7 World Trade Center Lands German Bank for Top 3 Floors

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NEW YORK CITY-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Larry Silverstein, president and CEO of Silverstein Properties, came together today on the 52nd floor of 7 World Trade Center today to announce that German Bank WestLB had signed a 15-year lease. The bank will take up the top three floors of the Lower Manhattan building totalling roughly 129,000 square feet of office.

Against a backdrop of artist’s renderings of the future World Trade Center complex, Mayor Bloomberg offered praise for Silverstein and his commitment to Downtown, congratulating him on the buildings now reporting 85% occupancy. Financial terms of the lease were not available and neither Silverstein nor WestLB managing director, Connie Kain would comment on the amount the bank will be paying.

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