Monday, June 15, 2026

The newish office building at 1 St. Mark's Place is no longer empty

Sephora now has some upstairs neighbors, as the building at 1 St. Mark's Place has secured its first office tenants. 

According to a report in The Real Deal, two firms have signed 10-year leases totaling more than 16,000 square feet in the nine-story office property developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation (REEC). 

An investment firm leased 9,500 square feet across the sixth and seventh floors, while a technology-focused investment firm took 6,800 square feet on the eighth and ninth floors. The tenants were not identified. 

The leasing activity marks a milestone for the roughly 60,000-square-foot building on the NE corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place. The project, developed by Brandon Miller's REEC, has had a complicated path — including financial challenges before and after the pandemic, as well as a lender-backed refinancing. Miller reportedly took his own life in the summer of 2024

Sephora, the first (and only?) retail tenant, opened a 7,800-square-foot store on the ground floor last month

11 comments:

Carol from East 5th Street said...

Great. Invasion of the Finance Bros.

Annie said...

More bros! So sick of them!

Mark said...

The bros seem to own the east village unfortunately.

Unknown said...

Who're are worse though, the finance bros or the NYU dorm bros?

Unknown said...

They've breached Avenues B and C... there's no respite from the backwards caps.

Shadowwhispers said...

I'd sell them all to Old Scratch to have Papaya King back.

Wildflower said...

Don’t forget about the tech bros.

mike said...

Love it. Bros’ are common sense people they work, they drink, they work out, they have girlfriends.

Carol from East 5th Street said...

They belong in Murray Hill.

Beacon, NY said...

They only feast, fuss, and eff in a superficial status driven economy. Capitalism loves them and they pay a lot in taxes. Bros can be insufferable but their sisters who enable them are just as bad

Beacon, NY said...

Capitalism and the women who like them for their provider status aren't any better