Luxury brands lead NYC retail leasing boom, rents ramp up

New York Post | Lois Weiss

Not only has the retail apocalypse caused by the pandemic passed, Manhattan has rebounded so fast that prime locations are becoming hard to find.

In recent years, rents on upper Madison Avenue between 59th Street and 86th Street had fallen into the $600s per foot. Now, a bevy of 75 transactions have pushed rents back toward $1,000 per foot.

For instance, a new 10,000-square-foot deal in the base of the Virgin Hotel will bring Electric Shuffleboard to the city next spring.

John Few, of SRS Real Estate Partners, represented the concept.

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