Fisher Brothers has reached an agreement with café chain Blue Bottle Coffee, which will become the third major food and beverage brand to open a new location at the base of 1345 Avenue of the Americas. The 953-square-foot café is expected to open by year-end.
Founded in Oakland, California, in 2002, Blue Bottle has grown to become a network of cafés in 10 cities in the United States, Japan and Korea. It joins Quality Bistro, a French brasserie-style steakhouse from the acclaimed restaurant group Quality Branded, and the popular Asian-inspired eatery Wagamama, which will open new locations at Fisher Brothers’ reimagined and modernized Sixth Avenue tower.
“At 1345 Avenue of the Americas, we are focusing a lot of energy on improving our tenants’ experience,” said Fisher Brothers Partner Ken Fisher. “We created a bigger, more inviting lobby and entrance. We are reinventing our outdoor plazas with comfortable new seating and plantings inspired by nearby Central Park. And we are filling our storefronts with popular food and beverage options, such as Blue Bottle, that will serve as attractive new amenities for our tenants and their guests.”
Working with SOM, Fisher Brothers is currently undertaking an extensive transformation of its expansive outdoor plazas that wrap around the entire building, and building a new amenity center with a fitness facility, conference and event area, game room and barista-served cafe. The company has also expanded the building entrance, created a new, light-filled lobby and modernized the building’s elevator system.
Blue Bottle was represented by Mark Frankel, Jeffrey Roseman and Drew Weiss of Newmark Knight Frank. Fisher Brothers was represented in-house by Marc S. Packman and Clark Briffel, as well as by Eric Gelber and Jordan Kaplan of CBRE.
