GFP Real Estate LLC has signed two new retail leases to 10 Astor Place and 740 Broadway in NoHo.
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, a Louisiana-based fast-food restaurant, signed a 20-year lease for 4,358 square feet of ground-floor retail space at 10 Astor Place at the corner of Astor Place and Lafayette Street. Set to open in Q3 of 2022, the new location will be the one of the company’s first locations in New York City, joining the company’s more than 615 restaurants in 32 states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Corey Zolcinski, Patrick Smith and Erin Grace of JLL represented the tenant in the transaction; Ross Kaplan and Will Chaplin of Newmark and Donna Vogel of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate.
Felix Roasting Company, an upscale specialty cafe and roasting company, signed a 10-year lease for 1,256 square feet on the ground floor of 740 Broadway. Each of Felix’s store designs are uniquely curated by celebrity interior designer Ken Fulk, but all share an elevated, Old-World aesthetic, GFP said. The Astor Place cafe will be the company’s fourth location and is expected to open in Q2 of 2022. Vogel represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate in this direct transaction.
“Both Raising Cane’s and Felix Roasting Company wanted convenient, well-trafficked locations for their newest expansions,” Vogel said. “We are thrilled to support both tenants as they break into the New York City food market.”
