Autonomy Capital

Autonomy Capital, an immersive investment manager with over $5.5B AUM was looking to downsize from their 12,000 square foot, full-floor presence at 90 Park Avenue to a space that would provide support for their US operations.

At the height of uncertainty during the pandemic, Autonomy Capital was represented by a major brokerage who encouraged Autonomy to accept a $67.00/RSF proposal to sublease

Autonomy was referred to Spaces Commercial to assess the space and terms of the proposal.

• Autonomy Capital was originally represented by Savills Studley and was referred to Spaces Commercial to confirm market conditions and assess the terms of a proposal they had received
• Spaces Commercial evaluated the market and provided a comparative market analysis for Autonomy Capital that showed all directly competing spaces to this sublease on a direct and sublease basis
• Identified that Autonomy Capital’s space was the most efficient top shelf space on the market for this size tenant
• Analyzed the risk for Autonomy to continue marketing their space and the potential to negotiate better terms.
• Developed and executed a marketing campaign, highlighting the buildout and quality of the building
• Analyzed default risks for all sublease opportunities to mitigate risk

Executed a 12,400 square foot, four year fully furnished lease assignment at 90 Park Avenue in the 4th quarter during the century’s worst real estate market.

• Negotiated a complex lease assignment mitigating any default risk by the Assignor
• Leased the space in one month, negotiating a 95% recovery rate for Autonomy Capital’s base rent.
• Offered one (1) month of free rent on a four-year sublease term- far below the market of 1 month per lease year
• Negotiated an as-is transaction with $0.00 improvement allowance

Executed a 6,000 RSF lease for Autonomy

• Defined search parameters that represented Autonomy’s workflow and modalities for the operations team
• Executed a space program to determine the correct RSF for Autonomy’s new space.
• Negotiated a complete NBI valued at $120.00/RSF
• Secured 8 months free rent for Autonomy Capital’s acquisition on a 5-year term.
• Aligned both the signing of the sublease and sublease commencement to dovetail with the signing and commencement of the 90 Park Avenue space.