{"id":412977,"date":"2022-03-06T21:02:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/todd-english-to-open-huge-eatery-in-downtown-nyc\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T21:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:02:49","slug":"todd-english-to-open-huge-eatery-in-downtown-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/todd-english-to-open-huge-eatery-in-downtown-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Todd English to open huge eatery in downtown NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e055633bc9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e055633bc9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/todd-english-to-open-huge-eatery-in-downtown-nyc\/#%E2%80%9CTodd_English_to_open_huge_eatery_in_downtown_NYC%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Todd English to open huge eatery in downtown NYC&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTodd_English_to_open_huge_eatery_in_downtown_NYC%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Todd English to open huge eatery in downtown NYC&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Cuozzo\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-cuozzo.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Celebrity chef Todd English will soon bring new life to a heavily trafficked but long-dark FiDi corner, Realty Check has learned.<\/p>\n<p>A huge eatery under the English banner has signed a lease for 20,000 square feet on two levels at 15 Park Row across from City Hall Park, downtown sources revealed. The site is at the block\u2019s south end, which has been vacant since J&amp;R Music World shut down in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise deal leaves some unanswered questions, including exactly who the actual operators will be, but they\u2019re believed to be an investor group that is backing English.<\/p>\n<p>Although he\u2019s been quiet in New York recently, English \u2013 who created the Plaza Hotel food hall \u2014 just launched a hotel in Las Vegas and food courts in cities including Stamford, Conn., and restaurants in West Palm Beach and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>No other details about the FiDi site could be learned. A canvas of brokerage web pages turned up an offering for the 15 Park Row space by a Meridian Retail Leasing team of James Famularo, Ben Biberaj and Elliott Wygoda. <\/p>\n<p>The listing did not cite an asking rent, but our on-the-ground neighborhood source said it was $2.5 million a year.<\/p>\n<p>Meridian president Famularo declined to comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The English lease is the latest breakthrough on the rebounding FiDi-area food scene. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Plaza Hotel food hall in NYC\" class=\"wp-image-21433035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-657.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Todd English is behind the food hall at the Plaza Hotel (pictured); now he\u2019ll create a huge eatery in the former J&amp;R Music World spot in downtown Manhattan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-661.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"J&amp;R Music on 15 Park Row\" class=\"wp-image-21433040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-661.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-661.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-661.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The former J&amp;R Music space at 15 Park Row has set empty for years since the emporium closed amid a move to online shopping. It served generations of New Yorkers, but will now be the home to a Todd English-run massive food space.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Byron Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trend includes the imminent launch of Jean-Georges Vongerichten\u2019s mammoth eatery complex at the Seaport District\u2019s Tin Building, Daniel Boulud\u2019s takeover of the former Augustine space, and recently opened Casa Cipriani at the Battery Maritime Building.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Danny Meyer is expected to soon reopen Manhatta\u00a0on the top floor of\u00a0 28 Liberty St.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supertall full-speed ahead on Fifth Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gary Barnett is pressing ahead with plans for his supertall office tower at 570 Fifth Ave. His Extell Development Co. is proceeding with demolition at several old buildings at the site between West 46<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 47<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Streets, ever-alert YIMBY New York reports.<\/p>\n<p>As we earlier reported, Extell\u2019s proposal is wending its way through the city ULURP review process because it needs a zoning change to erect a structure of up to 1,100 feet tall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Area cleared around Fifth Avenue from 46th Street to 47th Street in NYC.\" class=\"wp-image-21433018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/todd-english-652.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gary Barnett\u2019s Extell has cleared much of the space it needs around Fifth Avenue, from 46th Street to 47th Street, to build a supertall building.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gordon Donovan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To earn the size bonus, Extell would provide transit and pedestrian improvements including a much needed upgrade to the nearby East 53<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Street E and M line subway station. Such exchanges are authorized under recent East Midtown rezoning, which enabled SL Green to erect One Vanderbilt in exchange for $200 million in Grand Central-area improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett must also deal with having to build around the 12-story building at 576 Fifth Ave. at the 47<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street corner, which was \u00a0purchased by a South Korean <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arel-industry holding company last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newly constructed towers shine downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Lower Manhattan office-leasing scene remains \u201ca tale of two cities,\u201d according to CBRE downtown specialist Bruce Surry. Newly constructed towers are holding their own while obsolescent older ones are \u00a0struggling to stay afloat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the \u00a0pandemic disproportionately damaged downtown\u2019s office market. Office vacancy in February swelled to 22.6% compared to 18.6% in Midtown \u2013 despite downtown average asking rents of $59 per square foot vs. nearly $85 per square foot in Midtown, according to CBRE data.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/WorldTradeCenter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The One World Trade Center &quot;Freedom Tower&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19469458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/WorldTradeCenter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/WorldTradeCenter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/WorldTradeCenter.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>One World Trade has recently signed leases for 108,000 square feet, helping the newer-built building stand out among an area that\u2019s seeing some challenges when it comes to older structures.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So much empty space combined with employees still working at home casts a pall at street level. <\/p>\n<p>The gloom extends the length of Fulton Street, for example, where store and restaurant closures abound and homeless people camp out on sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>There are signs of hope, though. Ten recently signed\u00a0leases at the Port Authority and Durst Organization\u2019s One World Trade Center \u00a0\u2013 including for new tenants, expansions and renewals \u2013 totaled a whopping 108,000 square feet. At Silverstein Properties\u2019 Three World Trade Center, fin-tech firm Hudson River Trading recently expanded by 75,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a different story, though, at FiDi\u2019s many older office buildings. CBRE\u2019s Surry said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/three-world-trade-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Three World Trade Center\" class=\"wp-image-12809329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/three-world-trade-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/three-world-trade-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/three-world-trade-center.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At Silverstein Properties\u2019 Three World Trade Center, fin-tech firm Hudson River Trading recently expanded by 75,000 square feet.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe newer and upgraded properties have seen increases in leasing and [prospective tenant] tours,\u201d he said. \u201cThe remaining Conde Nast sublease space at One World Trade is very active with four full-floor deals\u201d under negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>But, \u201cOlder class-B and class-C properties are fighting for renewals. Demand is very low,\u201d Surry said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he said, \u201cThere\u2019s been a tremendous supply increase of direct and sublease space in the Water Street area.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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