CBRE inks Madison Ave. HQ deal with sports giant.Sport Brands International, the parent company of Italian athletic brand, FILA fila /fi·la/ (fi´lah) [L.] plural of filum. fila [L.] plural of filum. , has leased 29,000 square feet of office and 4,087 square feet of retail space at 340 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. . FILA, one of the world's leading sports brands will occupy the entire third floor of the Class A office property as well as prime, ground floor retail space. The CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. Retail Services team of Robert Gibson and Jedd Nero worked in conjunction with CBRE CBRE CB Richard Ellis (real-estate firm) CBRE Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive CBRE Component-Based Reliability Estimation CBRE Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis (Boston, MA) office broker Jordan Mandel to arrange the retail and office lease on behalf of Sports Brands International. Tara Stacom of Cushman & Wakefield acted for the building ownership, Macklowe Properties. The office space, which will serve as the global headquarters for Sport Brands International, will be designed by The Phillips Group. FILA has tapped architect Giorgio Borruso to design the retail store scheduled to open this summer. The store will be FILA's first specialty store to showcase the company's new apparel, footwear and accessories collections. "As the parent company of one of the world's most recognized and acclaimed brands of performance footwear and apparel, Sport Brands International required space that could be retrofitted to meet their needs," said Mr. Gibson. "After analyzing several space alternatives throughout Midtown Manhattan, we identified 340 Madison as the ideal location to serve as Sport Brands International global headquarters and FILA's retail store location." Fila is a subsidiary of Sport Brands International (SBI SBI Special Background Investigation SBI Subsidiary Body for Implementation SBI State Bank of India SBI Secure Border Initiative SBI Small Business Institute SBI Stockholm Brain Institute SBI Serious Bacterial Infection SBI Society of Breast Imaging ) which creates, develops, produces and distributes sports apparel and footwear under brands including Fila. SBI is a privately held entity with global operations in 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 , Sparks, Maryland, Milan, Italy and Seoul, Korea. |
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