Harlem Draws a Restaurant Crowd For many years, even as Harlem gained new residential developments, its restaurant scene—with the exception of a few renowned soul-food places—had lagged. That’s no longer the case, as Frederick Douglass Boulevard has become a veritable restaurant row and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster has become one of the hottest [...]
Island Burgers and Shakes Extends Northwards Island Burgers & Shakes, the popular 15-year-old burger restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, has signed a lease for its second Manhattan location on the Upper West Side. Island Burgers & Shakes will occupy 700 square feet of ground floor space, as well as a 500 square foot [...]
Island Burgers & Shakes Expanding to UWS The tiny Island Burgers & Shakes was flipping gourmet patties way before the Shake Shack days, operating a popular surf-themed shack in Hell’s Kitchen for 15 years. Well – now that burger mania has swept the city, this joint is finally expanding. The owners have signed a lease for a larger UWS location, [...]
Brick Lane Curry House Leases 7,000 SF at 1664 Third Ave. Brick Lane Curry House is opening its third Manhattan outpost. The Indian restaurant has inked a lease for 15 years with Anthony Castelbuono for 7,000 square feet of space at 1664 Third Ave. The asking rent for the ground-floor space was $77 per square [...]
Indian eatery to add spice to Upper East Side A British-themed Indian restaurant is expanding to the Upper East Side. Brick Lane Curry House, an Indian restaurant named after the famed street in East London that is home to many curry restaurants, signed a 15-year lease for 7,000 square feet at 1664 Third Ave. The [...]
Alexander Hill Associate Director Tel: 212-792-2655 Email: ahill@winick.com Areas of Specialization: Retail Brokerage (Tenant and Owner Representation), Advisory Services Areas of Expertise: Manhattan, Tri State Area Professional Experience Alexander E. Hill started at Winick Realty Group LLC in 2008. Born and raised in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Mr. Hill has always had a [...]
MANY SPIRIT STORES TO OPERATE AS TOYZAM! THROUGH HOLIDAYS Spirit Halloween leased 870 pop-up stores in 47 states and Canada. Many of these locations will remain through January as ToyZam! Stores, which will sell toys for the holidays. The company leased a record number of pop-up stores in Manhattan this year, according to Winick Realty [...]
Spirit Halloween Completes Its Pop-Up Program Spirit Halloween leased eight pop-up stores in New York City totaling more than 90,000 square feet. Alexander Hill, of Winick Realty Group LLC, represented Spirit in the transactions. Overall, Spirit Halloween leased more than 879 pop-up stores in the U.S. and Canada for the 2010 Halloween season. For more, [...]
Spooky Halloween Pop-Ups Spirit Halloween, the Halloween and costume accessory retailer based in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, completed its pop-up-store leasing program for 2010 with the help of Winick Realty Group LLC’s Alex Hill, their exclusive retail broker in New York City. “Spirit is aggressively expanding in the New York market. This year, the company [...]
Boo! Spirit Halloween completed its pop-up store leasing program for 2010, leasing more Manhattan stores than ever before, including 11k SF at 655 Avenue of the Americas and 312 First Ave. Many of the stores will remain through January as ToyZam! stores, which will sell toys for the holidays. Winick Realty Group’s Alexander Hill [...]







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