From the December issue: It’s the French to the rescue — sort of. In the largest lease deal of the year, Paris-based financial firm Societe Generale last month agreed to take up to 560,000 square feet at 245 Park Avenue, moving east from offices on Sixth Avenue in Rockefeller Center. And also last month, Natixis, a Paris- and Boston-based money manager, signed a 16-year deal for 182,200 square feet on the third, fourth and fifth floors at 1251 Sixth Avenue. A source said the actual starting rent was $59 per foot, and included $60 per foot in landlord improvements and 12 months of free rent. [more]
