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By Billy Gray 5/16 2:36pm

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The Harrison at 355 Greenwich Street

Eastern Consolidated Tapped to Sell Homes of The Harrison, Flor de Sol and Five Guys

Eastern Consolidated is marketing the $11.2 million sale of a package of buildings that house downtown restaurants The Harrison, Flor de Sol and Five Guys Burgers and Fries, The Commercial Observer has learned.

A Swedish investment group that owns the three properties tapped Eastern to sell the adjacent Tribeca buildings at 355 and 361 Greenwich Street. The Five Guys branch is located at 496 LaGuardia Place. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 5/07 7:30am

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254 West 31st St

“Back to the Drawing Board” at 254 West 31st Street After Social Media Company Reconsiders

Leasing agent Transwestern is “going back to the drawing board” at 254 West 31st Street after losing an unnamed potential social media tenant, The Commercial Observer has learned.

“The company is actually growing so fast that they think they already need more space before they have even signed the lease,” said a source familiar with the negotiations, who declined to name tenant but said the company makes gaming apps. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 5/06 12:45pm

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C&W Eyes Tenants New and Old at 199 Water Street

Cushman & Wakefield’s leasing team at 199 Water Street is targeting traditional financial services tenants as well as new media and communications firms for the Downtown property, Robert Constable, broker, told The Commercial Observer.

“There is no limitation on who we would target [as tenants,] the space is so flexible,” Mr. Constable said. Read More

By Billy Gray 5/02 7:45am

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Winick Team Exclusively Markets 14,000 Square Feet of Retail Space at 1 Flatbush Avenue

A team from Winick Realty Group is exclusively marketing 14,000 square feet of retail space at 1 Flatbush Avenue, The Commercial Observer has learned.

Winick Vice President Darrell Rubens and Senior Managing Director Diana D. Boutross are marketing the space on behalf of Capstone Equities. It includes 7,000 square feet on the ground level, 7,000 square feet on the second floor. There is also a 5,000-square-foot basement. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 4/30 7:30am

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Colliers Tapped to Market Tribeca Properties

Colliers International has been tapped to market three separate properties in Tribeca at 377 Broadway, 249 Church Street and 108 Chambers Street. Each property has separate, private ownership, which was not disclosed.

“It’s a very vibrant time for properties to be sold in Manhattan, especially in Tribeca,” Charles Goldberg, senior managing director at Colliers, told The Commercial Observer.

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By Billy Gray 4/24 7:45am

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Winick Team to Market Two Retail Properties, Including Current Home of Volstead Lounge

A team from Winick Realty Group is exclusively marketing two retail properties totaling 6,400 square feet on behalf of Abington Holding, The Commercial Observer has learned.

Winick President Steven E. Baker, Director Michael Gleicher and David Lawford will market a built-out lounge at 125 East 54th Street with 400 square feet of ground floor space and a 3,600-square-foot subterranean floor with 14-foot ceilings. The spot currently houses The Volstead, a nightspot named after late congressman Andrew Volstead, the father of prohibition. Read More

By Billy Gray 4/18 3:13pm

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RKF Named Exclusive Leasing Agent for 365,000 SF South Street Seaport Retail

The Howard Hughes Corporation named a team from RKF the exclusive leasing agent and consultant on the recently approved South Street Seaport redevelopment.

RKF Chairman and CEO Robert K. Futterman, Executive Vice President Karen Bellantoni and Tess Jacoby will represent Hughes Corp. on this pivotal project, which will bring 365,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space to a Seaport shellacked by Superstorm Sandy last fall. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 4/18 7:45am

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MTA Hires Transwestern to Manage 2 Million-Square-Foot Portfolio

Transwestern, a Houston-based firm that has only operated a New York office for two years has been tapped by The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to manage a portfolio totaling 2 million square feet, The Commercial Observer has learned.

The portfolio includes the MTA’s New York City transit headquarters at 2 Broadway, the Metro-North Railroad operations center at 525 North Broadway in White Plains and the Jamaica control center in Jamaica, Queens. Read More

By Billy Gray 4/16 1:57pm

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Colliers and Tarvin CRE Named Exclusive Leasing Agents for 500,000-Square-Foot BioBat

Colliers International‘s Tri-State Life Sciences division and Tarvin Commercial Real Estate have been named the exclusive leasing agents for BioBat, a 500,000-square-foot commercial biotech space in the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

John Cunningham and John Cahill, both of Colliers, and Andrew Tarvin, of Tarvin CRE will lead the leasing efforts in the space that is currently home to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, which takes 38,000 square feet in the building.  Read More

By Gus Delaporte 4/02 12:00pm

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CBRE Named Exclusive Agent for 218 West 18th Street

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT has selected CBRE as the exclusive leasing and managing agent for 218 West 18th Street, it was announced today. Gregg Rothkin and Ben Fastenberg of CBRE will continue to market the property.

The building boasts availability on the second and sixth floors, both measuring 13,500 square feet, according to a statement. Ownership is planning to undertake a pre-build of the sixth floor. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 4/01 3:25pm

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Douglas Elliman Tapped to Market Retail Space at 410 Columbus Avenue

Retail leasing at 410 Columbus Avenue will undergo a new strategy now that ownership has selected Douglas Elliman’s Faith Hope Consolo and Joseph Aquino to market over 600 square feet of space currently occupied by Berkley Girl. The current tenant’s lease expires in June, according to Ms. Consolo, chairman of Douglas Elliman’s Retail Group.

Douglas Elliman previously leased an adjacent space at the address to jeweler Alexis Bittar. Asking rent is approximately $300 per square foot.

“We are trying to bring a different type of retailer to the Upper West Side,” Ms. Consolo told The Commercial Observer. “We are trying to bring a little bit of Madison Avenue to the Upper West Side.” Read More

By Gus Delaporte 3/26 12:30pm

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Tri Realty Taps Colliers as Leasing Agent for 801 Second Avenue

Tri Realty has selected Colliers International as the exclusive listing agent for 801 Second Avenue, it was announced today. Currently,  the building boasts availability of an entire 8,500-square-foot floor and a 5,000-square-foot partial floor.

“It’s a small assignment, but an important client,” Andrew Simon, executive managing director at Colliers, told The Commercial Observer. Mr. Simon is joined on the leasing team by Drew O’Malley, Arthur Zuckerman and Jack Schulman.

The building is located at the southwest corner of East 43rd Street, in close proximity to Grand Central Station. “This is a value play in the Grand Central market,” Mr. Simon said. Asking rents for the building are in the low-$50s per square foot, with leases in the high-$40s achievable, according to Mr. Simon. Read More

By Billy Gray 3/12 7:45am

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Columbia Hires Winick Team to Market Rare Retail Space Near Seinfeld Diner

Columbia University has hired a team from Winick Realty Group to market 1,690 square feet of retail space at 2884 Broadway, The Commercial Observer has learned.

Winick Executive Vice President Kenneth Hochhauser, Director Michael Gleicher and associate David Lawford will represent the Ivy League University as it seeks a retail tenant to replace Card-O-Matic, a stationery and novelty shop. The lot, with 1,240 square feet of ground floor and 450 square feet of basement space, is on Broadway between 112th and 113th Streets, near the campus’s main entrance gate.

It’s also two doors down from Tom’s Restaurant, the greasy spoon made famous when Seinfeld used its wraparound neon sign in exterior shots. Read More

By Gus Delaporte 3/07 7:30am

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254 West 31st St

Brause Aims for Tech Tenants with Enlistment of Transwestern

Brause Realty has enlisted Transwestern to provide leasing services for its property at 254 West 31st Street, it was announced yesterday. The firm is aiming to attract technology companies to its Midtown South office building, according to David Brause, president to Brause Realty.

“It became obvious we wanted to change the direction of the building to one marketed toward that younger generation of firms and we thought Transwestern offered a good team,” Mr. Brause told The Commercial Observer. The Transwestern leasing team will include Lindsay Ornstein, John Grotto, Aaron Kaufman and Debra Larsen. Read More