Brokerage · Construction
Flagship · Grand Central → Midtown
A flagship headquarters, then a refreshed Midtown office.
Nomad has moved VTEX twice in New York. We secured and built its first flagship near Grand Central, then negotiated a landlord-funded refresh and early exit for its next Midtown office.
Project snapshot
Chapter 01
The first move
The challenge
A custom flagship with its own street presence.
Most available spaces felt generic. VTEX needed brand visibility, a custom layout and room to scale.
What they needed
- 01Near Grand Central
- 02Street-level brand visibility
- 03Custom layout
- 04Long-term scalability
How Nomad solved it
What each part of Nomad did.
- BrokerageFind it
- Ownership accessDirect to ownership
- ConstructionBuild it
Brokerage
Negotiated for presence, not just space.
We negotiated a $400K+ improvement allowance and exterior flag rights, giving VTEX street-level visibility near Grand Central.
Ownership access
A direct line to ownership.
The first headquarters was in a building Nomad manages, giving the transaction a direct line to ownership.
Construction
Demolished and rebuilt in five months.
We managed the full demolition and a custom build around a modular floorplan in VTEX’s signature pink.
The decision
Why this one.
8,500 SF near Grand Central, fully demolished and rebuilt around a modular floorplan in VTEX’s signature pink.
The result
A finished flagship in five months, with two branded flags on the street.
Chapter 02
A refreshed Midtown office, with landlord-funded upgrades.
VTEX, a longtime Nomad client, signed a new Midtown office with the landlord funding a full refresh of offices, conference rooms, restrooms and pantry. Nomad also coordinated an early exit from its previous lease.
The challenge
VTEX needed a new New York office within a reduced budget, with the build-out finished before its current lease ended. Decision-makers sat in New York and São Paulo.
What Nomad did
We toured Midtown options and delivered economic projections and a side-by-side of three counteroffers. We negotiated an early surrender of the old lease, timed to the new move, pushed for landlord-funded improvements instead of taking a space as-is, and coordinated with both teams through signing.
The negotiation
Ownership approved all the requested landlord work: private offices, conference rooms, restrooms, pantry and finishes. Free rent after construction, with rent below the client’s target budget, and a firm delivery date backed by day-for-day rent abatement if the landlord ran late.
The result
VTEX signed in April 2026 and moved into its refreshed Midtown office in June 2026.
The Nomad team
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