The Freedom Tower site is for sale.
No, it is not the land under the yet-to-be-completed skyscraper, but the website domain — FreedomTower.com — that is being offered for sale.
Florida accountant Frank Martinez actually bought it way back in 1996, long before any of us was indelibly scarred by airplane-flying terrorists, and named his business Freedom Tower Accounting.
Now Martinez says he wants to sell his Orlando-based business and is ready to part with the website as well. He also owns several other iterations with various extensions.
Years ago, Martinez says, he turned down an offer from the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties — which no longer has an interest in the tower — for as much as $104,000, or $1,000 for each of the floors.
The building had been named by former Gov. George Pataki, but the current ownership group of the Port Authority and the Durst Organization now call the building 1 World Trade Center.
However, the Freedom Tower name is still known around the world by those outside of the real-estate business — so much so that even this newspaper used it in a recent story about the building’s antenna.
A Durst rep did not call back with a comment.
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Kaye Scholer has now finally signed its lease for 217,028 square feet on the lower floors of Boston Properties’ new tower at 250 W. 55th St.
The law firm will take the third through 12th floors and some below-grade storage space. It also has expansion rights and rights of first offer for other spaces.
According to documents, the 21-year lease will end March 31, 2034, but the attorneys can renew for two additional 10-year terms.
The building, which was represented by Peter Turchin, John Power and Christie Harle of CBRE, also signed a lease back in May with the law firm Morrison Foerster for 217,519 square feet on the 17th through 24th floors.
Another 505,793 square feet is still available, including the second floor of 49,135 square feet and its roof terrace. No one was available to comment.
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The SUNO fashion label, which uses Kenyan prints in designs that have been worn by Michelle Obama and pop star Rihanna, has leased a 5,000-square-foot showroom at 260 W. 39th St.
SUNO was founded in 2008 by Kenya resident Max Osterweis and designer Erin Beatty to help rescue the country’s economy after post-election violence. They are currently located in 3,000 square feet at 242 W. 38th St.
Marc Schoen and Michael Schoen of Savitt Partners represented the label, which is carried by 60 retailers and has already added production in India, Peru and New York.
Michael Orbach of Orbach & Associates represented the building owners with an asking rent of $35 per foot.
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Whether the weather outside is frightful or delightful, people can always use Happy Socks. However, they’ll have to wait because the Swedish company won’t open its first US flagship in 436 West Broadway until next spring.
The tiny, 300-square-foot store was leased for 10 years with rent that has been estimated at $780 per foot.
David Tordjman and Norman Bobrow of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented the tenant, while Christopher Owles and Kristin McCann from Sinvin Properties worked on behalf of the SoHo building owned by Centaur Properties.
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A Staten Island-based company led by a Pace University graduate is leasing 4,700 square feet in the Meatpacking District with a sky-high asking rent of $100 a square foot.
John Oliveri of STL Realty represented The College Bound Network, which signed for the entire third floor of 22 Little West 12th St.
The building, which is net-leased from William Gottlieb Real Estate, is undergoing a gut renovation by the Infinity Group, which was repped in-house by Steven Kassin and James Jung.