Anthropic, the AI firm behind Claude, is close to locking in a lease for the entire 466,000-square-foot office building at 330 Hudson Street in Manhattan’s Hudson Square. If the deal goes through, the company would instantly gain a major New York foothold and continue a bi-coastal office build-out that has already reshaped downtown San Francisco. The scale of the lease would put it among the largest single-tenant office commitments tied to generative AI in the city.
As reported by Commercial Observer, Anthropic is nearing a deal to take AEW Capital Management’s 16-story, roughly 465,630-square-foot property at 330 Hudson Street. The outlet notes that some floors are already vacant and that requests for comment from both Anthropic and AEW have not been returned.
According to The Real Deal, the 466,000-square-foot figure would top the 250,000-to-450,000-square-foot range Anthropic was reportedly shopping for earlier this year, and the company would likely phase into the building a floor or two at a time as existing subleases roll off. The Real Deal also reports that Anthropic’s current Manhattan footprint is modest at roughly 15,000 square feet at 155 Sixth Avenue, a lease scheduled to expire this year.
What’s Available at 330 Hudson
Property listings show specific sublease opportunities at 330 Hudson, including a roughly 38,740-square-foot sublease that runs through September 30, 2028. Public records and filings indicate that AEW bought the building in 2018 for about $385 million, leaving behind a mix of long-term subtenants and vacant floors that a single occupier could consolidate under one banner. See PropertyShark and public SEC filings for listing and transaction details.
Anthropic’s Bi-Coastal Footprint
Anthropic has been expanding rapidly in San Francisco, where the company took the entirety of 300 Howard Street in February as part of a larger downtown build-out, according to an announcement from DivcoWest. In New York, the potential move to 330 Hudson would sit alongside other sizable AI-related office deals across the city, including Rilla’s 57,000-square-foot lease at 25 Kent and Moloco’s roughly 25,000-square-foot sublease at 2 Gansevoort. For more detail on those transactions, see The Real Deal.
Why Landlords Are Courting AI Tenants
Market data show that AI companies have become a powerful force in office leasing. JLL figures cited by Commercial Observer indicate AI firms signed roughly 415,000 square feet of leases in New York in the first quarter of 2026, about double what they took in 2025. That surge helps explain why landlords are carving out large blocks of space and entertaining single-tenant deals tied to cash-rich AI players.
If Anthropic finalizes the 330 Hudson lease, the consolidation would rework Hudson Square’s tenant lineup and underline the growing clout of AI occupiers in New York’s office market. The deal would likely roll out gradually as subleases expire and existing tenants shift elsewhere.
