Altman Vilandrie & Company (AV&Co.) has executed a new 24,531 s/f lease to relocate its corporate headquarters from 53 State St. to 225 Franklin St. The lease represents a 10,000 s/f expansion for the firm.
The Colliers International brokerage team of Tad Lee and Kristin Blount represented AV&Co. Christopher Cuddy and Peter Conlin of CBRE New England represented the landlord, Equity Office.
Originally built in 1966 and renovated in 1990, 225 Franklin St. is a 34-story tower featuring 916,722 s/f of class A office space. Immediately adjacent to Post Office Sq., 225 Franklin St. is one of the city's prominent addresses. The property is centrally located in the Financial District and within close proximity to public transportation, hotels, restaurants and parking facilities. A newly renovated two-story lobby offers a coffee shop, newsstand, barber, and shoeshine stand. Additional building amenities include a parking garage, 24-hour manned security, fitness club, conference center, and on-site catering. A building photo is attached.

Altman Vilandrie & Company is a strategy consulting group that focuses on the communications, media, smart grid, clean tech and related technology and investor sectors. The company's consultants are experienced in strategy, marketing, finance, M&A, technology, regulatory and operations disciplines. With offices in Boston and New York City, Altman Vilandrie enables clients to seize new opportunities, navigate mounting challenges, improve business performance, and increase investor value within complex and converging industries. Ninety percent of the boutique firm's operator clients are large- to mid-cap companies including service providers, content creators and aggregators, and equipment and software developers. Altman Vilandrie's financial clients include many of the largest and most prominent investors in the communications, media and related technology markets.

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