CBRE completed a 74,679-square-foot office lease for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at 1 Old Country Rd. in Carle Place, NY, within Long Island’s Nassau County. The FAA will relocate its administrative headquarters from One Aviation Plaza in Jamaica, NY and will occupy approximately one and a half floors of the 390,000-square-foot 1 Old Country Rd.  

The CBRE team of Vincent LaManna, Richard Freel, Maria Kobe and Ralph Guiffre represented the FAA and negotiated the long-term lease in direct negotiations with building ownership DBD Realty Group.  

“We were tasked with finding new space for one of the region’s most important federal agencies with a strict mandate to reduce costs while also remaining in close proximity to JFK and LaGuardia airports,” said LaManna. “This was a high priority for our team, made more challenging by the fact that there is a lack of quality office space in and around the airports.” 

After a three-year search period, multiple market surveys, site offerings and evolving circumstances due to the pandemic, CBRE identified several locations that would compete for the FAA’s tenancy, leading to the eventual lease award in Carle Place.