{"id":806641,"date":"2026-05-19T04:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/806641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:17:33","slug":"tech-firm-profound-inks-30k-sf-deal-at-gfps-5-9-union-square-west-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/806641\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Firm Profound Inks 30K-SF Deal at GFP\u2019s 5-9 Union Square West \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing intelligence platform <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/profound\/\" title=\"Profound\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Profound<\/a><\/b> has leased 30,000 square feet at <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/gfp-real-estate\/\" title=\"GFP Real Estate\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GFP Real Estate<\/a><\/b>\u2019s <b>5-9 Union Square West<\/b>, Commercial Observer has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The lease spans two full floors of the eight-story building, according to tenant broker <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/buchbinder-warren-realty-group\/\" title=\"Buchbinder &amp; Warren Realty Group\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buchbinder &amp; Warren Realty Group<\/a><\/b>. Asking rent was $75 per square foot.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/gigi-hadid-guest-in-residence-lease-1061-madison-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gigi Hadid\u2019s Guest in Residence Brand Leases Second NYC Store at 1061 Madison Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The circa-1900 office building, also known as the <b>Spingler Building<\/b>, sits between East 14th and East 15th streets and overlooks <b>Union Square Park<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buchbinder\u2019s <b>William Abramson<\/b> and <b>Matthew Olden<\/b> represented the tenant in the negotiations, while GFP\u2019s <b>Eric Gural<\/b> and <b>Matthew Colavita <\/b>represented the landlord in-house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Profound, founded in 2024 officially as <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/cooper-square-technologies\/\" title=\"Cooper Square Technologies\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Square Technologies<\/a><\/b>, helps brands increase their online exposure by monitoring how artificial intelligence search engines and chatbots recommend those brands to users.<\/p>\n<p>The new Union Square lease marks the fast-growing firm\u2019s second office location along the street, neighboring its 7,500-square-foot office at <b>1 Union Square West<\/b>. The next-door building is owned and managed by Buchbinder, through the entity <b><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/union-square-associates\/\" title=\"Union Square Associates\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Union Square Associates<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Profound\u2019s newly leased space was previously occupied by architect and designer <b>David Rockwell<\/b>, whose firm located elsewhere within the building, according to Buchbinder.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for GFP Real Estate and Profound did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emily Davis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/profound-lease-gfp-5-9-union-square-west\/mailto:edavis@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edavis@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marketing intelligence platform Profound has leased 30,000 square feet at GFP Real Estate\u2019s 5-9 Union Square West, Commercial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":806642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[328160,328161,5229,134285,328162,7745,328163,328164,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,49428,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,328165],"class_list":["post-806641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-1-union-square-west","tag-5-9-union-square-west","tag-america","tag-david-rockwell","tag-eric-gural","tag-leases","tag-matthew-colavita","tag-matthew-olden","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-office-leases","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-william-abramson-channel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116599314414978713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806641","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=806641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}