520 Madison Ave./ Photo credit: Tishman Speyer 520 Madison Ave./ Photo credit: Tishman Speyer

NEW YORK CITY—Madison Realty Capital has leased 20,000 square feet on the 35th floor of Tishman Speyer's 43-story skyscraper in Midtown's Plaza District. The building at 520 Madison Ave. is located between E. 53rd and E. 54th streets. Although additional details of the lease were not disclosed, the commercial real estate analytics firm CoStar tells GlobeSt.com that the estimate asking rent in the building is $110 per square foot.

The private equity firm that focuses on real estate debt and equity investment strategies moved from the Durst Organization's Midtown office building at 825 Third Ave., located between E. 50th and E. 51st streets. MRC had been a tenant in that building for the last 12 years.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.