Mr. Given joined the firm in 1980 when it operated as Williams Real Estate. With over 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Given focuses on institutional tenant representation and serving as exclusive leasing agent for some of Manhattan’s premier Class A office buildings. During his career, Mr. Given has been associated with the leasing and sales of over 20 million square feet of commercial real estate space. His comments and insights have appeared in many real estate publications throughout New York.
Mr. Given represents numerous companies in the acquisition of corporate headquarters.He was the preferred vendor for Thomson Financial and represented it in its New York and Boston relocations of more than 680,000 square feet. Recently, he represented Colgate Palmolive in restructuring and renewing its 537,000-square-foot headquarters lease at 300 Park Avenue in Manhattan. In 2003, Mr. Given received the NAIOP Award for Leasing Deal of the Year. In addition, he received the CoStar Group’s New York City Power Broker Award for the 550,000-square-foot relocation of Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of New York to 55 Water Street.
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