NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Empire State
Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) announced that it welcomes
several new retail tenants to expand the portfolio's food
offerings, with leases signed with Panera Bread, Playa Bowls and Le
Café Coffee at three of its New York
City office and residential properties.
- 1359 Broadway:
Panera Bread will relocate from ESRT's 10 Union Square with a
lease signed for a 2,100 square foot retail space at 1359 Broadway.
Andrew Mandell of RIPCO represented
Panera Bread in the lease negotiations. Fred C. Posniak of ESRT and Morgan Singer and Samuel
Martorella of RIPCO represented the property owner.
Rebecca Clareman and David Bleckner of Lester, Bleckner & Shaw
LLP provided legal representation for ESRT.
- 1350 Broadway:
Playa Bowls signed a new lease for a 1,385 square foot retail
space. Abie Dwek of C&W
represented Playa Bowls in the lease negotiations. Fred C. Posniak of ESRT and Andrew Mandell, Morgan
Singer, and Samuel Martorella
of RIPCO represented the property owner. Richard Reiser and David
Bleckner of Lester, Bleckner & Shaw LLP provided legal
representation for ESRT.
- 561 10th Ave. – The Victory:
Le Café Coffee signed their third lease with ESRT for an 822 square
foot space. Yoel Gorjian of Winick
Realty Group represented Le Café in the lease negotiations.
Fred C. Posniak of ESRT and
Steven E. Baker, Charles Rapuano, and Thomas Galo of Winick Realty Group represented
the property owner. David Bleckner
of Lester, Bleckner & Shaw LLP provided legal representation
for ESRT.
"Throughout our Manhattan
portfolio, we have curated and leased to over a dozen food and
beverage providers that serve as an important amenity for our
office and residential tenants," said Fred
C. Posniak, SVP, leasing at Empire State Realty Trust. "We
are pleased to welcome Playa Bowls to our high-value tenant roster
and to continue our established relationships with Panera Bread and
Le Café Coffee."
More information about ESRT properties, and current
availability, can be found online.
About Empire State Realty
Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) is a REIT that owns
and manages office, retail and multifamily assets in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area. ESRT owns the
Empire State Building, the World's Most Famous Building, and
Tripadvisor's 2022 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Awards #1
attraction in the U.S. and #3 attraction in the world, the newly
reimagined and iconic Empire State Building Observatory. The
company is a leader in healthy buildings, energy efficiency, and
indoor environmental quality and has the lowest greenhouse gas
emissions per square foot of any publicly traded REIT portfolio in
New York City. As of June 30, 2022, ESRT's portfolio is comprised of
approximately 9.2 million rentable square feet of office space,
700,000 rentable square feet of retail space and 625 residential
units across two multifamily properties. More information about
Empire State Realty Trust can be found at esrtreit.com and by
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LinkedIn.
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