Jonathan Franzel
Managing Director, Newmark
New York, NY 10017
Phone (646) 441-3815
Mobile (347) 661-2042
Specialties
Landlord Rep, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Office
Markets
Long Island (New York), New York City
Bio
Jonathan Franzel joined Newmark in 2013 and currently serves as a Managing Director in the firm’s New York headquarters. Franzel works directly with President New York Tri-State Region David Falk, representing tenants and landlords in both lease and sale transactions, principally in the New York metropolitan area. In 2017, Franzel was selected by New York Commercial Observer as one of its “30 Under 30: The Best and the Brightest of NYC Real Estate.”
On the tenant side, Franzel has represented a broad range of companies, from smaller growing technology startups to large corporations, non-profits and government organizations, including:
PNC Bank
Valley National Bank
Stash
Mars Corporation
Republic
Mapletree
OCP Group
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
IncludeNYC
Writer’s House
Flexport
Bohler Engineering
Nativo
AngelList
As a landlord representative, Franzel is on the exclusive leasing team for over 4 million square feet in such prestigious office buildings as 386 Park Avenue South, 600 Madison Avenue, 300 E 42nd Street, five buildings known as the Hudson Square South Campus (75 Varick Street, 100 Avenue of the Americas, 205 Hudson Street, 200 Hudson street and 155 Avenue of the Americas). As leasing agents, he and his team have recently been involved in a number of transformative transactions, including:
Oscar Health: 160,000 RSF at 75 Varick Street
Harry’s Razors: 100,000 RSF at 75 Varick Street
WeWork: 100,000 RSF at 205 Hudson Street
Two Sigma: 75,000 RSF at 100 Avenue of the Americas
Away: 54,000 RSF at 82 Mercer Street
70,000 RSF of transactions at 386 Park Avenue South, including Orchard Platform (25,000 RSF), Awesomeness TV (13,000 RSF), KSH Capital (11,000 RSF) and several more
Downtown Music Group: 30,000 RSF at 155 Avenue of the Americas
Leasing of three full buildings (79 Walker Street, 161 Bowery and 135 Bowery) on behalf of Caspi Development, with tenants that include Bang and Olufsen, Epidemic Sound and Kik Interactive
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