SL Green Launches “Food1st” Charity to Provide Food Assistance and Re-Activate Restaurant Kitchens
April 23 2020 - 7:35AM
Business Wire
World-renowned Chef Daniel Boulud is inaugural
partner for program that will deliver meals to first responders,
the elderly and food insecure families
SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG), Manhattan’s largest office
landlord, today announced the formation and launch of “Food1st”, a
non-profit foundation to be organized as a 501(c)(3), to deliver
thousands of meals daily to front-line, first responders and
medical personnel, elderly New Yorkers and food insecure families.
In addition to addressing the increasing demand for food assistance
across New York City, Food1st will also help revitalize New York
City’s food and beverage industry by re-activating restaurant
kitchens, to serve the City and bring restaurant staff safely back
to work. SL Green has contributed $1 million as a down-payment to
the independent organization in the hope that other companies,
organizations and individuals will join the effort to address this
crisis.
“The vision for Food1st is to partner with our tenants --
beginning with the great, Chef Daniel Boulud -- to provide meals to
those who need them, safely bring food workers a paycheck and
restore vitality and energy to the City we love,” said Marc
Holliday, SL Green Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “By
establishing and seeding the Food1st non-profit, we hope others
will join us in the fight to alleviate the food shortage in New
York City caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."
The initiative will work in partnership with Chef Boulud, who
will open a new restaurant at SL Green’s One Vanderbilt later this
year, and add other restaurants and non-profit organizations to
ensure the widest possible preparation and distribution of food.
The effort will launch this morning from Boulud’s downtown prep
kitchen and initially provide up to 1,600 meals per day to New York
City’s frontline medical workers as the City continues to battle
COVID-19. A second phase, scheduled for next week, will include
additional SL Green tenants and partners to reach New York’s most
food insecure populations. In turn, this will re-activate the
kitchens of some of SL Green’s food and beverage tenants, with the
goal of preparing and delivering more than 150,000 meals funded by
SL Green’s initial grant. Heightened safety precautions and
protocols will be in place at all participating kitchens to ensure
the health of all involved.
“COVID-19 is a challenge unlike anything we’ve ever faced,” said
Chef Daniel Boulud. “The restaurant industry has been hit
particularly hard, but we still have the facilities, ability and
desire to safely provide quality, nourishing meals to essential
workers and those most in need. We’re looking forward to making a
positive contribution and we appreciate having the opportunity to
partner with SL Green to make this program possible.”
Outreach is underway to additional SL Green tenants, non-profit
partners and neighbors to quickly expand the program, reach more
New Yorkers and support some of the thousands of food and beverage
workers currently without work. The restaurants will provide
fully-packaged, healthy meals, with volunteers helping to load and
deliver meals. Anyone interested in supporting or partnering with
Food1st can reach SL Green Senior Vice President Laura Vulaj at
laura.vulaj@slgreen.com.
About SL Green Realty Corp.
SL Green Realty Corp., an S&P 500 company and Manhattan's
largest office landlord, is a fully integrated real estate
investment trust, or REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring,
managing and maximizing value of Manhattan commercial properties.
As of March 31, 2020, SL Green held interests in 102 buildings
totaling 49.4 million square feet. This included ownership
interests in 28.8 million square feet of Manhattan buildings and
19.6 million square feet securing debt and preferred equity
investments.
About Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud is Chef-Owner of several award-winning restaurants
and the Feast & Fêtes catering company. While he hails from
outside Lyon, France, it is in New York that he has truly mastered
the dining scene and is today considered one of America’s leading
culinary authorities.
Daniel Boulud’s New York City restaurants include his flagship
DANIEL (1993), Relais & Châteaux member; the elegant
one-Michelin star Café Boulud (1998) with its adjacent cocktail
bar, Bar Pleiades; his contemporary Parisian bistro, db bistro
moderne (2001); two Upper West Side restaurants including the
charcuterie-centric Bar Boulud (2008) and the Mediterranean-themed
Boulud Sud (2011). Épicerie Boulud (2011), with locations across
from Lincoln Center, within The Plaza Food Hall and in the Oculus
World Trade Center, is an eat-in and take-out market and café, with
exquisite homemade and gourmet items from around the world.
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