Paragon Group LLC Arranges Melville, NY HQ Lease for Insurance Brokers Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc

Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc., one of the nation’s largest privately held insurance brokers, will move its headquarters from Bethpage, NY, to 20,000 square feet at 40 Marcus Dr., Melville, NY, in a deal arranged by Jerry Guerra of tenant representation specialists Paragon Group LLC.

SYOSSET, NY (PRWEB) April 12, 2006 -- Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc., one of the nation’s largest privately held insurance brokers, will move its headquarters from Bethpage, NY, to Melville, NY, in a deal arranged by tenant representation specialists Paragon Group LLC.

The insurance brokerage company, currently at 1211 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, has leased 20,000 square feet of office space at 40 Marcus Dr., Melville, the entire top floor of the new, 50,000-square-foot office building.

Paragon Principal Jerry Guerra, who last year completed a 10,000 square foot lease in the same building on behalf of another tenant, represented Cook, Hall & Hyde. The landlord, 50 Republic Road, LLC, whose principal is Itzhak Levi, was represented by Robert Godfrey and David Godfrey, both of CB Richard Ellis.

Cook, Hall & Hyde, Inc. is a diversified insurance and risk management organization with more than 100 employees operating out of four offices, three on Long Island and one in New Jersey. Founded in 1894, Cook, Hall & Hyde today enjoys strong relationships with nearly 15,000 clients and is one of the 100 largest privately held insurance brokers in the United States. The company also has offices in Plainview and East Hampton, NY, and Fair Lawn, NJ.

Syosset, NY-based Paragon Group LLC is a service-oriented commercial real estate brokerage that specializes in tenant representation. For more information call (516) 336-5440.

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