VanBarton Group founders Gary Tischler (top) and Richard Coles (bottom), and 31 Penn Plaza.

HITT, a national general contracting company, has inked a 10-year, 27,000-square-foot lease across the entire eighth floor of Vanbarton Group’s 31 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, landlord broker Newmark told Commercial Observer.

Brian Waterman, Erik Harris, Scott Klau and Cole Gendels from Newmark represented Vanbarton on this and two additional leases in the building. Together, the three new leases total 64,000 square feet.