Jack Resnick & Sons has signed a long-term renewal lease with the City of New York for 207,812 s/f of office space at 75 Park Place, the Class-A property it built in 1986, and still manages.

The four full floors are largely occupied by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of the Actuary, as well as the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT).

Atlanta-based tea emporium, Teavana, will open its first Manhattan location at 1291 Lexington Avenue.
Established in 1997, the retailer offers its following of “teaologists” more than 100 varieties of loose-leaf teas and tea-related merchandise through a website and in over 269 company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada.
RKF is the exclusive retail leasing representative for the company. The firm’s executive vice president Ariel Schuster, said Teavana was looking open its first street location in Manhattan after concentrating its North American expansion in the country’s top malls.

By Al Barbarino
Straight-shooting industry stalwart Mark Jaccom joined Cresa’s New York office last month as president and managing principal, falling back on his roots in tenant representation.

After six years as CEO and co-chairman of Colliers International, Jaccom, 57, looks back with no regrets. But he feels a newfound freedom at Cresa, where he plans to define his legacy and focus on what he does best. “I’m back where I should be,” Jaccom said. “I realized more and more at Colliers that I could not, with conviction, sell tenant rep when I represented both the landlords. Coming into Cresa, I feel like I’m back home.”