Customs and Border Protection Relocates Offices from JFK Airport

CBRE completed a 139,377-square-foot office lease for the General Services Administration on behalf of Customs and Border Protection (CPB) at One Aviation Plaza in Queens’ Jamaica neighborhood. CBP will relocate its operations from Building 77 at John F. Kennedy International Airport to the entire first, second, third and part of the fourth floors at One Aviation Plaza, located at 159-30 Rockaway Boulevard. The space formerly housed the Federal Aviation Administration.

The CBRE team of Vincent LaManna, Richard Freel, Maria Kobe and Ralph Guiffre represented GSA/CBP in the lease negotiations with the building ownership. Jeffrey Sussman of the Edward J. Minskoff organization and JLL’s Joe Brennan and Chloe Edwards acted on behalf of the building ownership.

“This was one of the most significant regional transactions the federal agency has recently undertaken,” said LaManna. “One Aviation Plaza became the logical choice given its immediate access to the airport, its high-level security infrastructure, with a landlord with the proven ability to create the 21st century HQ the agency envisioned.”