NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS PUBLIC HEARING, in accordance with Section 824 of the New York City Charter, will be held on Wednesday June 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m., 22 Reade Street, 2nd floor conference room, Borough of Manhattan, in the matter of a renewal option for The City of New York, as Tenant, pursuant to a First Lease Amendment dated May 2, 2009 to the original Lease dated February 14, 1996. The lease premises consist of approximately 85,236 rentable square feet of space (24,940 rentable square feet of office space and 60,296 rentable square feet of ancillary office space) on part of the 2nd floor, entire 3rd and 4th floors and part of the 5th floor in a building located at 1780 Grand Concourse (Block 2795, Lot 14), in the Borough of the Bronx, for the Board of Elections to use as office space and storage space, or for such other use as the Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services may determine.
The renewal option extends the lease term for four (4) additional years, from September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2019.The rental rate shall be at the rate of $448,920 ($18.00 per square foot) for the office portion and $542,664 ($9.00 per square foot) for the ancillary office space portion, adjusted by a factor equal to 100 % of the increases in the consumer price index, payable in equal monthly installments at the end of each month, and as more specifically described in the First Lease Amendment.
Further information, including public inspection of the proposed lease may be obtained at One Centre Street, Room 2000 North, New York, N.Y. 10007. To schedule an inspection, please contact Chris Fleming at (212) 386-0315.
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