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The Village Voice is coming back to Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The company, once touted as America's oldest weekly news publication, announced Wednesday that it signed a lease on 5,860 square feet of space at 36 Cooper Square.

That's the same office that it previously called home for more than two decades. The Hartz Mountain Industries-owned building still has a sign that reads “Village Voice” on its façade.

The publication expects to relocate this spring. The deal was… Show more

The Village Voice is coming back to Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The company, once touted as America's oldest weekly news publication, announced Wednesday that it signed a lease on 5,860 square feet of space at 36 Cooper Square.

That's the same office that it previously called home for more than two decades. The Hartz Mountain Industries-owned building still has a sign that reads “Village Voice” on its façade.

The publication expects to relocate this spring. The deal was brokered by Cushman & Wakefield's Robert Yaffa and Wayne Van Aken. Show less

The Village Voice is coming back to Noho, after a four-year hiatus. The legendary alternative weekly signed a lease at its longtime former home at 36 Cooper Square. The publication occupied the building from 1991 to 2013, with a space ultimately spanning four floors. Village Voice publisher and CEO Peter Barbey said "Greenwich Village is our spiritual home. We're back where we belong." Cushman & Wakefield's Robert Yaffa & Wayne Van Aken Jr. brokered the deal.

Robert Derector Associates, an engineering services company, signed a 15-year relocation and expansion for 33,612 square feet of space at 19 West 44th Street, also known as The Berkeley Building. The firm has been located in the building for more than 13 years, according to Robert Yaffa of Cushman & Wakefield, who represented the tenant with colleague Wayne Van Aken. The move by Robert Derector Associates from its 25,514-square-foot office on the entire 10th floor and part of the 11th floor of… Show more

Robert Derector Associates, an engineering services company, signed a 15-year relocation and expansion for 33,612 square feet of space at 19 West 44th Street, also known as The Berkeley Building. The firm has been located in the building for more than 13 years, according to Robert Yaffa of Cushman & Wakefield, who represented the tenant with colleague Wayne Van Aken. The move by Robert Derector Associates from its 25,514-square-foot office on the entire 10th floor and part of the 11th floor of the building to its new home, which comprises the entire 12th floor and adds to its 11th floor space, will happen in 2016. Show less

Professional services firm UHY Advisors has subleased the 38th floor of 29,166 square feet at 1185 Avenue of the Americas from The Hess Corporation for a term of 12-1/2 years. Robert Yaffa and Wayne Van Aken of DTZ worked with UHY for about 18 months to identify what Yaffa called “a cost-effective sublease with a high-end installation."

“This is a company that has been consistently ranked as one of the most prominent professional services firms in the United States and its new office will reflect its position in the industry,” Robert Yaffa of DTZ, who represented UHY Advisors with colleague Wayne Van Aken, said in prepared remarks. The sublease runs through the end of 2027 at the 1-million-square-foot building between West 46th and West 47th Streets, according to a DTZ spokesman. The asking rent was $68 per square foot.

Olshan Frome Wolosky, represented by Wayne Van Aken and Robert Yaffa, is taking a new approach to office space as the law firm relocates west from the Plaza District. The 53,100-square-foot headquarters lease at the Paramount Group’s 1325 Ave. of the Americas will take a “one size fits all” approach that will accommodate future growth.

Wayne Van Aken's team represented law firm Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP in a 53,110 SF relocation to 1325 Avenue of the Americas for a term of 15 years.

Carttera Private Equities held a groundbreaking ceremony for a 42-acre business park on April 10 and welcomed the park's first tenant, Westcon Group, a market-leading international specialty distributor of technology products. Wayne Van Aken and Robert Yaffa represented Westcon Group.

AltSchool signs a lease for its first New York location at 84 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, in the second floor space above Heights Cafe. Wayne Van Aken represented AltSchool in the transaction.

When a company relocates to a new neighborhood, one of the questions employees ask on day one is "Where do I go for lunch?" With Facebook, Shutterstock, Pepsico and H&M all signing large Midtown South office leases in the first half of 2013, I wrote a blog entry providing my personal lunch recommendations in close proximity to each tenant's new office.

WeissComm Group, represented by Wayne Van Aken and Robert Yaffa, has secured the entire 35,454-square-foot 14th floor at 199 Water Street in a relocation from 114 and 55 Fifth Avenue.

Wayne Van Aken's representation of Golden Arc in a lease for the entire 21st floor of 7,318 SF at 655 Third Avenue is noted in the article.

Wayne Van Aken is quoted on the topic of employment growth in the technology and media sectors within New York City, and how tenants in these industries have begun relocating to Lower Manhattan from Midtown and Midtown South due to significantly lower occupancy costs.

Wayne Van Aken is included in a recap of real estate professionals who commented via Twitter on 2012 Election Day results.

Wayne Van Aken examines historical statistical data and current market fundamentals to explain why the Midtown South office market is poised for continued growth and prosperity in 2012 and 2013.

Wayne Van Aken joining Cassidy Turley's New York office as a Vice President is announced.