NEW YORK CITY-Downtown Brooklyn is booming, at least if activity from Forest City Ratner is any indication. The company has signed a number of leases in the area recently, totaling over 570,000 square feet, it was revealed yesterday. The leases include long-term, diverse tenants at spots in Two Metro Tech and One Pierrepont Plaza. Financial services, government and tech are all taking major chunks of space.

“Despite still-challenging economic times nationwide, we are delighted to report that five diverse tenants have entered into new leases at Two MetroTech Center and that Morgan Stanley has renewed for a substantial block of space at One Pierrepont Plaza,” Forest City Ratner chairman and CEO Bruce Ratner said in a prepared statement.

Morgan Stanley, which Ratner mentioned, renewed its lease at One Pierrepont Plaza for ten years. It will occupy 200,000 square feet in the building--retaining floors two through five in their entirety. At Two MetroTech, the General Services Administration has taken 120,000 square feet, the City of New York has taken 155,000 square feet--an expansion, and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University will expand into 90,000 square feet. Those leases are for 10, 20 and 15 years, respectively.