Eagle Provisions Company Building Listed for $9M in Slope South [Updated]

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626-630 Fifth Avenue
626-630 Fifth Avenue.

Park South Slope beer and foods favorite Eagle Provisions Company’s building at 626-630 Fifth Avenue is available fully vacant to any buyers willing to pony up $9 million for the potential development site, Commercial Observer has learned.

Marcus & Millichap (MMI) is marketing the three-floor, 17,000-square-foot retail and residential building that can expand its current 9,500 square feet of residential space by 5,500 square feet under current zoning rules, said Jakub Nowak of Marcus & Millichap.

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“It’s an opportunity to capitalize on the rent growth that has dramatically spiked in the neighborhood,” said Mr. Nowak, who is promoting the space along with his colleague Matthew Rosenzweig, in a prepared statement. “Particularly national retail tenants will pay a premium for this large of a floorplate as opposed to legacy rentals in the area, which is predominantly composed of much smaller floorplates occupied by mom-and-pop tenants.”

The 7,500-square-foot retail space, currently occupied by Eagle Provisions, offers 75 feet of frontage on Fifth Avenue and 100 feet on 18th Street and the longtime owners of the property are willing to vacate if the owners reach an agreement with a prospective buyer, the brokers said.

626-630 Fifth Avenue
Rendering of development allowed under current zoning.

“It’s very well-positioned for a major retailer,” Mr. Nowak added.

A man identifying himself as the owner of Eagle Provisions declined to comment on the potential closing of the store, whose Twitter account says it sells “homemade hickory-smoked kielbasa and over 2,500 varieties of beer.” The store has operated out of the location since the 1930s and readers of Beer Advocate magazine have given it an “outstanding” rating of 93 out of 100.

Update: This story was edited to include a statement from Jakub Nowak of Marcus & Millichap.