Seventh Avenue at 40th Street, one block below Times Square and three from Bryant Park. The 42nd Street hub is at the door, which is the reason to be here: nearly every line in the system stops within a two-minute walk. Penn Station is walkable rather than close.

Attended lobby with 24/7 access; three (3) elevators, one (1) of them freight. Masonry construction, central business district location, multi-tenant and not owner-occupied. The building is 94.7% leased. Ownership is open to modifications.

The closest fit to the brief on size, and the only option that comes in under budget without giving up a built floor. Four (4) offices and meeting rooms plus a large corner executive office and conference room, with open space for eighteen (18) to twenty (20) and room to densify.

Seventh Avenue at 39th Street, at the centre of the Garment District and roughly midway between the 42nd Street hub and Penn Station. A working block rather than a polished one, with both stations comfortably on foot.

An Art Deco tower of steel construction, sprinklered, with twelve-foot (12) slab-to-slab heights and thirteen (13) elevators, five (5) of them freight. Central business district location, multi-tenant and not owner-occupied. The building is 98.7% leased.

The smallest floor on the list and the closest to the stated program, at the highest rent per foot. A corner unit with windows spanning east and south, which is the light the brief asks for. The proposed plan lays out offices along the window line with workstations through the center and a conference room at the corner.

Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, directly north of Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall. The best-connected address on the list for anyone commuting by rail, and the lowest rent per foot by a wide margin.

Masonry construction with four (4) elevators, in a central business district location. The building is 96.0% leased. Prime Midtown address near Penn Station and Herald Square, surrounded by retail and dining.

The most space for the money on the list: roughly 1,000 RSF above the brief, at the lowest rent per foot, and still under the ceiling. The plan is drawn for thirty (30) to thirty-five (35) people against a team of twenty-one (21) — room to grow into. The floor is under construction, so what is shown is the intended result, and the sixty-day occupancy needs confirming against the schedule.

Between Fifth and Madison, two (2) blocks from Spark Media's HQ at 12 East 49th Street. The shortest move on the list by a wide margin, and the only one that keeps the team in the neighborhood it already knows.

Masonry construction in a central business district location. Attended lobby.

A full floor with skylights and exposed brick, two (2) blocks from the current office. It is the only option here that fails the brief twice over: at asking, the monthly rent runs $2,917 above the ceiling, but expect room to negotiate. This building/space is included because the location and the light are right and the gap is negotiable. The space has great bones, a massive skylight, exsposed brick. With some modest work, this can be a diamond in the rough.

Midtown East, on 45th Street between Second and Third Avenues — an easy walk east of Grand Central and the Metro-North / LIRR network. A quieter pocket of the Grand Central submarket near the United Nations and the Second Avenue corridor, with everyday restaurants and services at the door.

24-hour access with concierge, controlled access, and a security system; high ceilings and abundant natural light; air conditioning, an on-site kitchen, and direct elevator exposure; bus and subway service nearby.

A full floor that lands exactly on the $20,000 ceiling, with great natural light on all sides and a building that runs a staffed lobby around the clock. Built with open areas, private offices, conference rooms and a wet pantry.