Leasing right now is as hot as the weather! Apparel and accessories stores are taking advantage of some amazing locations — and a lot more is happening around the U.S.
All About Apparel
Salvatore Ferragamo has opened its first “concept” store, an immersive, modular 2,700-square-foot space at 63 Greene St. GFP Real Estate LLC has signed performance lifestyle brand Athleta to a five-year lease for 4,590 square feet of retail space at 594 Broadway in SoHo.
Talk about service: luxury development and investment firm Shvo announced an exclusive partnership between two of its residential developments, Mandarin Oriental Residences, Fifth Avenue and Mandarin Oriental Residences, Beverly Hills and Saks Fifth Avenue. This collaboration will provide residents at the New York and Beverly Hills properties with special in-residence offerings, VIP services and curated lifestyle programming.
PXG (Parsons Xtreme Golf) has signed a 7,541-square-foot lease for its first Westchester County location at 80 Nardozzi Pl. in New Rochelle, New York. PXG is a global golf research and development company committed to designing the world’s finest golf clubs and sports fashion apparel. The company, which serves golfers in more than 50 countries through a distribution model that prioritizes a direct-to- consumer experience, is now expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint. Sportswear retailer Lids continues its expansion, signing a long-term lease for 545 Fifth Ave.
Handbags and accessories re-commerce company Fashionphile has come east, opening a 60,000-square-foot authentication center and showroom at the Starrett-Lehigh building in West Chelsea. Luxury hatmaker Ryan Ramelow will open its first retail location in Manhattan at 107 Sullivan St. between Prince and Spring Streets in SoHo. Upscale clothing brand Faherty has leased a flagship store at 1175 Madison Ave. Bridal company Anne Barge and eveningwear designer Flora Petaks have come together to launch a salon at 766 Madison Ave. Sustainable swimwear brad Fair Harbor has come to 19 Prince St.
Welcome Back
Local New York City retail legend Century 21 is returning, relaunching in Spring 2023 at its flagship location across from the World Trade Center. The retailer and purveyor of off-price luxury fashion has teamed with global premium experiences company Legends to return to physical retail. The chain, which at one point had 13 stores in New York City and environs, filed for bankruptcy and shuttered all of its locations in September 2020, citing lack of payment on its business interruption insurance (due to enforced closing as a result of COVID-19) as a cause.
Food, Glorious Food
Bakers clearly know something about patience: Butterflake Bakery, a Bergen County, New Jersey institution that opened its first location in 1950, will be opening a second location. The second site, located at 444 Cedar Ln. in Teaneck (close to its existing location at 448CedarLn.) will be used as a commissary and as a Passover retail location. High-end bakery Patis Bakery signed a long-term, 3,417-square-foot retail lease for the ground floor of 44 West 37th St.
Wining and Dining
Hyatt, GFI Hospitality LLC and GFI Development LLC have opened Parker’s at Thompson Central Park New York. Open to hotel guests and the public, the bar transforms the hotel’s newly designed lobby atrium with live music, elevated ambiance and crafted cocktails that are complemented by contemporary American fare.
To Your Health
Chai Urgent Care, with 23 locations across New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has signed a 12-year lease for 4,200 square feet at 800 Second Ave. Star Wellness Spa, a career training school and practice salon, has signed a long- term, 5,920-square-foot office and retail lease at Flushing Plaza, located at 41-61 Kissena Blvd. in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York. The facility will conduct medical-related and beauty training and practice for services such as Botox and filler injections, IV treatments, laser treatments, cosmetology and more.
Home Sweet Home
Jonathan Adler has debuted a three-level flagship store in Soho — combining office space, design studio, pottery studio and showroom — at 382 West Broadway. Mattress Warehouse is opening its first Middlesex County location at North Village Shopping Center on Route 1 in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
Out of Town
Based on the NBC television show “American Ninja Warrior,” American Ninja Warrior CM Adventure Park opened at MainPlace Mall MY in Santa Ana, California in early July. The 17,000-square-foot park features truss obstacles CY such as Monkey Swings, Spider Walls, TiltingCMY Logs, Floating Bridges and the Warped Wall. K In addition to the truss obstacles, there is a 10,000-square-foot inflatable obstacle course.
Target will serve as the anchor retail tenant of mixed-use development Evermont, the reinvigoration of 4.2 acres of what has been vacant land for over 30 years at the intersection of Vermont and Manchester Avenues in South Los Angeles. Just in time for hot Orlando summers, a Häagen-Dazs shop debuted at Icon Park in the Orlando Entertainment District. In the conclusion of the first phase of a three-phase renovation, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company reopened its flagship Chocolate Experience Store, located in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square.
Debra Hazel
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