Category : Retail

Kohler puts skin in experience game
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Kohler puts skin in experience game

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by REW1474
Kohler wants you to get naked in their new store. The bathroom fixture giant just opened a new store in Flatiron that lets visitors take a shower or a bath to try out its products. The 10,000 s/f flagship space at 6 West 22nd Street has an “experience room” that...
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Craft beer joint Mekelburg’s to open at Two Trees’ 325 Kent Avenue

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by REW1410
Two Trees Management announced that the team behind Mekelburg’s, the Clinton Hill-based specialty food and craft beer shop, will open a new culinary concept at 325 Kent Avenue, at the Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment site. Mekelburg’s new Williamsburg location is expected to open late 2017/early 2018. “As we’ve demonstrated in...
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Hardee’s lands first NYC location

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by REW7872
Fast food fans rejoice: Hardee’s is opening its first New York City location in Brooklyn. One of the country’s largest burger chains will open its first outpost in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The burger joint will open in a 2,000 s/f space directly across from Kings County Hospital at 500 Clarkson...
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Nigro Companies pays $49M for upstate shopping center

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by REW1106
Upstate retail specialist Nigro Companies has paid $49.3 million to buy the Wilton Square shopping center in Saratoga Springs, New York. CBRE’s Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE’s National Retail Partners represented Retail Properties of America, Inc. in the sale and procured the buyer. Wilton Square is a...
Lee & Associates to market 83,000 s/f of office and retail space in new LIC building
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Lee & Associates to market 83,000 s/f of office and retail space in new LIC building

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by REW2197
Lee & Associates NYC has landed the exclusive agency for  83,000 s/f of office and retail space at Vorea Group’s new mixed used building at 23-20 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. Kenneth Salzman, SIOR, Senior Managing Director/Principal; Corey Horowitz, Executive Managing Director/Principal; and Seth Rosen, Associate, will market 53,320 s/f of built-to-suit...
Australian coffee shop Bluestone Lane to open at Manhattan West
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Australian coffee shop Bluestone Lane to open at Manhattan West

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by REW1915
Brookfield Property Partners announced Australian-influenced premium coffee shop Bluestone Lane will open at The Eugene at Manhattan West. Located at 435 West 31st Street, The Eugene is a 62-story, 844-unit luxury residential tower with more than 50,000 s/f of dedicated amenity space that is now leasing. Inspired by the coffee...
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IN PHOTOS: First day of ICSC RECon 2017

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by REW4912
LAS-VEGAS: Nearly 40,0000 people are in Las Vegas this week for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon 2017. The convention officially kicks off today, but the networking started Saturday night when Eastern Consolidated hosted the first of the many parties associated with this annual retail fest. Here are...
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Women’s fashion brand Gracia takes 9,500 s/f at 225 West 39th Street

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by REW3194
Walter & Samuels announced that women’s clothing brand Gracia Fashion has signed a 10-year lease for 5,000 s/f of ground-level and 4,500 s/f of lower level retail space at 225 West 39th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the heart of the Fashion District. According to Walter & Samuels...
Israeli retail firm Gazit-Globe launches US subsidiary
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Israeli retail firm Gazit-Globe launches US subsidiary

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by REW1380
Gazit-Globe, the global retail real estate giant, has formed a subsidiary to focus on the US. The Israeli-based company has named former Federal Realty Investment Trust managing director Jeffrey Mooallem president and CEO of the new Gazit Horizons operation. The new company, with offices in Miami and New York City,...
Retail maven Robin Abrams joining Eastern Consolidated as retail vice chairman
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Retail maven Robin Abrams joining Eastern Consolidated as retail vice chairman

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by REW1086
Eastern Consolidated announced today that top retail dealmaker Robin Abrams will be joining the firm as Vice Chairman-Retail and Principal. Abrams is bringing her Abrams Retail Strategies team with her to Eastern Consolidated, which is one of the industry’s fastest growing retail leasing divisions. Throughout her career, Abrams has secured...