UN shops for broker as clock ticks on renovation.(united Nations, Secretariat building )

From: Real Estate Weekly | Date: February 16, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

With the clock ticking until the $1.2 billion renovation of the UN's east side headquarters begins in 2007, the agency is shopping for a real estate service to help it solve its temporary space crisis.

In the wake of the state senate's cold shoulder to plans to build a temporary office tower next door, John Clarkson, program director of capital master planning for the UN, said one possible scenario could be for the UN to rent a chunk or chunks of space in proximity to its current eastside location while the renovation is underway.

Originally, the UN planned to build an ...

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