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Aug 10, 2020
Urbanspace signs lease for new Union Square food hall
Urbanspace has signed a 10,000-square-foot lease in Union Square for its fifth Manhattan food hall.
The market will be at Zero Irving, a new mixed-use project by RAL Development Services at 124 E. 14th St.
The new location will include online ordering with delivery and pickup options and a catering option for building tenants and those using Zero Irving’s event and conference center. Urbanspace’s food halls include vendor space for multiple tenants offering a range of cuisines.
Zero Irving will include 176,000 square feet of Class A office space across 14 floors, at the top of a 240,000-square-foot, 21-story building. The project also includes a technology training center and incubator, an event space, and flexible office space with shorter lease terms and lesser credit requirements.
Zero Irving is under construction and is expected to be completed in early 2021.
RAL — a third-generation New York real estate developer — has made tweaks to the building for the post-Covid-19 era, including touchless entry, privately controlled HVAC systems on each tenant floor, air quality monitoring, and five individual bathrooms per floor.
RAL was awarded the project through a request for proposals issued by the New York City Economic Development Corp.
Junius Real Estate Partners is a financial partner. Davis Brody Bond is the architect. Suffolk Construction is the commercial construction firm on the project.
The building is about a block from Union Square Park. It’s about a minute walk from the subway station, with access to the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains.
Urbanspace was founded in London. It has four locations in Manhattan, all in Midtown, at 570 Lexington Ave., 230 Park Ave., 152 W. 52nd St., and in Times Square. The company also operates pop-up markets around the city.
Mitch Konsker, Benjamin Bass, Dan Turkewitz and Kristen Morgan of JLL lead Zero Irving’s leasing.
Claire Bernard is in charge of leasing at Urbanspace.
Eldon Scott, Urbanspace’s president, said the company, which leases vendor space to various tenants, could help New York’s culinary community recover from the turmoil brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It is very challenging for chef entrepreneurs to get started, now more than ever,” Scott said in a statement. “Our platform lessens those barriers and is a great, turn-key opportunity, while giving our customers something special, the newest local flavors, and the never before tasted combinations.”