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Cushman & Wakefield cuts the mustard

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by REW807
Cushman & Wakefield served as exclusive advisor to renowned mustard brand, Maille, a Unilever subsidiary, on its first standalone store in the United States. Opening its doors at 185 Columbus Avenue, The Maille Boutique will offer New York food-lovers an opportunity to taste more than 20 mustard variations – never...
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Two Trees going the Brooklyn way in Flatiron

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by REW816
Two Trees Management Company announced plans to reposition its building at 50 West 23rd Street towards the neighborhood’s rising number of tech tenants. Understanding the distinct needs of tech tenants, Two Trees has inked a lease with Brooklyn Roasting Company to open its first Manhattan coffee outpost and has plans...
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Boulud doubles up at WTC

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by REW796
Brad Schwarz, senior managing director at Lee & Associates NYC, has arranged a 2,000 s/f retail space for Daniel Boulud’s Epicerie Boulud at Westfield World Trade Center. With Boulud’s original gourmet market a mainstay on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, his Westfield World Trade Center location will be twice the size...
Idnani at top of pecking order
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Idnani at top of pecking order

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by REW889
Eastern Consolidated has been retained as the exclusive retail leasing agent for Poulette, the first French-inspired rotisserie chicken experience in New York City, which is continuing its expansion throughout the New York City metro area. The restaurant is looking to add new locations in Manhattan, particularly the Upper West Side, Upper...
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Stirring up interest in coffee conversion

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by REW854
The developers behind the Empire Stores redevelopment in DUMBO released new renderings of the 450,000 s/f project. The waterfront complex is being adaptively restored by development firm Midtown Equities, in partnership with Rockwood Capital and HK Organization. Along with new renderings of the building’s interiors, exteriors, rooftop and public spaces,...
Mom and Pops smell coffee as chain stores eat into New York City
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Mom and Pops smell coffee as chain stores eat into New York City

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by REW807
All New York shoppers want this Christmas is a chain store. According to the State of the Chains report from the Center for an Urban Future, the number of chain store locations in New York City jumped 3.3 percent this year. In the biggest climb since a 2009 chain store boom, brands like Dunkin Donuts, Metro PCS and Chipotle bulldozed their way into the city in a blaze of real estate-eating franchises. “I think it’s just a natural evolution. I think what you’re really seeing is the demise of the small mom and pop that doesn’t have the efficiency of scale,” said Joanne Podell, vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield.
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The crown jewel of Greenwich Avenue becomes home to the town’s legendary jeweler

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by REW969
Terry Betteridge remembers a time when he was still a teenager and the middle of Greenwich Avenue seemed a world away from the bustling shopping area where his father ran the family’s jewelry store in a three-story restored townhouse at the top of the avenue. A half-century later and mindful...
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TerraCRG marketing Myrtle Plaza retail

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by REW901
TerraCRG has been retained as the exclusive agent for all retail leasing at 531 Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Peter Schubert, director of commercial leasing is representing the landlord along with Dan Marks and Joseph Terzi. The new mixed use development will be located on the corner of Myrtle...
Chuck Lanyard paints the town
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Chuck Lanyard paints the town

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by REW640
Chuck Lanyard, president of The Goldstein Group, announced that the firm has placed Sherwin Williams at four locations throughout New Jersey. In Ledgewood, Sherwin Williams filled a 4,700 s/f space, formerly occupied by Sleepy’s, on Route 10. Neil Goldstein represented the landlord and the tenant. In Hackensack, the paint retailer...
JEMB close to filling revived Herald Square retail corner
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JEMB close to filling revived Herald Square retail corner

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by REW1541
Verizon Wireless has leased 4,500 s/f for their new Manhattan flagship store on the ground floor of JEMB Realty’s revitalized Herald Center, a 10-story, 250,000 s/f retail and office property at the southwest corner of 34th Street and Broadway. In less than three years since JEMB unveiled plans to completely renovate and reconfigure the asset, the company has moved ASA College into the upper floors, fashion retailer H&M into the ground floor and filled the remaining ground floor space with Verizon Wireless. That leaves 12,000 s/f of lower level retail space remaining at the new-look Herald Center.