Cushman sues Sotheby’s over $10M commission tied to HQ sale
April 10, 2026
The Real Deal
Sotheby’s stiffed Cushman Wakefield on a 10 million commission tied to the auction house’s blockbuster Upper East Side headquarters sale, the brokerage claims. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in New York State Supreme Court, Cushman accuses Sotheby’s of breaching a commission agreement connected to the October 2025 sale of 1334 York Avenue to Weill Cornell Medicine.
Cushman claims it spent years brokering a 200,000-square-foot lease at the building on behalf of Weill Cornell that ultimately paved the way for the 510 million sale. At the time of the 2023 lease signing, Cushman says both sides inked a separate agreement []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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