Wall Street Firms Vie to Expand Trading Floors.

The article reports on an increase in the number of U.S. financial firms including Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Wall Street who are seeking an expansion of their trading floors despite the presence of a very small office vacancy rate (7%) in Manhattan. A discussion of several properties which the firms are considering including those owned by Related Cos. and Brookfield is presented.