Real estate development firm RAL Development Services (RAL) announced a new office lease with Laurel Road, a digital banking platform and brand of leading financial services company KeyBank at Zero Irving. Laurel Road leased 15,240 square feet of office space on the 11th floor at Zero Irving in a five-year deal. Midtown South’s premiere office building, Zero Irving was developed by RAL Development Services (RAL) in partnership with Junius Real Estate Partners (Junius) to provide a highly dynamic and amenitized work environment in Union Square, offering cutting edge, post-pandemic design features in one of the city’s best locations.
“We are thrilled to welcome KeyBank’s Laurel Road into Zero Irving’s unique and forward-thinking office concept,” said Josh Wein, Managing Director at RAL. “Laurel Road’s digital banking platform aligns perfectly with the building’s technology-driven ecosystem, designed and amenitized for companies looking to stand out to their workforce.”
Laurel Road provides tailored banking and lending solutions to its members including student loan refinancing, mortgages, personal loans, among many other services. Serving as KeyBank’s digital banking platform, Laurel Road has consolidated and refinanced more than $9 billion in federal and private school loans. With around 1,000 branches throughout 15 states, KeyBank is one of the largest banks in the nation. KeyBank’s parent company, KeyCorp, traces back to the National Commercial Bank of Albany, New York in 1825 and Cleveland’s Society of Savings in 1849, making KeyCorp one of the oldest financial services institutions in the country.
RAL’s 21-story Zero Irving building encompasses 176,000 square feet of modern, trophy-quality office space across the upper 14 floors. The amenity package is unmatched, including a large, landscaped roof deck, a 14,000 square foot event and conferencing space available to tenants, a full-service fitness center with lockers, showers and bike storage, and a ground floor indoor/outdoor food hall by Urbanspace with 12+ curated food vendors. Along with spectacular views of Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, the building’s alternating floors boast double-height corner dedicated spaces with 23-foot ceilings, offering users distinctive high-impact space. Zero Irving’s distinguished offering also includes a technology training center and incubator, as well as flexible office space solutions.
“Zero Irving’s unparalleled Midtown South location along with its unique, avant-garde design makes it an instantly iconic New York City building,” added Benjamin Bass, Managing Director of JLL. “Laurel Road will benefit from the building’s unique and modern offering including ideal floor plates, high-end technology, and sought-after amenities and sustainability features.” Mr. Bass leads the leasing effort with JLL’s Mitch Konsker, Dan Turkewitz, Kristen Morgan, and Carlee Palmer.
In addition to Union Square’s well-known transit hub providing ready access to all areas of the city and major commuter transit stations, the neighborhood stands out with popular restaurants and diverse shopping options, all of which help tenants attract and retain their workforce in an increasingly competitive labor market. Laurel Road joins two previously announced tenants at Zero Irving: leading B2B payments platform Melio, and business data analytics software company Sigma Computing. Zero Irving is the realization of RAL’s successful response to an RFP issued by NYCEDC. The development team includes financial partner Junius and architecture firm Davis Brody Bond.
Ken Siegel of JLL represented Laurel Road in the lease transaction.
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