Eric Engelhardt is Senior Vice President of Commercial Leasing at The Durst Organization. He oversees the leasing of One World Trade Center, 114 West 47th Street, 11 Grand Central East, 855 Avenue of the Americas, and retail spaces throughout the Durst portfolio. Since 2010, Eric and the One World Trade Center team have executed leases for more than 2.5 million square feet of space including the 1.2 million-square-foot transaction with publishing giant Conde Nast. In 2020, Eric led the negotiations with Stagwell for a 200,000-square-foot lease. One World Trade Center is 97% leased.

Eric joined Durst in 2003 as a member of the in-house leasing team responsible for the leasing and marketing of the Midtown portfolio. In his first several years with the company, he held a key role in nearly 1.2 million square feet of leasing transactions. He also managed the acquisition and development activities of office, residential, and retail properties for the company.

Before joining Durst, Eric was a Director at Insignia/ESG’s (now CBRE) Agency Group where he represented TIAA/CREF as leasing agent for the landmark Seagram Building and was a member of the team that secured Ernst & Young, LLP and Arthur Anderson as the anchor tenants for Boston Properties’ 1.1 million square foot 5 Times Square and 1.2 million square foot Times Square Tower, respectively, the later was the recipient of Robert T. Lawrence REBNY Deal of the Year Award.

Eric holds a degree in in Professional Studies of Architecture from State University of New York at Buffalo, has a New York State real estate salesperson license, and is a member of the Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association.