Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 1st, 2013 A Water main has burst at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway in front of EATALY and Madison Square Park. There is no N, R, or Q subway service at this time between Whitehall Street station and 57th Street station, at Seventh Avenue. The 36 inch… [Read More]
FORAGERS CITY GROCER COMES TO WEST CHELSEA
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 19th, 2012 Foragers City Grocer has opened in West Chelsea! And what a great addition to the area it is, certainly a welcome respite from the vulgar Gristede’s on Ninth Avenue and the rather generic Whole Foods on Seventh Avenue. It’s a high-quality market, somewhat similar to a Citarella… [Read More]
LOCATION MATTERS, EVEN IN POLITICS!
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on February 24th, 2012 Location, location, location, the first three most important rules for the best real estate and yes, this rule even applies in politics! Mitt Romney learned this painful lesson yesterday while delivering a speech in Detroit to a group of 1,000….in Ford Field, an arena that can hold 65,000 people…. [Read More]
NEW YORK HOLIDAY RETAIL FOOT TRAFFIC GROWS BY 4.7% IN 2011
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 16th, 2012 Holiday retail foot traffic in New York grew at an impressive rate of 4,7% in 2011 compared to the rest of the USA that saw foot traffic drop off by 3,1%. This is mostly attributed to strong tourist activity……regardless, this is very good news indeed and impacts… [Read More]
EATALY: MANHATTANS NEW FOOD COURT
Yesterday I visited EATALY for the first time, the new food emporium of Mario Batali…..what an experience! The line at the front door was the reminiscent of Studio 54: who would be chic enough to get past that velvet rope from a line stretched around onto 5th Avenue? I had to negotiate hard, explaining a… [Read More]