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James S. Meiskin
President
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James S. Meiskin has been a leading player in the New York City real estate market for more than 25 years. The firm, whose specialty is Tenant Representation, has helped many prestigious companies with their property searches. Among the fields where he has significant experience are entertainment, law, public agencies/not-for-profits, publishing and the creative industries.

Mr. Meiskin has been responsible for more than one billion dollars' worth of real estate transactions. In addition to assisting corporations with straightforward lease transactions, he has undertaken many difficult projects to satisfy his clients' unusual needs, including buyouts, acquisitions and lease re-structuring.

Recently, Mr. Meiskin represented Getty Images, Inc., helping the firm consolidate its operations at One Hudson Square. During the course of looking for a new location, Getty began a vigorous acquisition process, increasing its space requirement frequently. Despite the exponential growth and change, and the tightening of available space in the explosive Manhattan market, Mr. Meiskin was able to secure enough space and the best terms after eight months of negotiations.

In addition to representing The Hearst Trade Book Group in its move, Mr. Meiskin helped the firm modernize its operations by relocating to technologically appropriate space. After three decades spread over five floors in an older building, Mr. Meiskin located a state-of-the-art home for Hearst with an effective rent that is less than what they were paying at their former location.

Mr. Meiskin represented American Retail Group, consolidating its offices from two different locations into one larger space. After extensive research and negotiations, Mr. Meiskin was able to create additional space with options at 1114 Avenue of The Americas at a substantial reduction in cost.

Mr. Meiskin has had significant experience representing international clients, including the Netherlands Mission to the United Nations, The Consulate General of the Netherlands, The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Banco di Napoli, BBC International, Benetton, the Government of Spain, and Kredietbank. The Netherlands Mission needed to expand its space, but did not want to move. As exclusive advisor, Mr. Meiskin worked to create additional space; after exhausting all options in their building, he structured a transaction elsewhere. Mr. Meiskin obtained two years of free rent at the new space (covering the remaining obligation at the old space) and negotiated a rental rate below the old lease. He was then able to create a buyout of the remaining obligation. For Banco di Napoli, Mr Meiskin was instrumental in the purchase and renovation of a townhouse on the east side of Midtown Manhattan for its United States Headquarters.

Mr. Meiskin's experience in the public sector is extensive. His firm consulted with the New York City Fire Department to evaluate either staying at its current location or building a new headquarters of approximately 350,000 square feet. With Plymouth partners help, the Fire Department relocated to a much more efficient and cost-effective space at MetroTech in Brooklyn.

Prior to forming Plymouth Partners, he was affiliated with Grubb & Ellis, where he was recognized as one of the top brokers Nationally.

In addition to being a licensed real estate broker in the State of New York, Mr. Meiskin is also licensed as a broker in the State of Florida. Mr. Meiskin graduated from the University of Miami, where he received a BBA in finance. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, Corenet Global, as well as many other professional and charitable affiliations.

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John D'Angelo
Associate Broker

John R. D’Angelo is the Associate Broker of Plymouth Partners, Ltd. He is a New York attorney with extensive experience in representation of commercial tenants, including lease negotiation, financial analysis, analysis of tenant improvement build-out costs, and marketing studies as well as a principal of a 3rd generation New York real estate family which owns commercial and residential properties in New York and New Jersey.

He has also had significant experience in representing real estate developers including Majic Development Group LLC in connection with its sale of its property rights to develop the property known as Harlem Park, an approximately 570,000 s.f. mixed use development to be built at 125th street and Park Avenue adjacent to the Metro North Train Station to a buyer whose members include Vornado Realty Trust, a multi-billion dollar New York Stock Exchange company and the California Public Employees Retirement Pension System, the largest public employee pension fund in the United States.

He also has significant experience in a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and corporate finance for public and private companies in entertainment, technology and life science businesses. He previously served as General Counsel and a Member of the Board of Directors of Magnum Sports & Entertainment, Inc., an entertainment company and worked closely with senior management which included Charles Koppelman, formerly CEO and Chairman of EMI Records and currently Chairman of Martha Stewart and Robert Gutkowski, formerly President of Madison Square Garden who were the Chairman and CEO, respectively of MSE.

His principal corporate law experience at the beginning of his legal career was as an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City where he specialized in complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy and prepared trial and appellate briefs in federal and state courts, including participation in preparation of brief on behalf of International Paper Company before the U.S. Supreme Court in International Paper Company v. Ouellette.

He is a graduate of Cornell University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree with Distinction in All Subjects and the University of Virginia School of Law where he received his J.D. and was an editor of the Virginia Law Review and an editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law and was awarded the Order of the Coif.