Tall & Urban News

JEMB Realty Corporation (JEMB), a real estate development, investment, and management organization headquartered in New York City, has announced that world renowned architecture firm, FXFOWLE, has signed a 40,000 square foot (3,716-square-meter), 15 year lease at its newest commercial development – One Willoughby Square – in downtown Brooklyn. FXFOWLE is the design architect for the 500,000-square- foot (46,451-square-meter), 34- story office building and will now also be the anchor tenant of One Willoughby. The firm will be taking floors seven through nine. 

FXFOWLE is an architecture, interiors, and planning firm with offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. In addition to being the architect on One Willoughby, they have designed significant commercial developments in New York City, including Eleven Times Square, 3 Hudson Boulevard, and the New York Times Building (with Renzo Piano Building Workshop), to name a few. 

“We are thrilled to welcome FXFOWLE as our anchor tenant to this iconic new office tower,” said Morris Bailey, Chairman of JEMB Realty. “Given this is the first ground-up office building in Brooklyn in decades, we have received tremendous interest from the tenants who are looking for new construction, column- free, efficient space with tremendous natural light and views. We always envisioned this building to be occupied by progressive, creative companies and we are ecstatic that our vision is coming to fruition. We look forward to welcoming many more tenants into this special building.” 

Andrew Weiss Signature Partners represented FXFOWLE and JEMB was represented in-house. “One Willoughby Square is a building that was crafted specifically for Brooklyn, promoting social and natural connectivity to amenity spaces and exterior terraces, such as the setback on the seventh floor, which allows for wide-open work environments; something that we as a firm are passionate about,” said Guy Geier, Managing Partner of FXFOWLE. While designing the building, we were able to imagine what we would look for as a tenant and created a building that has a sense of creativity and flexibility. We then had the epiphany that we wanted to be in this building since it will perfectly reflect our company culture.

The loft spaces are bracketed by a side-core clad in patterned grey metal panels. Dramatic two-storey, glazed windowed spaces, suitable for reception and social areas, are located between the core and office loft areas and offer access to terraces and views of the park. The composition culminates in a crown of illuminated metal grilles, establishing a timeless presence on the skyline.

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