{"id":710538,"date":"2026-04-07T07:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/710538\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:41:49","slug":"venture-capital-firm-tq-ventures-signs-7k-sf-lease-at-96-spring-street-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/710538\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capital Firm TQ Ventures Signs 7K-SF Lease at 96 Spring Street \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/tq-ventures\/\" title=\"TQ Ventures\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TQ Ventures<\/a><\/b>, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City and San Francisco, has signed a 10-year, 7,415-square-foot lease for a new headquarters at <b>96 Spring Street<\/b> in Manhattan\u2019s SoHo neighborhood, Commercial Observer has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The asking rent was not disclosed, but the average asking rent for office space in Lower Manhattan was $59.26 per square foot in February, according to data from <b>CBRE<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/la-aerospace-defense-office-el-segundo-el-segundo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aircraft Defense Firm Moves L.A. Office to El Segundo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tenant was represented by <b>Gabe Marans<\/b> and <b>Maxine Rosen<\/b> from <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/savills\/\" title=\"Savills\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Savills<\/a><\/b>, while <b>Brent Ozarowski<\/b> and<b> Kevin Sullivan<\/b> from <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/newmark\/\" title=\"Newmark\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newmark<\/a><\/b> represented landlord <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/midwood-investment-development\/\" title=\"Midwood Investment &amp; Development\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midwood Investment &amp; Development<\/a><\/b>. Both Newmark and Savills did not immediately respond to CO\u2019s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to welcome TQ Ventures to 96 Spring Street, and believe they will be a strong addition with a respected reputation in their industry to the building\u2019s existing roster of innovative and high-end companies,\u201d <b>Ron Bondy<\/b>, executive vice president of leasing at Midwood, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocated in the heart of SoHo, between Broadway and Mercer Streets, 96 Spring offers our tenants a combination of historic character and immediate access to some of the city\u2019s best retail, dining, and culture,\u201d Bondy added.<\/p>\n<p>TQ Ventures was founded in 2018 by <b>Schuster Tanger <\/b>and <b>Andrew Marks<\/b>, with <b>Scooter Braun <\/b>as an early partner. The firm will occupy the entire seventh floor of the eight-story SoHo building.<\/p>\n<p>TQ Ventures\u2019 current New York City address is <b>408 West 14th Street<\/b>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/profile\/company\/1645515D:US\">according to Bloomberg<\/a>. It is unclear when the firm will relocate to its new office, which will give the firm 70 percent more office space than its current spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re designing this space from the ground up to reflect how we work and how founders build today \u2014 a place to think, collaborate, ideate and congregate,\u201d co-founders Marks and Tanger said in a joint statement. \u201cEvery detail will reflect how we partner day to day with our founders and create a space for meaningful conversations. We\u2019re thrilled to be in SoHo, which strikes the right quintessential New York vibe: taste, creativity and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Midwood acquired 96 Spring Street in 1998. The building is also home to tenants including investment firm <b>Lead Edge Capital<\/b>, retailer <b>Alo Yoga<\/b> and restaurant group <b>Chefs Club<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Schiavo can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/04\/tq-ventures-lease-96-spring-street\/mailto:aschiavo@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aschiavo@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TQ Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City and San Francisco, has signed a 10-year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":710539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[295879,295880,5229,295881,49424,125737,295882,7745,295883,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,49428,295884,295885,295886,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-710538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-408-west-14th-street","tag-96-spring-street","tag-america","tag-andrew-marks","tag-brent-ozarowski","tag-gabe-marans","tag-kevin-sullivan","tag-leases","tag-maxine-rosen","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-ron-bondy","tag-schuster-tanger","tag-scooter-braun-channel","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116362303710838541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}