Shirley Aninias School Signs 23,000SF Lease at 30 Wall St

Shirley Aninias School secured a 23,000-square-foot lease at 30 Wall Street in Manhattan’s Financial District, taking the second and third floors. The expansion more than triples the school’s current footprint and represents the largest lease recorded for the building in recent years. The new two-floor downtown campus is designed for neurodiverse learners and supports a whole-child, behavior-based model. The build-out includes a life-skills suite and a simulated-town environment for practicing everyday routines and independence in a controlled setting. The additional space supports specialized instruction, therapies, and transition supports, with classrooms separated from therapy and vocational-practice areas.

"The Shirley Aninias School has locked in a 23,000-square-foot lease at 30 Wall Street, grabbing the second and third floors of the Financial District building and more than tripling its current footprint. The move, the largest lease the property has recorded in recent years, will create a two-floor downtown campus tailored to neurodiverse students and highlights how lower Manhattan is quietly filling up with tenants that are not banks or brokerages."

"The outlet notes that the expansion is more than three times the school's previous footprint and is expected to give the program room to expand hands-on instruction in the heart of the Financial District. The additional space is slated to give the private school more room for specialized instruction, therapies, and transition supports that sit at the center of its model."

"According to the New York Business Journal, the planned build-out will feature a life-skills suite and a simulated-town environment designed to teach everyday routines and independence. Those experiential areas are meant to let students practice real-world tasks in a controlled setting, a priority for programs focused on older elementary students who are getting ready for more intensive transition services."

"With programming spread across two floors, the school will be able to separate core instructional classrooms from therapy spaces and vocational-practice areas. The move follows a run of nontraditional leases at 30 Wall Street as landlords in lower Manhattan try to reposit"

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