Roberta’s to open massive, wood-fired pizza joint near Madison Square Garden

Legendary wood-fired pizza joint Roberta's simply signed a deal to open a brand new location in Manhattan's Penn district.
Stephen Yang

Right here’s proof that the Penn District actually is on fireplace:

Roberta’s, the legendary Bushwick restaurant famed for its wood-fired pizzas, signed a lease for five,200 sq. toes at Vornado’s PENN 1, which has gotten a brand new look and new facilities.

The brand new Roberta’s — its most formidable foray exterior Brooklyn — will really occupy 1 Penn East, a one-story constructing that’s adjoining to the workplace tower on the nook of Seventh Avenue and thirty third Road. With a second flooring added on prime, it’s set to open within the fall of 2023 with a  roof deck and outside patio seating.

Roberta’s co-owner Brandon Hoy mentioned, “We are likely to gravitate towards attention-grabbing neighborhoods with a wealthy historical past and abundance of creativity, equally to the opening of our unique Roberta’s in Bushwick.”

The continued effort to revive the district may use extra excellent news like this. As reported elsewhere on this column Monday, two metropolis growth honchos cheered Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin’s assault on the Gov. Kathy Hochul-backed Penn Station-area redevelopment proposal.

The actual property insiders, who unsurprisingly insisted on anonymity for themselves and their corporations, mentioned they don’t help Zeldin on another points — however cheered his thumbs-down of the Penn plan, which might give Vornado Realty Belief a head begin in future workplace tasks.

The Tisch household has reportedly turn into an investor in Roberta’s.

Stephen Yang

As for the Roberta’s deal, Lee & Associates NYC’s Jeffrey Lopez represented the restaurant whereas Vornado was repped in-house. Lopez known as it  “the perfect location within the middle of midtown and the Penn district, “a stone’s throw from Madison Sq. Backyard.”

CBRE rent

In an unusually attention-grabbing govt transfer, William Hartman is becoming a member of CBRE’s Advisory & Transaction apply within the metropolis as a vice chairman.

A specialist in life science landlord and tenant illustration, Hartman was with Cushman & Wakefield the place he was an govt managing director. He  labored on greater than 15 million sq. toes of leasing and sale transactions over 33 years.