Our Real Estate lawyers regularly represent nationally known name brand retailers in the leasing of store locations in malls, outlet centers and street locations in Manhattan and throughout the United States. As a result, we are well known by virtually all of the major shopping center landlords in the United States, and are members of the International Council of Shopping Centers. In addition, we manage, coordinate and supervise all legal aspects of our clients’ nationwide retail leasing programs.
Many of our clients lease stores in the nation’s most exclusive retail shopping areas, including on Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue and in Soho in New York City, in East Hampton, New York, on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, in Los Angeles, Malibu and San Francisco in California and in South Beach in Florida.
We also represent landlords in New York and across the United States in the leasing of the retail portions of mixed use buildings and represent both landlords and tenants in restaurant leases throughout the United States. Our clients also include galleries and artist studios.
- Represented real estate developer David Edelstein in a lease and collaboration with renowned restaurateurs Stephen Starr and Keith McNally bringing NYC Meatpacking District hotspot Pastis to the trendy Wynwood arts area in Miami.
- Represented the owner of a site in Times Square in a lease to Yardhouse for its flagship NYC restaurant/brewery/tap room.
- Represented the owner of new development project in Gowanus, Brooklyn in a lease of 20,000 square feet to Sixpoint, for a brewery and tap room.
- Represent Columbus Turnstyle LLC in the leasing, financing and development of TurnStyle, an underground marketplace in the 59th Street Columbus Circle concourse, including negotiating a master lease with the MTA, leases with individual retailers, financing and joint venture agreements, construction agreements and advertising agreements. The Turnstyle project was nominated by The Real Estate Board of New York as "The Most Significant Retail Deal of the Year."
- Represented Eataly in lease negotiations for locations at Westfield's Century City Center in Los Angeles, World Trade Center in New York City and the Prudential Center in Boston.
- Represented the owner of 25 Broadway in a lease to Cipriani.
- Represented Resorts Casino Hotel in all lease transactions involving the Margaritaville Atlantic City Entertainment Complex.
- Represented The North Face in a flagship lease at 510 Fifth Avenue.
- Represented the owner of 8 Times Square in a lease to Foot Locker for its prime Times Square location, which was recognized in June 2016 by The Real Estate Board of New York as “The Most Significant Retail Deal of the Year.”
- Represented the owner of Herald Center in a lease to H&M for its largest store worldwide.
- Represented the landlord United American Land in the negotiation of the lease for H&M in its 35,000 square feet store on Jamaica Avenue in Queens.
- Represented the owner of a building on West 125th Street in a lease to Bed Bath and Beyond.
- Represented Michael Kors in retail space leases in the World Financial Center.
- Represent national retailers in their leasing programs including the new 22,000 square ft. Fifth Avenue flagship store for Tommy Hilfiger and a 19,500 square ft. Fifth Avenue store for Diesel.
- Represented landlords of retail space in downtown and midtown New York City office and residential buildings to Sephora, Modell's Sporting Goods, Forever 21 and Staples.
- Re-leasing program for the new owner of a formerly troubled shopping center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
