Jones Lang LaSalle completes 18,500 s/f interior build-out for Xinhua News

Jones Lang LaSalle has completed the interior build-out for Xinhua News Agency's new North American headquarters on the top floor of 1540 Broadway. The Chinese news agency leased 18,500 s/f on the 44th floor of the 1.1 million s/f, class A office building in mid-2010. The company's project and development services group was tapped in June 2010 by Xinhua News Agency to serve as project manager for the build-out of its new offices at 1540 Broadway. The project team completed a gut renovation of the technologically complex project in approximately eight months. The Jones Lang LaSalle project team was led by Rachna Desai, project manager, and Dayana Rivero, associate project manager, and includes Randy Apfelbaum, vice president, and John Andrin, senior project manager. The PDS group worked closely with general contractor Nucor Construction Services LLC and architectural firm Applied Design Initiative LLC. The company tapped Pennoni Engineering and Surveying of New York, P.C., TSG Communications and Syska Hennessy Group Inc. to incorporate the complex engineering, broadcasting and information technology required for Xinhua's new offices. John Ryan III, managing director, and Paul Mas, executive vice president, of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Xinhua News Agency in its lease at the building.