Leason Ellis relocates, expands in White Plains
The intellectual property law firm of Leason Ellis L.L.P. will relocate to a 13,000-square-foot office at 1 Barker Ave. in White Plains from 81 Main St. in the city”™s downtown, occupying the full first floor the building. The site was vacated by rapidly growing accounting firm O”™Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins L.L.P. earlier this year.
O”™Connor relocated to a 32,500-square-foot office at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison.
About 2,800 square feet of Leason Ellis”™s 81 Main St. office will be available for sublease through February 2014.
The firm has hired several attorneys in the recent months and last spring acquired dissolving IP law firm Darby and Darby P.C., taking out a second sublet in its then 6,000-square-foot space; it now stand at 18 attorneys.
The Barker Avenue office will allow the firm to accommodate all of its attorneys and staff members in the same space, said managing partner David Leason.
Cushman & Wakefield”™s Gregory Frisoli, Lawrence Ruggieri and Christopher O”™Callaghan represented Leason Ellis in the transaction negotiations. Jeffrey Warner and Carol A. McGuire represented the landlord, Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
Peekskill looks to lure businesses
Mayor Mary Foster of Peekskill announced the city is undergoing a comprehensive market analysis to identify and attract businesses.
A communitywide consumer survey will be mailed to 5,000 households selected at random in Peekskill, Cortlandt and southern Putnam County towns.
“This is a major first step in collecting valuable feedback that will be used to attract the types of businesses consumers would like to have in Peekskill,” Foster said, in a statement. “Once tabulated, the data will be used to target businesses that would prosper in the city.”
Larisa Ortiz Associates L.L.C. and JGSC Group in Merchantville, N.J., will conduct the Community Insights market analysis, which includes the survey, interviews with government and civic leaders and subsequent economic evaluation.
Surveys are available at peekskillsurvey.com.
Common-sense money
Joe Biegel, a financial adviser at Park Avenue Securities in Rye Brook, has just published a book titled “Your Money ”“ Uncommon Insights.”
Biegel said the goal in writing the book was to explain the many pitfalls people experience in managing their finances and to suggest alternatives. The book provides common-sense guidance to ensure an individual”™s money is protected from myriad threats and that its use throughout life and beyond, is maximized, he said.
