British television producers set to become Village people.In a deal which provides Granada Television--one of the UK's largest independent television companies--ideal hightech office and production space, the company has just signed a 15,300-square foot lease for the top (ninth) floor at 609 Greeenwich Street. The building is one block north of Houston, in trendy Greenwich Village Greenwich Village (grĕn`ĭch), residential district of lower Manhattan, New York City, extending S from 14th St. to Houston St. and W from Washington Square to the Hudson River. . CB Richard Ellis' Matthew Bergey and Jodi Roberts arranged the five-year deal for Granada, while Neil Joffee, Barbara Craig and Daniel Levine of Newmark and Company Real Estate, Inc., acted for the landlord, Centaur centaur (sĕn`tôr), in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. Properties. Office rents in that part of Manhattan are in the $20 per square foot range. "Granada Television has wanted to establish its own permanent premises in the States for some time," noted Ms. Roberts. She added that the company has been sharing space for the past two years with the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times at 609 Greenwich Avenue. "Now growth has driven its expansion," she continued. Mr Bergey added, "The ninth floor of the building suited perfectly because it was formerly leased to a subsidiary of The Shooting Gallery shooting gallery Substance abuse A place–eg, an abandoned building in an economically-depressed urban area–ie, a ghetto, where IV drug users congregate, purchase, inject–'shoot' heroin, cocaine, oxycodone or other drug. , a film production company, which vacated. Plus, Granada wanted to situate sit·u·ate tr.v. sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing, sit·u·ates 1. To place in a certain spot or position; locate. 2. To place under particular circumstances or in a given condition. adj. in a trendy, progressive neighborhood conducive to creatives." According to Isaac Bolden, Head of Production for Granada, the company is thrilled with the move. He said, "We're very excited to have finally have a foothold in New York and look forward to even further growth as we continue programming initiatives with such networks as A&E, Discovery and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. among others." Mr. Joffee commented, "We are delighted to have a company of Granada's size and stature occupy space in the building." |
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