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John Cefaly

Executive Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield
1290 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10104
(212) 841-7500
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John Cefaly is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm. He has worked with the firm for over 40 years and has served on their board of directors.

Cefalys major deals include negotiating on CIBC World Markets 1.2 million-square-foot lease at 300 Madison Avenue in 2001., a transaction values at $800 million. Cefaly and a team brokered Moodys Corporations move to 7 World Trade Center in 2006, where they took nearly 600,00-square-feet. In 2010, he again headed up a team that brought Deloitte & Touche into 426,139-square-feet at the GE Building, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In 2011 he pulled off a massive deal with Japanese financial company Nomura for 900,000-square feet at Worldwide Plaza.

He has won some of the Real Estate Board of New Yorks (REBNY) Most Ingenious Deal of the Year awards in 2003 and 2006.


These were NYC’s top office leases in February
03/01/19
...along with a Cushman & Wakefield team of John Cefaly, Robert Constable, Ethan Silverstein, Stephen Bellwood and Myles Fennon. 2) TransPerfect, 1250 Broadway, Garment District -...

The top NYC office leases in September
10/12/18
...firm nabbed a 239,000 square feet at 1271 Sixth Avenue. John Cefaly and Peyton Horn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant while Ed Guiltinan of...

Bessemer Trust in talks for more than 200K sf at 1271 Sixth
06/07/18
...share additional details when an agreement is finalized.” John Cefaly and Rob Lowe at Cushman & Wakefield are negotiating the deal for Bessemer. The...

Top Cushman broker leaves to run leasing at Tishman Speyer
04/11/18
...in a partnership with other top Cushman dealmakers John Cefaly and Robert Lowe and has negotiated several large leases in recent years. He was...

Asset manager Apollo has found a new space in Midtown
07/31/17
...clear. A team led by Bruce Mosler and John Cefaly at Cushman & Wakefield negotiated on behalf of MetLife. CBRE’s Steve Siegel and...

These are the top 10 Manhattan office leases inked March 16-April 15
04/28/17
...Deloitte was represented by Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly. Meanwhile, co-working behemoth WeWork signed the third biggest lease in that 30-day period. The...

NYC real estate players are wasting no time backing Trump’s 2020 run
04/17/17
...left: Donald Trump, Joe Cayre, Eliot Tawil and John Cefaly Less than 100 days in office, President Trump is already building a war chest to...

Deloitte takes 98K sf at 1221 Sixth Ave.
04/11/17
...foot, according to the newspaper. Cushman & Wakefield's John Cefaly represented Deloitte, according to the Post, while Rockefeller Group was represented in-house by Ed...

NYC’s 10 biggest office leases signed in September
10/19/16
...Eisenkraft, Lewis Miller, Andrew Sussman and Brendan Herlihy. John Cefaly of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the deal on behalf of landlord Rockefeller Group. 3) Michael...

Cornell doubles its presence at Billy Macklowe’s 156 William
07/05/16
...Blue School for $27.2 million. Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly, Michael Burgio and David Berke represented Cornell. Corcoran Group’s Paul Wexler and Josef...

NewYork-Presbyterian looking for as much as 500K sf
06/21/16
...a source with direct knowledge of the search. John Cefaly and Michael Burgio at Cushman & Wakefield are leading the search. The brokers could...

Salesforce nears 300K sf deal at 3 Bryant Park
10/06/15
...billion in January. Cushman & Wakefield's Bruce Mosler, John Cefaly, Robert Lowe and Ethan Silverstein are representing MetLife, while their colleague Gus Field is...

Moody’s takes big space at 1 WTC
09/18/15
...at around 66 percent, the New York Post reported. John Cefaly and Gus Field of Cushman & Wakefield represented Moody’s. The deal is the...

MetLife wants to sublet 3 Bryant Park office space
06/10/15
...South in 2017. Cushman & Wakefield’s Bruce Mosler, John Cefaly, Robert Lowe and Ethan Silverstein are marketing the Bryant Park spot. “There is an...

MetLife returning to namesake Midtown tower
03/18/15
...represented by Cushman & Wakefield's Bruce Mosler and John Cefaly in the deal.  The insurer will begin to shift employees to 200 Park Avenue  in...

Japanese trust bank signs 90K sf lease at McGraw-Hill Building
11/11/14
...the New York Post. Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly and Ed Guiltinan represented the Rockefeller Group and Jones Lang LaSalle’s Daoud Awad...

Bank of Tokyo unit takes sizable space at McGraw-Hill Building
10/21/14
...bank. Ed Guiltinan of the Rockefeller Group and John Cefaly of Cushman represented the landlord. Asking rents on the 2.5 million-square-foot building’s lower floors...

199 Water Street fully leased following pair of deals
07/14/14
...Brett Greenberg and Dennis Brady, with assistance from John Cefaly and Robert Constable of Cushman & Wakefield.  -- Tom DiChristopher...

White & Case takes 440K square feet at McGraw-Hill
04/18/14
...From left: John Cefaly, Ed Guiltinan and 1221 Sixth Avenue After mulling over a lease for a massive space...

White & Case in talks to move into McGraw-Hill Building
04/01/14
...New York Post reported. Cushman & Wakefield broker John Cefaly represented the tenant, while Rockefeller Group’s Ed Guiltinan represented the landlord. White &...

Western Union switches to direct lease in FiDi office
03/13/14
...Brett Greenberg and Dennis Brady, in conjunction with John Cefaly and Robert Constable of Cushman & Wakefield. The insurance firm Allied World Insurance is...

Twitter, Spotify, Mashable among January’s high-wattage lease signings
...the 16-year deal, while Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly and Robert Constable worked alongside Resnick’s in-house brokers Brett Greenberg and Dennis Brady...

Insurance firm expands to 140K square feet at 199 Water
01/15/14
...the 16-year deal, while Cushman & Wakefield’s John Cefaly and Robert Constable worked alongside Resnick’s in-house brokers Brett Greenberg and Dennis Brady...

HJ Kalikow signs financial firm to full floor at 101 Park
11/08/13
...represented by a Cushman & Wakefield team of John Cefaly, Clark Finney and David McBride. Federated was represented by Avison Young’s Greg Kraut...

Cornell expands to 182K sf at Normandy’s 575 Lexington
10/09/13
...Liebersohn represented Normandy, while Cornell was represented by John Cefaly, Michael Burgio, and David Berke from Cushman & Wakefield, John Adams from John Adams...
Joseph Swingle
Cushman & Wakefield, Managing Principal
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Richard Persichetti
Cushman & Wakefield, Regional Research Director, Tri-State & Northeast
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Michael Hofmann
Cushman & Wakefield, Director
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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David L. Hoffman
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Peter Hennessy
Cushman & Wakefield, Corporate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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James Frederick
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Craig Evans
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Mark Boisi
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Mark Boisi is Chairman of the New York Tri-State Region at DTZ. He...
Robert Billingsley
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Richard Bernstein
Cushman & Wakefield, Real Estate Salesperson
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Robert Knakal
Cushman & Wakefield, Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 660-7777
Robert Knakal is chairman of capital markets at the global brokerage Cushman &...
Franklin Speyer
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Vice Chair
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Franklin Speyer is an executive vice chair at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial...
Gary Greenspan
Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Gary Greenspan is a vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real...
James Downey
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Director
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
James Downey is an executive director at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real...
Joanne Podell
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Vice Chariman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Joanne Podell is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial...
Josh Kuriloff
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Vice Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Josh Kuriloff is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial...
Louis D’Avanzo
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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Tara Stacom
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Vice Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Tara Stacom is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial...
Brian Corcoran
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Director
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Brian Corcoran is an executive vice president and a licensed appraiser for Cushman...
Bruce Mosler
Cushman & Wakefield, Global Brokerage Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Bruce Mosler is global brokerage chairman of Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real...
Dale Schlather
Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Dale Schlather is a vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real...
David A. Green
Cushman & Wakefield, Associate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
David A. Green is a vice chairman focusing on retail leasing at Colliers...
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
Cushman & Wakefield, Executive Vice Chairman
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Patrick Murphy is an executive vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield. Murphy joined Cushman...
Kevin Donner
Cushman & Wakefield, Real Estate Salesperson
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
Kevin Donner is a managing director at Eastdil Secured, one of New York...
joseph-caridi
Joseph Caridi
Cushman & Wakefield, Corporate Broker
1290 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY, (212) 841-7500
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Grand Central
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 48,500
  • Publication Date 03/16/2019
  • Event Date 03/14/2019
  • Party 1 H.J. Kalikow & Co.
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker John Cefaly, Nicholas Dysenchuk
  • Party 2 Alliant Insurance Services
  • Party 2 Brokerage Colliers International
  • Party 2 Broker Joseph Cabrera, David Glassman
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The insurance company signed a lease for the Grand Central space.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 24,595
  • Publication Date 03/02/2019
  • Event Date 02/27/2019
  • Party 1 Jack Resnick & Sons
  • Party 1 Brokerage Jack Resnick & Sons, Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker Brett Greenberg, Adam Rappaport, John Cefaly, Robert Constable, Ethan Silverstein, Stephen Bellwood, Myles Fennon
  • Party 2 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • Party 2 Brokerage Savills Studley
  • Party 2 Broker Erik Schmall, Scott Weiss, Brad Wolk, Peter Cipriano
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The nonprofit inked a lease for the Financial District location.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 58,852
  • Publication Date 03/02/2019
  • Event Date 02/27/2019
  • Party 1 Jack Resnick & Sons
  • Party 1 Brokerage Jack Resnick & Sons, Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker Brett Greenberg, Adam Rappaport, John Cefaly, Robert Constable, Ethan Silverstein, Stephen Bellwood, Myles Fennon
  • Party 2 W2O Group
  • Party 2 Brokerage Avison Young
  • Party 2 Broker Michael Gottlieb, Martin Cottingham, Justin Dziama, Matt Pynn
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The marketing firm inked a deal to renew and expand its lease for the Financial District location for an additional 10 years.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 201,231
  • Publication Date 03/02/2019
  • Event Date 02/27/2019
  • Party 1 Jack Resnick & Sons
  • Party 1 Brokerage Jack Resnick & Sons, Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker Brett Greenberg, Adam Rappaport, John Cefaly, Robert Constable, Ethan Silverstein, Stephen Bellwood, Myles Fennon
  • Party 2 WeWork
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The co-working firm signed a 15-year lease for the Financial District building.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1271 Sixth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown West
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 239,000
  • Publication Date 10/01/2018
  • Event Date 09/27/2018
  • Party 1 Rockefeller Group
  • Party 1 Brokerage Rockefeller Group, CBRE
  • Party 1 Broker Ed Guiltinan, Mary Ann Tighe, Howard Fiddle, John Maher, Evan Haskell, Sarah Pontius, Dave Caperna
  • Party 2 Bessemer Group
  • Party 2 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 2 Broker John Cefaly, Peyton Horn
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The financial firm signed a lease for the Midtown West location.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1221 6th Avenue
  • Neighborhood Times Square
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 98,000
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Deloitte, an accounting & auditing company, has signed a new lease in one of Rockefeller Group's Midtown office buildings
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 390 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Plaza District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 10,726
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The bank signed a lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 3 Bryant Park
  • Neighborhood Midtown East
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 68,000
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The bank signed a sublease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 255 Greenwich Street
  • Neighborhood Tribeca
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 10,547
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The medical school signed a 15-year lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 156 William Street
  • Neighborhood City Hall
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 55,000
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The medical school signed a 20-year lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 68,000
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The bank renewed and expanded its 15-year lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 299 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 12,000
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The law firm signed a lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1120 Sixth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 125,000
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The job search website signed a lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1 World Trade Center
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 75,000
  • Price per foot $ 69.00
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The credit-rating firm signed a lease for the 56th and 57th floors.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1221 Sixth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Times Square
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 90,000
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The Japanese trust bank signed a lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 36,985
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The tenant signed a 10-year lease to occupy the 28th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Financial District
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 71,990
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The tenant signed a 15-year lease to occupy the 18th and 19th floors.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Seaport
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 35,995
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The nonprofit signed a 22nd floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Seaport
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 16,296
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The insurance company signed a new lease for part of the 29th floor.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Building Name One Seaport Plaza
  • Address 199 Water Street
  • Neighborhood Seaport
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 143,297
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The insurance company signed a new lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Murray Hill
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 26,400
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The investment management firm signed a new lease for the entire 41st floor. The tenant will take occupancy in December 2014 after the space is built out.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Murray Hill
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 39,000
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The investment bank signed a long-term lease renewal on the 23rd and 24th floors.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Murray Hill
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 20,000
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The operator of conference center facilities signed a new lease.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 101 Park Avenue
  • Neighborhood Murray Hill
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 79,200
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The hedge fund signed a long-term lease renewal on the entire 33rd, 47th and 48th floors for its headquarters.
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  • Event Office Leasing
  • Address 1301 Sixth Avenue
  • Neighborhood Midtown West
  • Borough Manhattan
  • Square feet 32,000
  • Publication Date 07/01/2013
  • Event Date 05/22/2013
  • Party 1 Commerzbank
  • Party 1 Brokerage Cushman & Wakefield
  • Party 1 Broker John Cefaly
  • Party 2 Overseas Shipholding Group
  • Party 2 Brokerage Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
  • Party 2 Broker Moshe Sukenik
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The oil tanker operating company signed a sublease, the New York Post reported. The tenant is relocating from 666 Third Avenue.
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