NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Bi-weekly/Monthly submission
Leasing 8/20/97
OEM at 7 World Trade Center
DCAS and OEM met with the landlord, Silverstein Properties, and its preferred architect, Swanke
Hayden Connell, on August 19* to review the scope of work in order for the architect to submit a
fee proposal to the landlord. Also in attendance was EIS, a systems consultant selected by OEM
to assist the architect in the design of the Emergency Operations Center. We anticipate the
architect to be engaged by the landlord and to commence preliminary design work by the end of
August.
DCAS and the Law Department also met with the landlord and its attorney on August 21” to
review the most recent draft lease document prepared earlier this month. Very few major issues
remain. The schedule for completion remains (a) submission of the “Notice of Intent to Acquire”
in November and approval by the City Planning Commission and City Council in late December,
(b) a Real Property Public Hearing for approval of the business terms in early January with lease
execution immediately thereafter and (c) construction of the office space by the end of March
1998 with construction of the EOC by the end of May.
Courts at 141 Livingston Street
DCAS has had several discussions with the landlord and the landlord’s agent over the last few
weeks regarding the landlord’s most recent demand (included in the most recent July SI" draft
lease) that the City have the right to cancel the lease in whole only, not in part. Previously the
City had the right to cancel in part. Since the long term plan is to move these two Courts,
Housing and Civil, to two separate locations, ideally the City needs to be able cancel in part. If
we can only cancel in whole, we will need to coordinate the moves of these two Courts to
minimize the possibility of rent being paid on vacate space. This demand remains non-negotiable
and a “deal breaker” from the landlord’s perspective. The landlord feels if one Court vacates
before the other, the vacated space cannot be marketed successfully to other tenants. It appears
that we will need to agree to this demand to finalize the lease in the near future. If we agree to
this provision now, the lease could be finalized and presented to a real property hearing for
approval in October.
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