Williams Equities Leases 100k SF at 470 Park Avenue South in New York City

• Williams Equities has leased 100,000 square feet of office and retail space at 470 Park Avenue South since acquiring the building 18 months ago.
• New tenants include impact.com, which signed a 10-year, 41,000-square-foot lease across two floors, and Yoga Joint, which took the last remaining ground-floor retail space.
• Williams Equities, a fourth-generation family-owned firm celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026, has also enhanced the building's shared amenities and is pre-building additional office space for occupancy in September 2026.
• The office leasing team from Colliers included Andrew Roos, Michael Cohen, Mac Roos, Jessica Verdi and Rachel Kirkham, while the retail leasing from Colliers was handled by Thomas Citron, Jake Horowitz and Adam Moss.

A Major Leasing Milestone at 470 Park Avenue South

Williams Equities announced that it has leased 100,000 square feet of office and retail space at 470 Park Avenue South since acquiring the building 18 months ago. The century-old commercial real estate family office, which holds a three-million-square-foot portfolio comprising more than a dozen buildings in Manhattan, pointed to the leasing activity as a sign of strong tenant demand for the property.

"470 Park Avenue South epitomizes the type of asset that Williams Equities seeks to acquire – high-quality, transit-oriented buildings with amenities that can be activated to attract and retain long-term tenants."

Michael T. Cohen, Principal at Williams Equities

New Tenants Sign On

Among the new tenants welcomed to the property is impact.com, which signed a 10-year lease for 41,000 square feet across two floors. Yoga Joint, described as a premier fitness and yoga studio, leased the last remaining ground-floor retail space in the building. Together, these leases reflect a mix of office and retail activity that has helped Williams Equities reach the 100,000-square-foot leasing milestone since taking ownership of the property.

Amenities and What's Next

As part of its ownership, Williams Equities enhanced the building's shared amenities, which now include a private outdoor patio and event space with a fire pit, a communal work lounge, and a coffee bar for tenants. Looking ahead, the firm is pre-building two 10,000-square-foot floors that will be available for occupancy in September 2026, and it can assemble up to 60,000 square feet of contiguous office space within the building for prospective tenants.