New York & Tri-State CRE News In Your Inbox.

Sign up for Connect emails to stay informed with CRE stories that are 150 words or less.

Sub Markets

Property Sectors

Topics

New York & Tri-State  + Midtown New York  + Office  | 

Law Firm Heads East to 575 Lex After 50 Years on Fifth

Mid-sized law firm Warshaw Burstein is relocating from 555 Fifth Ave., where it has been housed since the 1960s, to George Comfort & Sons’ 575 Lexington Ave. The firm has signed a new 15-year, 40,383 square-foot lease for the entire seventh floor of 575 Lexington, and will take occupancy next summer.

The seventh-floor space is part of about 105,000 square feet that law firm Boies Schiller Flexner will be vacating later this year. George Comfort is currently marketing the space.

From the standpoint of Warshaw Burstein, 575 Lex’s seventh floor represented “the perfect fit” for both current requirements and future growth, said the law firm’s managing partner, Frederick R. Cummings Jr.

Warshaw Burstein was represented in the transaction by Michael Burgio of Cushman & Wakefield. NKF’s David Falk, Ben Shapiro, Kyle Ciminelli and Michael Shenfeld represented George Comfort & Sons.


Subscribe to Connect Daily New York

For comments, questions or concerns, please contact Paul Bubny

Connect

Inside The Story

Connect With Cushman & Wakefield's BurgioConnect With NKF's Falk

About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-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 15-20 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).