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Two Trees leases a total of 3,246 s/f at 55 Washington Street, DUMBO

Cazarch, LID Design Collaborative, Stacey McGarity, and Valerie Schweitzer Design all signed new leases in Two Trees Management's property at 55 Washington St. in DUMBO totaling 3,246 s/f. Cazarch, Inc., an architecture firm focusing on landscaping and urban design, has leased 1,801 s/f. Another architecture and design firm to move to the property is LID Design Collaborative, LLC, who leased 857 s/f. Acquisitions for the Home, a full service interior design studio based in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded to New York with interior designer Stacey McGarity's lease of 388 s/f. Architect Valerie Schweitzer, whose Valerie Schweitzer Design, LLC, architectural design company has leased 200 s/f. Caroline Pardo represented Two Trees for the Cazarch, LID Design Collaborative and Stacey McGarity leases; Elizabeth Cottrill represented Two Trees with the Valerie Schweitzer Design. "DUMBO's lively arts scene and spectacular views of the river and bridge have attracted our roster of creative businesses," said Caroline Pardo, Director of Leasing for Two Trees Management. "We are thrilled to welcome these four innovative companies to 55 Washington Street, who will find they fit right in."
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