Andrew A. Pittel & Company, LLC

01/05/2012

THE NEW YORK POST
BY LOIS WEISS

The Little Gym, which has 300 locations nationwide including one on the Upper West Side, has leased an 8,000 square foot space at 207 E. 94th St. that will open for the start of school in the fall.
The space is being converted from a high-ceilinged loading dock and parking garage in an office building owned by Glenwood Management.
Andrew A. Pittel and Peter Andrew Winston of Andrew A. Pittel & Company represented The Little Gym, while Jamison Weiner of The Manhattes Group repped Glenwood Management. It had an asking rent of $100 a foot.

01/04/2012

THE NY POST

DAVES'S BBQ BUSTS OUT
By LOIS WEISS

Last Updated: 11:14 PM, January 3, 2012

In the midst of the holiday bustle, Famous Dave’s BBQ has opened a second location — in Times Square at 234 W. 42nd St.
The new 600-seat restaurant takes up the entire 25,000-square-foot landmarked former Liberty Box Theater, which is part of Forest City’s 42nd St. Entertainment Center retail project.
Famous Dave’s can accommodate up to 1,500 people for parties, when not everyone is seated.
This is the first tenant for the theater since it became part of the redevelopment of Times Square, and it can be found near Madame Tussauds and the eateries Dave & Busters and Applebee’s.
Negotiations for the space, with a blended asking rent of $200 a square foot started in 2007 when Famous Dave’s had already opened a spread on West 47th Street. The pact was finally struck in 2009, but it took all this time to open due to the painstaking historic installation and various required permissions.
“It was the longest deal you could ever imagine, because it was a net-lease with both Forest City and the 42nd Street Redevelopment Corp., which is run by the state,” said Andrew A. Pittel of his eponymous company, which represented the Benmoha Restaurant Group in the deal. “Every ‘i’ had to be looked at and every ‘t’ had to be crossed, and they had to hire certain architects and engineers because it was under the jurisdiction of Landmarks.”

01/04/2012

THE NY POST
DAVE'S BBQ BUSTS OUT
By LOIS WEISS

Last Updated: 11:14 PM, January 3, 2012

In the midst of the holiday bustle, Famous Dave’s BBQ has opened a second location — in Times Square at 234 W. 42nd St.
The new 600-seat restaurant takes up the entire 25,000-square-foot landmarked former Liberty Box Theater, which is part of Forest City’s 42nd St. Entertainment Center retail project.
Famous Dave’s can accommodate up to 1,500 people for parties, when not everyone is seated.
This is the first tenant for the theater since it became part of the redevelopment of Times Square, and it can be found near Madame Tussauds and the eateries Dave & Busters and Applebee’s.
Negotiations for the space, with a blended asking rent of $200 a square foot started in 2007 when Famous Dave’s had already opened a spread on West 47th Street. The pact was finally struck in 2009, but it took all this time to open due to the painstaking historic installation and various required permissions.
“It was the longest deal you could ever imagine, because it was a net-lease with both Forest City and the 42nd Street Redevelopment Corp., which is run by the state,” said Andrew A. Pittel of his eponymous company, which represented the Benmoha Restaurant Group in the deal. “Every ‘i’ had to be looked at and every ‘t’ had to be crossed, and they had to hire certain architects and engineers because it was under the jurisdiction of Landmarks.”
Marc Leber and Jeffrey Roseman of Newmark Knight Frank worked on the deal for Forest City.
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