
Bedbugs descend on Elliman’s 575 Madison Avenue headquarters (building photo credit: PropertyShark)
Prudential Douglas Elliman’s headquarters at 575 Madison
Avenue were evacuated yesterday after bedbugs were spotted on
the building’s fourth floor, The Real Deal has learned.
The bedbugs were initially spotted yesterday morning in the office
of a senior broker at the firm, according to sources who asked
not to be identified, and Elliman, the largest residential broker in
New York, later asked workers to leave the offices and treated the
affected three floors of the property.
“They said it was pretty bad,” said an industry executive familiar
with the firm. “It seems to be in one wing of the fourth floor,
which is the executive floor.” It is not immediately known why the bedbugs suddenly appeared,
but sources said that Elliman’s offices at 575 Madison, near 56th
Street, recently went through a renovation, which could account
for the bedbug sightings.
Elliman officials initially issued a “no comment,” but an official
who asked not to be identified, later said that “one small office of
one agent” was affected by the bedbugs.
Barry Beck, COO of Assured Environments, issued an emailed
statement through Elliman’s spokesperson, confirming that the
offices were treated for bedbugs. [more]



