Current responsibilities
Zachary Azus currently serves as a Senior 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 is involved in the pursuit, strategy, analysis, negotiation, and execution of real estate solutions for commercial office occupiers. By identifying, assessing, and managing each party’s levers, which are unique to each transaction, Zack has helped arrange many types of real estate transactions. Making a real estate commitment is never straightforward, but Zack knows how to distill all real estate factors so that his clients can make informed real estate decisions on a financial, operational, and qualitative basis. He joined JLL in 2016.
Experience
Tenant Representation – Ongoing deals of note
- Asana: Global portfolio strategy
- Li and Fung: Global portfolio strategy
- Global Brands Group: Global portfolio strategy
- Spotify: Global portfolio strategy
- Nextdoor: Global portfolio strategy
- Block: Global portfolio 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
- Ripple Labs – 124,547 r.s.f. relocation at 600 Battery Street, San Fran, 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
- Cash App – 85,478 r.s.f relocation – 400 SW 6th Avenue – Portland, OR
- iHope – 77,000 r.s.f. relocation –825 7th Avenue, NYC, NY
- 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
- Great Oaks Charter School -40,000 r.s.f. relocation – 240 Bleecker St, NYC
- 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
- CC Capital – 25,000 r.s.f. relocation – 200Park 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
- Nearwater Capital – 17,289 r.s.f. relocation – One Vanderbilt, NYC, NY
- 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
- Tidal – 12,000 r.s.f. relocation – 799 Broadway, NYC, NY
- JSM Music – 11,000 r.s.f. relocation – 28 West 44th Street , NYC, NY
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)
