Furniture manufacturer OFS has inked an 11-year, 7,114-square-foot showroom lease at The Herald, the restored former home of the Washington Herald Examiner in Washington, D.C.

OFS will take more than half of the fourth floor to create an office furniture showroom when it moves in later this year. Asking rent at the property, at 1307 New York Avenue, was $74 per square foot.

Marx Realty acquired the 114,000-square-foot historic building in 2020 for $41 million. The Beaux Arts building was constructed in 1923 and held the newspaper’s offices and printing presses, to which it owes the 19-foot ceilings on the ground floor. It’s there that Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis (then Bouvier) started her career as a photographer and reporter.

“OFS was attracted to The Herald because of the building’s impressive ceiling heights and the unique qualities of the building’s interior design and finishes; they simply felt no other building in D.C. was a better fit for their brand,” Craig Deitelzweig, Marx Realty’s president and CEO, said.

The building features a 40-seat boardroom, a European-style cafe and the Bouvier Club, an 8,800-square-foot lounge that incorporates historic photos, curated artwork, newspaper-printing memorabilia and a fireplace.

As an extra perk, tenants also have access to the “Marx Mobile,” a 2023 Tesla Y that serves as The Herald’s house car.

OFS was represented by Michael Shipley of CBRE (CBRE), while Marx Realty was represented by Will Stern and Eli Barnes of Avison Young.