NEW YORK CITY-Law firm Baker & McKenzie has signed a 15-year lease for six and a half floors at IDB Group’s 452 Fifth Ave. The firm will occupy 105,803 square feet of space at the building when it moves across Bryant Park from 1114 Avenue of the Americas, making it the second largest tenant after anchor HSBC.

According to Ehud Elizur, president of IDB Group PBC-KOOR USA, the firm was lured to the building for predictable reasons, like location and proximity to transportations hubs. But it likely found the building’s height advantage over its neighbors to be an attractive factor as well.

“All the buildings around it are low buildings,” Elizur says. “When you’re in the building you really have unobstructed views in all directions. And the glass walls--floor to ceiling--are attractive to tenants who entertain clients and customers, because they get a great view in all directions.”