supermarket?

[Jonathan Rubinstein]

I learned yesterday that there is a supermarket who is negotiating with Winick (broker for the commercial space) to open in the building.  Fingers crossed!

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Jonathan Rubinstein
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141 Waverly Place
9 East 13th Street
405 West 23rd Street
44 Grand Central Terminal
514 Columbus Avenue

[jpbla...@yahoo.com]

Any word on which- I've excited to have any but Whole Foods would be amazing!!!

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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:47:49 -0400

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Subject: supermarket?

[Jonathan Rubinstein]

Meant to add that I have no idea what market- though they said a 'nice one' AS we all know, negotiations could break down, but still hopeful.  I hate chain stores but a grocery store and drugstore would be just perfect for us in those spaces.  

[EveL]

good investigative work!!!

hm, i wonder who it might be... a "nice" supermarket - we know it's
not trader'joe, the space is probably too small for whole foods;
couldn't be a fairway. i have a feeling its some sort of a
cristidie's or food emporium variety? i hope i'm wrong though:)
imagine if its a key food or ctown. i'd rather have to travel to
fairway by car or walk to key food then...

wait. could it possibly be Dean and Deluca? that would fit "nice"

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[jpbla...@yahoo.com]

I wouldn't think of ctown or key as nice... So hopefully not one of them.

And I agree, dean and deluca or whole foods would be great fit- although personally would prefer whole foods. Maybe gristedes?

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[EveL]

i wonder why no one made a move on that space yet - do you think
they're asking too much or the park is too recent, and before it
wasn't obvious how popular the area would become? just thinking out
loud (same way as i did w key food fear:)
agree, Whole Foods would be great, but i doubt it - they prefer very
large spaces. unless they take up the whole area. another thought,
perhaps, we wouldn't want too much food in the basements of the
building, i mean, vermin and such...
sorry, we didnt' get anything there yet, and i'm already complaining
about a new tenant:)))

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[Aaron Karp]

I've been leasing in a new luxury building in west chelsea, and for the two years I've been here, their extensive retail space as been vacant. Right under the 16th street entrance to the Highline no less, under a 450 unit building. My only guess is that they're asking for too much.

[jpbla...@yahoo.com]

I hope they can come an agreement as I know we'd all love some retail come to the immediate area... Grocery store, drug store, restaurant.

If River Deli is any indicator, it seems the hood is in dire need of a restaurant or two at least.

I just hope they keep the banks out- seems they are the only ones who can tolerate exorbitantly priced leases.

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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:35:29 -0400

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[Aaron Karp]

Hopefully the building realizes that getting some commerce downstairs will accelerate their sales pace, and they shouldn't be too tenacious about price. Though if our contract negotiations are any indicator, they won't see it that way.

[EveL]

Yes, it is strange why they wouldn't want to get someone in asap.
Also, strange that someone wouldn't snap that space now that the park
is done. price is the only explanation...
Couldn't they invite someone for a year or so, rent it out with
options, etc. But i guess, since i'm not in that dustry, i don't
really know all the details. perhaps, it's all about long-term leases
only, and they don't want to lock in someone at X less Y, when they
can wait of year and "recapture" X. Given they it'll happen. Agree
about the banks - would be "dead space" after 6pm, not to mention
awful decor. they could put in ATM or something. I'd love to see
retail - Anthropologie would look awesome in that building. a few
small restaurants, could be chains, but funky ones, like a good burger
or pret or something that can survive for a few years thanks to a corp
parent.

Joe, keep us posted!!! I'll try to trick someone at the building into
revealing the secret as well...

On Jul 22, 2:49 pm, Aaron Karp <aaronk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hopefully the building realizes that getting some commerce downstairs will
> accelerate their sales pace, and they shouldn't be too tenacious about
> price. Though if our contract negotiations are any indicator, they won't see
> it that way.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM, <jpblankf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I hope they can come an agreement as I know we'd all love some retail come
> > to the immediate area... Grocery store, drug store, restaurant.
>
> > If River Deli is any indicator, it seems the hood is in dire need of a
> > restaurant or two at least.
>
> > I just hope they keep the banks out- seems they are the only ones who can
> > tolerate exorbitantly priced leases.
>
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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> > *ReplyTo: * ob...@googlegroups.com
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[OBBPdreamer]

How about a Joe's Coffee here? :) We used to go to the one on the
upper west side - miss the coffee...