Retail News

McDonald’s has officially signed a 99-year lease for a two-story in Madison Square Park, finally returning after a messy exit back in 2005. Shrem purchased 26 East 23rd Street in 1972, and then inked a 25-year lease with Wendy’s in 1990 that had three five-year renewal options Read More

The Fifth Avenue Apple Store fell victim to the torrential rains New York is experiencing this week, having a leak in the ceiling turn into an almost full-on flood. Starting at 5:45am yesterday morning, a majority of it was cleaned up by 10am. The store remained open throughout, Read More

Williamsburg is the home of New York’s first studio that offers both high-intensity cycling classes and alignment-focused yoga sessions. Sync Studio opened its doors in the Brooklyn neighborhood. Not only is it the first of its kind in the area, but it’s also one of Read More

After 15 years at 174 Ludlow St., Daredevil Tattoos is relocating. Their new location will be at 141 Division Street, former home of Lipton Eyecare. Reason for the move? A whopping 50% increase in rent! Shoot, I’d be out of there too! Read More

Spring has sprung at Saks Fifth Avenue. Their eye catching window displays for the new season have been put up, featuring color flowers, some new spring clothing and an assortment of new shoes. Read More

American Eagle will be landing on 125th St. The clothing retailer has just leased an 8,500-square-foot space on the ground floor of W 125th and Lenox, in the building where a Burlington Coat Factory and a Whole Foods are also in development. Burlington is taking the top three Read More

Bookstores are becoming a rarity in the day of the tablets and smart phones, and now one of the few Barnes & Noble locations left in New York has shut down. Sending the message loud and clear, the door on the 6th Avenue location boasts and sign that simply says, “Closed Read More

Standing as a staple of music for over 20 years, Bleecker Street Records’ 239 Bleecker St. location may soon be closing when their lease is up. Jeremy Ezra, an agent with the retail brokerage RKF, revealed that the space will be available for $27,000 per month starting in Apri Read More

The Rugby store on Bleecker St. is no more. Yesterday the retailer shut its doors for good, a closing in the making since November when Ralph Lauren announced the entire line would be discontinued. Rugby has another store in NY at University Place, and that will take on Read More

Michael Kors is headed to Broadway. Though the popular retailer currently has a boutique at 101 Prince Street in Soho, they’re opening a flagship store at 520 Broadway…what’s currently a soon-to-close Club Monaco. The new store will be 15,000 square feet and Read More

The Post is reporting that the Barneys Co-op in Chelsea might be closing. “Barneys New York may be leaving downtown for the second time—the original Barneys at West 17th Street and Seventh Avenue closed in 1997,” they wrote in the article. “Management at the 18th Street Chelsea Read More

The window display in Urban Outfitters on Fifth Ave. is paying homage to their NYC locale this holiday season, and like most things, you’ve got to take the good with the bad! Of course they feature signature landmarks like the Chrysler Building and the Statue of Read More