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Justworks May Leave Chelsea for 55 Water St.

Payroll and benefits platform Justworks is poised to move from Midtown South to Lower Manhattan. Crain’s New York Business reported that the company is in negotiations to relocate from the Starrett Lehigh Building in Chelsea to 55 Water St., the city’s largest office building.

Justworks is planning to lease about 275,000 square feet at 55 Water St. One floor that it would occupy is becoming available because insurer EmblemHealth is planning to downsize its footprint at the 3.6-million-square-foot office tower, Crain’s reported.

A Justworks relocation Downtown would be the latest in what has become an extensive roster of high-profile tenants that have either moved to Lower Manhattan or are considering it. WeWork recently signed a deal for 200,000 square feet at 199 Water St., and law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore is considering a large lease at 3 World Trade Center, Crain’s reported, citing anonymous sources.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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