Office

Columbia Property Trust may be considering a sale of assets, and may draw considerable interest from other investors.

The New York-based startup has leased 116,000 square feet (nearly 11,000 square meters) of office space spanning four floors at RXR’s 530 Fifth Ave. The target is businesses with 10 to 100 employees.

Higher education is key to hiring more tech talent, so employers are locating in cities with the most highly-educated populations.

The building’s owners, MetLife, the John Buck Co. and Golub & Co. are hoping to sell a 49 percent ownership stake in the tower.

Facebook plans to redevelop whole swaths of the land it holds in Menlo Park, Calif., potentially doubling its workforce there over the next decade to 35,000 people.

The company is negotiating to take about 200,000 square feet (18,600 square meters) in the lower Manhattan skyscraper, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.