Growing Bloomberg L.P. To Rent Half of a Tower

In another sign of Bloomberg L.P.’s growth, the company announced on Wednesday that it had signed a lease for 16 floors in the former Philip Morris building, across from Grand Central Terminal.

Bloomberg, a financial information and technology company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, said that it needed the additional space to accommodate its swelling work force. The number of employees in New York City alone has grown by nearly 40 percent, to 6,500, since December 2008.

“We continue to hire in New York and we expect that to continue as we expand our businesses and move into new markets worldwide,” Daniel L. Doctoroff, the company’s president, said in a statement.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/nyregion/10bloomberg.html

Some good news for the NY real estate and employment markets!