Retail

Despite Weak Economy, Retail Chains Expand in NYC

11 January 2011

Retail Chains

The Center for an Urban Future’s third annual ranking of national retail chains in New York City found that despite the floundering economy, chain stores have expanded 4.1% overall in the city. The largest percentage of expansion occurred in Brooklyn (5.3%), while Manhattan housed the largest number of chain stores (2,746), followed by Queens (1,479), [...]

East Village Real Estate Gets Groovy

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Although we’re usually treated to standardized storefront real estate offerings, it seems the flower children over at the Newmark Knight Frank marketing department had some fun in creating the signs for the old 99X and Hiro Restaurant spaces on East 10th Street near 4th Avenue in the East Village. According to the signs, you can [...]

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Cooper Union Retail Up For Grabs

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Cooper Union’s funky new academic building along the east side of Cooper Square has been growing in recent months (you can watch the progress via webcam here), and recently a new “For Rent” sign has sprung up along the scaffolding. The 3,000 square feet of retail space–no cooking please–is planned to be available for possession [...]

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AllWaysNY Photomat

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For Today’s Hypochondriac On The Go…

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A temporary storefront has gone up at 76 Greene Street in SoHo to introduce New Yorkers to the services of Navigenics, Inc. We know what you’re thinking, and no, it’s not a James Bond villain front-company (we hope), but a new firm that for $2,500-a-pop will use the DNA in a saliva sample to estimate [...]

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