Two more luxury designers are moving their offices to 693 Fifth Ave. between East 54th and East 55th streets.
Escada has signed a lease for 5,844 square feet on the sixth floor, where it will house its expanded offices and be close to its store at 7 E. 55th St.
Jim McCaffrey and Ethan Silverstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented Escada in the lease.
Bugatchi Uomo will move into 6,072 square feet on the eighth floor from its current offices at 264 W. 40th St.
Stephane Abitbol represented the Florida-based menswear brand in-house.
The two join the retail tenant, Valentino, in the 20-story office tower, which now has average asking rents in the mid-$70s per square foot.
The 105,500-square-foot slender office tower, previously known for department stores Fortunoff and later Takashimaya, also hosts the London-based art gallery Carpenters Workshop.
Affiliates of Paris-based FIMALAC purchased the building from Thor Equities, headed by Joe Sitt, at a price of $527 million two years ago.
They were represented by the Savitt Partners team of Michael Dubin, Elliot Zelinger and Greg Lafayett.
FIMALAC owns Fitch Ratings, among other investments.
