NEW YORK CITY—Affinity Health Plan has signed a lease for 95,000 square feet of office space at Simone Development Co.'s Metro Center Atrium mixed-use complex in the Bronx.
Affinity Health Plan is relocating its headquarters from 2500 Halsey St. in the outter borough to the Metro Center, a 370,000-square-foot office/retail/hotel complex that is nearing completion at Simone's 42-acre, multi-building Hutchinson Metro Center campus.
"With the addition of Affinity Health Plan, the Metro Center Atrium is approaching full occupancy, making it one of the most successful new commercial real estate developments in the region,” says Joseph Simone, president of Simone. “The Bronx is enjoying an unprecedented economic renaissance; the leasing activity that we have experienced over the past six months has been phenomenal.”
Cresa New York represented Affinity Health Plan in the transaction. Simone was represented in-house by Joseph Simone, Joseph Deglomini, Jr. and James MacDonald.
Among the other healthcare tenants recently signing leases at the complex include Montefiore Medical Center, Calvary Hospital, Fresenius Medical Care North America, Hanger Prosthetics, Parkchester Oral & Maxiliofacial Surgery and ophthalmologist Dr. Eric Wolf. The Metro Center Atrium is less than a mile from five major hospitals.
In addition to healthcare and medical practices, the Metro Center Atrium is attracting retailers including Dunkin Donuts, which will occupy 1,500 square feet on the ground floor, joining an LA Fitness health club (first in New York City) and a 9,000-square-foot Children's Corner day care center. An announcement is expected soon on a national family-style restaurant chain opening at Metro Center Atrium. Another major feature drawing tenants to the complex is a new 125-room Marriott Hotel which is scheduled to open in the fall. It will be the first luxury hotel to open in the Bronx.
Located within Simone Development's highly successful Hutchinson Metro Center complex in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx, Metro Center Atrium features three floors of Class A office and medical space, as well as further retail and restaurant opportunities.
Located off the Hutchinson River Parkway, Metro Center Atrium is easily accessible to major highways, bridges and airports. Manhattan is less than 20 minutes away and Westchester County is 10 minutes away.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
