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| Wells Fargo Center, Downtown Miami, FL |
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| Barbara Liberatore Black |
Miami, FL, Jan. 6,
2014 — GrayRobinson, one of the fastest growing law firms in Florida with 280
attorneys and 11 offices across the state, is relocating its Miami office.
Taylor & Mathis signed the firm to a long-term
35,358-square-foot lease at MetLife’s Wells Fargo Center in Downtown
Miami. The full service law firm is
moving from 1221 Brickell to Wells Fargo Center in January 2015.
GrayRobinson along with several other tenants are moving
from Brickell to Downtown Miami—and taking up residence at Wells Fargo Center.
Brian Gale,
Principal, and Ryan Holtzman, Leasing Director, both of Taylor Mathis,
negotiated the long term lease on behalf of MetLife.
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| Brian Gale |
“GrayRobinson is the sixth tenant we have signed at Wells
Fargo Center this year with new leases topping over 90,000 square feet,” stated
Gale. GrayRobinson will occupy the 31st and 32nd floors of Wells Fargo Center.
Gale also stated, “Wells Fargo Center, because of its
location at the south side of the Brickell Bridge, has drawn a plethora of
Brickell tenants across the river”.
“We explored several
options in Brickell and Downtown Miami before settling on the Wells Fargo
Center,” said Steven Zelkowitz, Managing Shareholder of GrayRobinson’s
Miami office.
“Cresa helped us navigate the landscape and balanced our
short-term and long-term needs with an eye toward sustainable growth. We’re
convinced we’ve found a strategic location at the Wells Fargo Center.”
Barbara Liberatore Black, a Managing Principal at
Cresa South Florida, represented GrayRobinson in the deal.
“It was important for GrayRobinson to establish the firm’s
offices in a class A building in the urban core. Wells Fargo Center met all of
the firm’s criteria,” said Liberatore Black. “GrayRobinson’s office space will
facilitate the firm’s new office standards and technologies. The firm also has
the ability to continue expanding at Wells Fargo Center by leasing additional
space.”
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| Ryan Holtzman |
“GrayRobinson is a
welcome addition to the high quality tenant roster at Wells Fargo Center. The
development, a long-term investment for MetLife, has attracted many of the
Country’s most notable companies this year,” stated Chuck Davis,
regional director of MetLife’s Tampa real estate investment office.
The law firm was attracted to Wells Fargo Center, in part,
because it is attached to a world-class JW Marriott Marquis.
GrayRobinson
established a presence in Miami six years ago when it retrofitted existing
office space at 1221 Brickell.
Although the space accommodated the firm’s needs
at the time, its rapid growth—now approaching 50-plus attorneys—required
GrayRobinson to seek new class A office space that mirrors its other locations
and gives the firm room for future growth as it continues to expand in South
Florida.
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| Byrd F. 'Biff' Marshall Jr. |
GrayRobinson plans to lease temporary office space at Wells Fargo
Center in January 2014 to accommodate immediate growth in its Miami office, and
then move its entire legal staff to the building at the beginning of 2015.
“Our growth in Florida this year remained strong,” said Byrd
F. “Biff” Marshall, Jr., President and Managing Director of GrayRobinson.
“Finding quality real estate solutions in prime locations in the Florida cities
we serve is vital to accommodate the needs of our clients.”
The decision comes
just months after GrayRobinson announced a new location in Boca Raton and
recent expansions in Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale.
Wells Fargo Center is a 750,000 square foot Class A office
tower located downtown one city block off Interstate 95 and south of the
Brickell Bridge.
It is home to some of
the most prominent and respected companies in the country, including Wells
Fargo Bank, Greenberg Traurig, Deloitte, McDermott, Will & Emery and
Littler Mendelson PA.
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| Charles 'Chuck' Davis |
The office
building shares a site with the first of its kind JW Marriott Marquis hotel and
the first Hotel Beaux Arts, a new hotel of Marriott International luxury group.
Tenants benefit from the five-star amenities
of the hotel, which include dining, conference facilities, an entertainment
complex, fitness center, salon and spa, and the Jim McLean Golf School.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please
contact:
Brian Gale,
Taylor & Mathis
(305) 476-8880
