Indian garmento gets window on W. 36th St. The garment center has its share of apparel factories and showrooms, but it’s lacking in trendy storefronts. Fashion Terminal Inc., a women’s apparel company from India that formerly sold only wholesale, is aiming to change that. The retailer recently signed a 10-year lease for 2,000 square feet [...]
Fortunoff site next to Bergdorf on 57th hits market The West 57th Street space that formerly housed upscale retailer Fortunoff is on the market. Winick Realty Group was recently assigned as the exclusive brokerage for the 11,100-square-foot retail space at 3 W. 57th St., just off Fifth Avenue. Winick becomes the latest in a series [...]
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 [...]
Korean hair salon cuts second NY deal There will soon be a party at 450 Park Ave. South—a hair party, that is. Korea-based Hair Party 24 Hours—which, as the name suggests, stays open 24/7—has leased its second Manhattan location, a 1,300-square-foot, ground-floor space on the avenue between East 30th and East 31st streets. Asking rent [...]
Ark Restaurants takes 10K square feet in Hell’s Kitchen Ark Restaurants plans to open a new upscale modern restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen and has taken more than 10,500 square feet on the ground floor of the new TF Cornerstone 835-unit rental building at 505 W. 37th St. The as yet unnamed restaurant, which will have [...]
Preparing for a major influx J&R is ramping up for the opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The electronics complex, a lower Manhattan institution, is adding staff and making adjustments to handle the anticipated influx. “We’re expecting a big surge of people, a lot of tourists coming down but also local people,” [...]
Israeli self-defense comes to NYC New Yorkers will be to able learn more self-defense beginning in a few weeks. That’s when fitness outfit Israeli Krav Maga will open its first New York location—2,600 square feet in the basement of 919 Second Ave., a recently built residential building between East 48th and East 49th streets. The [...]
Growing spa chain nails fourth location QQ Nails and Spa is opening a fourth Manhattan location, taking over space in Chelsea previously occupied by Jamba Juice. The company signed a 10-year lease for 2,500 square feet at 249 Eighth Ave., a residential building owned by Charles Washington LP, on the corner of West 23rd Street. [...]
Physical therapist tenant targets Central Park runners The New York City marathon is still a month away, but a new physical therapy firm is already gearing up for next year’s race. Brick-Run Sports recently signed a 10-year lease for 1,500 square feet at 730 Columbus Ave., at West 96th Street. Though the sports training and [...]
Discounters on a spree Off-price apparel stores take spaces left vacant by booksellers, banks Discount apparel shops do have some competition for primo locations, though not from their shrinking higher-priced rivals. Instead, upscale supermarkets are eating up spots, which could lead to rising rates. “As demand increases and supply decreases, rents will climb,” says Robin [...]








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