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Aon back near Ground Zero; Former World Trade Center tenant signs lease in Lower Manhattan.(terrorist attacks)(Brief article)

Crain's Chicago Business, May, 2006

Byline: JULIE SATOW Crain News Service A major World Trade Center tenant that relocated after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is returning to Lower Manhattan. Chicago-based Aon Corp., which had occupied 400,000 square feet in the south tower of the World Trade Center, is moving its entire New York workforce to 199 Water St., just blocks from Ground Zero.

The insurance brokerage and consulting company lost 176 employees on Sept. 11, and soon thereafter moved its New York headquarters to Midtown Manhattan. It also leased a smaller office at 199 Water. Now it will consolidate the two offices in 400,000 square feet on Water Street, which will be named for Aon. The company will give up the 270,000-square-foot Midtown office in a sublease. "Aon's decision to...

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