expanded its New York headquarters at 215 Park Ave. South in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood, taking on 16,500 square feet in a sublease space for a total of 40,260 square feet there. The sublease space will become a direct lease in 2015.

The firm, which specializes in interior design, sustainable building design, branded environments and urban design, is now the anchor tenant at 215 PAS. It was operating from 16,500 square feet on the fourth floor, and took an additional 7,260 square feet on the 18th floor. The fourth-floor lease has been extended to become co-terminus with the expiration of the sixth-floor sublease space, which is being sublet from immigration attorneys Binder & Binder. A spokeswoman for building owner SL Green Realty Corp. says the 18th-floor space will likely be given back when the lease expires.