Here to stay: Tiffany & Co. HQ extends lease in Flatiron District

Tiffany & Co. plans to maintain its world headquarters at 200 Fifth Ave. for a very long time to come back. Though it trimmed its house to 287,000 sq. toes from simply over 400,000 — the type of pruning many corporations are doing — its extra significant step was to increase its lease for 10 extra years.

The lengthened dedication, reported right here for the primary time, reaffirms landlord L&L Holding Co.’s success in steering the 1909 landmark constructing, which L&L purchased in near-ruined situation for $480 million, via a succession of challenges. They included fallout from the Nice Recession, the surprising lack of an fairness associate and the last-minute collapse of a serious lease.

All through the odyssey, L&L founders David W. Levinson and Robert Lapidus managed to maintain the property heading in the right direction. They landed Tiffany and Gray International Group as workplace tenants and Italian meals corridor Eataly — which was then unknown within the US — as its retail anchor. IMG can also be a small workplace tenant. 

Tiffany’s prolonged lease runs to 2036. Phrases weren’t obtainable, however a supply mentioned they included a triple-digit hire and a “nominal” concession bundle.

Tiffany’s house discount leaves solely 57,691 sq. toes up for grabs on the 800,000 square-foot location — the primary workplace availability since L&L accomplished a $135 million capital improve program just a few years in the past.

Levinson and L&L govt vp David C. Berkey represented the possession in-house. Savills’ Greg Taubin and Matthew Barlow acted for Tiffany.

In the meantime, the restoration and enlargement of the jeweler’s flagship retailer at 727 Fifth Ave. seems to be within the dwelling stretch.  A 3-story addition on prime is now clearly seen. There’s no official phrase but when Tiffany will transfer again in after subleasing the previous Niketown subsequent door at Trump-owned 6 E. 57th St. as a short lived dwelling since 2018.



The curtain fell ever so quietly on Pergola des Artistes, one of many theater district’s few surviving bistros that harked again to the times when French sailors strolled in for beef bourguignon and Bourdeaux wine after they disembarked from passenger ships on the West Aspect piers.

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The house that Pergola des Artistes occupied is now available on the market.
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Recognized for its trustworthy French delicacies, Pergola “quickly” closed because of the pandemic, however received’t reopen.
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The time-warp hang-out at 252 W. forty sixth St., fondly remembered for its white tablecloths, purple linen napkins and trustworthy French delicacies, is sandwiched between the Imperial Theatre and an empty lot slated for improvement.

The restaurant closed “quickly” through the pandemic however won't reopen.  It was owned by the household of Christian Ponsolle which additionally owns the four-story constructing. The Pergola house is now available on the market through Douglas Elliman Industrial’s Louis Puopolo, Matthew Leto and Bradford Siderow. Puopolo mentioned a brand new tenant may be introduced quickly.



The ups-and-downs of glamorous indoor purchasing malls like those on the World Commerce Middle and Deutsche Financial institution Middle draw countless media consideration. In the meantime, some outside retail complexes in much less glamorous elements of city obtain little acclaim regardless of thriving in plain sight.

Amongst them: The Outlets at Marble Hill within the Bronx, beforehand often called River Plaza. The 240,000 square-foot, mid-market purchasing mecca on the foot of the No. 1 prepare West 225th Road elevated station is thought to be the linchpin of the borough’s Broadway-corridor resurgence.  

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In a struggling retail surroundings, the Outlets at Marble Hill has not struggled for tenants.
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In a struggling retail surroundings, the Outlets at Marble Hill is remarkably 100% leased. New offers had been just lately signed for practically 11,000 sq. toes — for Foot Locker, Sally Magnificence and MedRite and for a relocation of Applebee’s inside the complicated.

The property has been anchored by Goal since 2004. Different tenants embrace Marshalls, Metropolis Denims, Planet Health and T-Cell. The proprietor is Kingsbridge Associates, a partnership of Curbcut Realty, Kessler-Sachs Household Partnership, James Levin and Washington Sq. Companions.

Paul Travis, managing associate of Washington Sq., mentioned the Marble Hill complicated is within the prime 5% of shopper visitors for all town’s purchasing facilities.

Asking rents have been $95 per sq. foot.

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