Current responsibilities:
Zachary Azus currently serves as an Vice President in JLL's Midtown Manhattan office. Zack is a member of the New York Consulting/Advisory Group, a team that partners with brokerage personnel and provides new business development, strategy development, financial structuring, and transaction execution services. Zack specializes in analyzing the financial impacts of a real estate transaction from both an acquisition and disposition perspective on a cash, earnings, and P&L basis. He joined JLL in 2016.
Experience:
Tenant Representation – Ongoing deals of note:
- Uber: NYC Office Disposition
- Li and Fung: Global portfolio strategy
- Global Brands Group: Global portfolio strategy
- Spotify: Global portfolio strategy
- Nextdoor: Global portfolio strategy
- Square: Global portfolio strategy
- 25 Kent Ave, Brooklyn , NY – Agency strategy
Tenant Representation – Closed deals of note:
- Square – 361,000 r.s.f. relocation– 1955 Broadway, Oakland, CA
- Centric Brands – 212,000 r.s.f restructure – 350 Fifth Avenue, NYC, NY
- Citadel – 161,200 r.s.f. expansion at 425 Park Avenue, NYC, NY
- WeWork – 139,000 r.s.f. expansion at 609 Fifth Avenue, NYC, NY
- Spotify – 124,592 r.s.f. relocation at Mateo Los Angeles, CA
- Nextdoor – 116,000 r.s.f. relocation at 420 Taylor Street, San Fran, CA
- Lyft – 100,638 r.s.f. relocation – 441- 9th Avenue, NYC, NY
- Spotify – 85,666 r.s.f. – expansion – 4 World Trade Center, NYC, NY
- Square Cash App – 85,478 r.s.f relocation – 400 SW 6th Avenue – Portland, OR
- YAI – 75,000 r.s.f. relocation – 220 East 42nd Street, NYC, NY
- Kobre & Kim – 67,000 r.s.f expansion – 800 Third Ave, NYC, NY
- Square Cash App – 48,000 r.s.f.- 13-17 Crosby Street NYC, NY
- American Arbitration Assoc. – 47,000 r.s.f. relocation - 32 Old Slip, NYC, NY
- Nespresso – 42,000 r.s.f. relocation – 111 West 33rd Street, NYC, NY
- Match.com - 41,000 r.s.f relocation - 60-74 Gansevoort Row, NYC, NY
- Amazon Music – 40,000 r.s.f. relocation 25 Kent Avenue, NYC, NY
- Colony NorthStar – 40,000 r.s.f. relocation - 590 Madison Ave, NYC, NY
- Humanscale – 33,000 r.s.f. relocation -1114 Avenue of Americas, NYC, NY
- CallisonRKTL – 28,000 r.s.f. relocation – 233 Broadway, NYC, NY
- Lehman Brothers Estate – 25,000 r.s.f. relocation – 277 Park Ave, NYC, NY
- Orix – 20,000 r.s.f relocation – 280 Park Ave, NYC, NY
- Spotify – 18,354 r.s.f. relocation – Oasis, Wynwood Miami, FL
- Schonfeld Securities – 17,000 r.s.f. expansion - 460 Park Avenue, NYC, NY
- Corbin Capital – 16,000 r.s.f. renewal - 590 Madison Ave, NYC, NY
- Square – 15,000 r.s.f. expansion – 375 West Broadway, NYC NY
- Starwood – 15,000 r.s.f. relocation – 40 Tenth Avenue, NYC, NY
- Uber – 12,000 r.s.f. extension – 636 West 28th Street, NYC, NY
Representative Clients:
- AXA
- First Data
- Global Brands Group
- IAC/InterActiveCorp
- Interpublic Group of Companies
- JPMorgan Chase
- Li and Fung
- Lyft
- L3Harris
- Morgan Stanley
- Nespresso
- Nextdoor
- PWC
- Spotify
- Square
- Starwood
Education and affiliations:
Zack earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in 2016.
- Licensed Real Estate Broker – New York
- UJA (REX Next) – Real Estate Executive Committee
- NYREU30 – NY Real Estate Under 30
- Young Jewish Professionals – Member
- JLL’s Leadership Council Advisory Board’s Mentee
- Commercial Observer’s 2020 –Young Professionals Award Recipient (30 Under 30)
