Gracia Fashion Moving to New Garment District Retail Location
By Rey Mashayekhi April 25, 2017 12:16 pm
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Women’s clothing brand Gracia Fashion has agreed to take 9,500 square feet of retail space at landlord Walter & Samuels’ 225 West 39th Street in the Garment District, Commercial Observer has learned.
In a 10-year deal, Gracia signed on earlier this month for 5,000 square feet of ground-level space and another 4,500 square feet of lower-level space at the 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
Asking rent for the ground-floor space was $105 per square foot, according to sources with knowledge of the transaction. Gracia will relocate from its existing retail location three blocks south at 217 West 36th Street in the next several months, after building out the new space.
Lee Block and Danielle Winick of Winick Realty Group represented the tenant, while Peter Weiss of Walter & Samuels represented the landlord in-house.
In a release announcing the deal, Walter & Samuels Chairman David I. Berley—whose firm has owned 225 West 39th Street for more than 30 years—noted the retail location’s high ceilings and 45 feet of street-level frontage, and described the 1910 property as a “historical building with great bones.”
Winick’s Lee Block described Gracia Fashion, which was established in 1998, as a “successful women’s clothing brand with a solid reputation born from a loyal customer base and a long-standing history” in the Garment District, per the release.
Office tenants at 225 West 39th Street include Israeli-American fashion designer Yigal Azrouël and nightlife promoter Joonbug, as well as numerous small- and mid-sized fashion tenants.
