NEW YORK CITY-RFR Realty has announced two new office leases totaling over 167,000 square feet at 757 Third Ave., bringing the 500,000-square-foot tower to 95% occupancy. The new transactions mark the climax of RFR's campaign to reposition and lease up the Emery Roth & Sons-designed tower following the departure of KPMG, which vacated approximately 180,000 square feet of the building in 2012. Within the past 24 months, RFR has completed new leases and renewals for nearly 400,000 of building's 500,000 square feet.

Grant Thornton LLP, the US member firm of Grant Thornton International, an independent audit, tax and advisory firm, signed on for 130,357 square feet in a 15-year deal. The company will relocate from 666 Third Ave. and expand its Manhattan presence by 20,000 square feet.

Meanwhile, Berkley Insurance Company, the principal reinsurance subsidiary of W.R. Berkley, will consolidate Midtown and Downtown offices into 37,453 square feet at 757 Third Ave. Other recent transactions at the building include a 12,199-square-foot lease to MPA–The Association of Magazine Media, the industry association for multi-platform magazine companies; a 6,961-square-foot lease to investment advisory firm Train, Babcock Advisors; and a transaction that saw Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association lease 5,700 square feet on floor seven and 5,284 square feet on floor nineteen.