Manhattan office leasing sets a record

... fourth quarter, a 10.6% jump from the end of 2012. Midtown rents averaged $72.32 a square foot, up 8% in a year. Downtown rents surged 19% to $52.27. In the area known as midtown south - roughly between 30th and Canal streets - rents averaged ...

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