Law firm joins 7 WTC tenants

Real Estate Weekly, June 6, 2007

Darby & Darby P.C., a leading intellectual property law firm, is pleased to announce it has moved to its new office location at 7 World Trade Center. The firm occupies more than 80,000 square feet on the 41st and 42nd floors and had its first full day of operations in its new office today. It has a 15-year lease at 7 World Trade Center.

Darby & Darby joins a high-profile roster of 7 WTC tenants leading the re-birth of the original World Trade Center site as one of the world's premier centers of business. Other tenants of 7 WTC include Moody's Investors Service, Ameriprise Financial, the New York Academy of Sciences, and Mansueto Ventures, the publisher of Inc. Magazine.

"The practice of IP law is all about anticipating innovation, and we see our move to 7 World Trade Center as putting us at the forefront of the business, legal, and community life of New York," said Andrew Baum, managing principal.

"This building marks the rebirth of downtown, and we are proud to lead not only the legal sector but the business community as well in returning to a vibrant area that is once again driving the city and its future."

Larry A. Silverstein, president of Silverstein Properties, Inc., said "The firm's decision to move to 7 WTC is another sign of the tremendous appeal of the downtown commercial market to a diversity of users."