Current Responsibilities

Michael Higgins is a senior vice president in the Midtown office of Jones Lang LaSalle’s New York operation. He is an integral member of a top producing leasing team centered on Strategic Occupancy Solutions for tenants in the New York Tri-State area and across the greater United States.

Experience

Michael represents select landlords locally and tenants on a local and national level.  His tenant representation business is centered on the real estate needs of the technology, retail, new media, fashion, financial services and insurance industries. He joined Jones Lang LaSalle in 2011 after working at CB Richard Ellis for over six years and Insignia for two years.

One of his many notable transactions includes the sale of three historic firehouses on behalf of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters. Despite market conditions during the summer of 2009, Michael and his partners arranged for the sale of three firehouses within three months, which provided the nonprofit with sufficient cash to avoid receivership. These transactions were later nominated for the Real Estate Board of New York’s Investment Sales Deal of the Year.

Education and Affiliations

Mr.  Higgins  earned  a  MBA with  concentrations  in  real  estate  and  finance  from Baruch  College,  Zicklin  School  of  Business  in 2012 and  a  BSM from  Tulane University,  A.B. Freeman School of Business in 2001. He is also LEED Green Associate accredited through the U.S. Green Building Council.  He grew up in Westchester County and enjoys spending his free time with his wife, two daughters and son, outdoors and at home in Chappaqua, New York.

Tenant Representation Experience

• Integral Ad Science: 50,264 s.f. acquisition at 95 Morton Street
• Dentsu America:32,000 s.f. acquisition at 32 Avenue of the Americas
• Market Axess:27,000 s.f. acquisition at 299 Park Avenue
• IDEO:29,000 s.f. acquisition at 408 Broadway,  12,000 s.f. disposition at 408 Broadway,  11,000 s.f. disposition at 451 Broadway
• Triple Five Soul: 25,000 s.f. acquisition in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
• Big Spaceship: 25,000 s.f. acquisition in DUMBO, Brooklyn
• Everyday Health: 13,000 s.f. disposition at 345 Hudson Street
• Stewart Title: 12,000 s.f  renewal at 300 East 42nd  Street
• Jump Associates: 11,000 s.f. acquisition and disposition at 915 Broadway
• Bruno Magli: 6,000 s.f. acquisition at 4 West 58th  Street

Landlord Representation Experience

• 452 Fifth Avenue: 865,000 s.f. Office Building owned by PBC USA Real Estate
• 31 Penn Plaza: 444,000 s.f. Office Building owned by VanBarton Group
• 40 Wall Street: 1,165,207 s.f. Office Building owned by the Trump Organization
• 14 Wall Street: 1,049,292 s.f. Office Building previously owned by the Carlyle Group and Capstone Equities