MELO JOINS CBRE

CBRE sure knows how to turn a broker's bash into a ball: Why not invite Melo? Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony joined hundreds of brokers last week at 685 Third Ave, where we snapped the leasing team with the famous forward (the tallest in the photo, if you couldn't tell): Anthony Dattoma, Howard Fiddle, Paul Amrich, Molly Concannon, Bob Alexander, Zach Freeman, and recently promoted NY Tri-State region prez Matt Van Buren. (Behind them was a long line for a photo op with the b-baller.)
The 600k SF building may not have high enough ceilings for a basketball court, but it does have plenty of space opportunities for the corporate or creative user (plus super-close proximity to Grand Central). The team's marketing the second floor and from the sixth floor up; new tenants would join Marks Paneth & Shron, which recently took the third through fifth floors, and A&E Television, which inked a lease there earlier this year

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