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Credit Suisse signs lease at 11 Madison.


Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG.  signed a lease agreement for 140,000 square feet at Eleven Madison, a commercial office tower owned by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The Swiss bank signed a 20-year lease for the 19th and 20th floors of the building to house its U.S.-headquarters operations.

The move facilitates the announced plans of CS Holding (Credit Suisse as of January 1, 1997) to establish Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse.  as the umbrella company In the United Kingdom, an umbrella company acts as employer to independent contractors who work under temporary contract, usually through a specialist employment agency. Recruitment agencies will only issue contracts to a Limited Company; since the introduction of the MSC (Managed  for its commercial and investment banking companies in the U.S.

The 2.2 million square-foot Eleven Madison property encompasses the entire block between 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.  and Park Avenue South and 24th and 25th Streets. It was formerly part of MetLife's corporate headquarters, which includes the complex located at One Madison Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets.

"The addition of Credit Suisse to our growing roster of tenants enhances Eleven Madison's reputation as an attractive business address for major corporations," said Dominick Prezzano, senior vice president in charge of MetLife's Corporate Property Management. "The tremendous level of leasing activity in the building has resulted in a high caliber tenant base, as businesses are finding that Eleven Madison's amenities and services are well-suited to their needs."

Since the CS First Boston First Boston Corporation was a New York-based investment bank, founded in 1932 and acquired by Credit Suisse in 1988, when it became 'CS First Boston'. Globally referred to as Credit Suisse First Boston after 1996, the First Boston part of the name was phased out in 2006.  signing, a number of other tenants have signed leases in the building.

In July of this year, Emanuel/Emanuel Ungaro signed a lease for 72,000 square feet. Emanuel will house its executive offices and showrooms in the building. Gould Paper Corporation also recently leased 47,000 square feet and will locate its headquarters operations at Eleven Madison.

"We are pleased to be joining CS First Boston at Eleven Madison by year-end," said Kjaus Kuebel, member of senior management at Credit Suisse. "As we searched for a location where we could consolidate our U.S. headquarters operations, we were drawn to Eleven Madison because it offered us a large block of contiguous Adjacent or touching. Contrast with fragmentation. See contiguous file.  space and a great location in an exciting neighborhood with proximity to CS First Boston."

CS First Boston, which has already begun moving its headquarters operations into the building, was the first tenant to sign a lease at Eleven Madison. The investment banking firm, which has leased a total of approximately 1.2 million square feet, has already moved several hundred employees into the building and anticipates its relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation.
     2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation.
 to be complete by year-end 1996.

The Cushman & Wakefield team that represented MetLife in the transaction was comprised of August DiRenzo, Jeff Heller, Mark Mandel and Vincent Tuminelli. Lewis Miller, Martin Turchin and Robert Stillman of Edward S Edward

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 Gordon Company Inc. represented Credit Suisse.
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Publication:Real Estate Weekly
Date:Oct 30, 1996
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