“I own a court reporting business so I've had my eye on the options for executive office suites in Downtown Fort Lauderdale—and there's not much competition in the area,” Thomas Fallarino, founder of Empire Executive Offices, tells GlobeSt.com. “My project aims at attorneys and others who support the legal industry downtown. Litigators can lease full-time office space or rent a day office during trials. Cresa showed me five or six suitable buildings, but 110 Tower was the ideal location.”

Located on Southeast 6th Street directly across from the Broward County courthouse, 110 Tower bills itself as the location of choice for the Broward County legal industry. Empire Executive Offices will feature 50 private offices Fallarino says are larger than what the local competition offers—and every office has city views.

It's not a new office building, but the renovations are driving tenants to ink new leases in droves. 110 Tower recently inked 40,000 worth of new office and retaildeals. Subway is now open on the ground floor. And Trial Copy, a litigation litigation consulting firm specializing in electronic data discovery, computer forensics custom trial graphics, and heavy litigation copy service, is now occupying space in the lobby level.

“We have seen a strong increase in leasing activity due to the completion of the building's renovations, the progress of the new courthouse, the WAVE, which will stop directly in front of 110 Tower, and the improvements to the 6th Street areas,” Oswald, tells GlobeSt.com. “Downtown is experiencing tremendous growth in terms of new residential and other infrastructure projects. This has positioned it as a multinational hub of commercial and pedestrian business and 110 Tower is at its core.”

110 Tower was the first option for tenants seeking a LEED Gold-certified building within a multi-tenant high-rise office tower in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Ownership won the U.S. Green Building Council of South Florida's GalaVerde Award as Florida's Best in LEED for Existing Building, as well as BOMA's regional TOBY Award for Best Renovated Building.

Ownership recently completed a comprehensive $15 million interior and exterior renovation. That renovation included ground-floor retail, lobby and interior common area upgrades, primary mechanical systems enhancements, and installing a unique exterior lighting system.