S&Z takes the strain out of consolidation.

Sometimes a broker can arrange a lease and help a company with an intricate employee situation.

Such was the case with Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty LLC's strategic relocation for Opinion Access. As a result, the market research call center did not have to entirely uproot its employee base, according to S&Z chairman Sanford Zuckerbrot.

With four separate locations in Long Island City, Opinion Access wanted to consolidate into one main building, without diminishing worker productivity by disrupting the employees too much.

Guided by S&Z's Bob Weinstein, director of industrial brokerage, Opinion Access found its new headquarters two blocks from its old location where most of its employees were based. Weinstein was able to negotiate a lease at 47-01 Van Dam Street in Long Island City for 14,250 s/f, which is large enough to accommodate all of Opinion Access' employees.

"For most employees, all they had to do was walk one block from the train when the move was completed," says Weinstein, who represented the tenant.

"Opinion Access did not want to disrupt their employee base too much, so 47-01 Van Dam was the best option."

S&Z executive vice president Gail Roseman and senior managing director David Inerfeld represented the landlord, Kiltomer LLC, whose industrial building offered a fully air-conditioned fourth floor that Opinion Access wanted.

The building is located near Queens Blvd., as well as the 33rd Street-Rawson Street stop on the subway's 7 line, offering great commuter options to Opinion Access' employees.