Italian Luxury Retailer Loro Piana Takes 25K SF at LeFrak’s 40 West 57th Street

Commercial Observer

13 January 2025

Italian luxury fashion retailer Loro Piana bid “arrivederci” to its Fifth Avenue offices and will move into LeFrak’s 40 West 57th Street. Loro Piana, which specializes in textile manufacturing and cashmere, has signed a lease for 25,000 square feet on the entire 21st floor of the 36-story Midtown office building, according to broker CBRE (CBRE). The luxury brand plans to move from its current digs at 711 Fifth Avenue, according to the New York Post, 

LeFrak, Fidelity Investments ink 185,000 sq. ft. lease renewal at Jersey City office tower

Real Estate NJ

15 July 2024

LeFrak has signed a nearly 185,000-square-foot lease renewal with Fidelity Investments, a longtime tenant at one of the developer’s Jersey City office towers. The financial services firm, which is based in Boston, has occupied space at LeFrak’s 499 Washington Blvd. since 2012. It’s among the many tenants at the 14-story, 550,000-square-foot structure in the acclaimed Newport district, where tenants are steps from mass transit and just across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan. The leasing team included LeFrak’s Meredith Jackness and Ray Kawas and CBRE’s Howard Fiddle, Greg Barkan, Erin Wenzler and Ben Joseph, according to the landlord. CBRE’s Patrick Cavanagh and Matthew Saker represented the tenant.

LeFrak signs 27K sq. ft. of new retail leases in Jersey City’s Newport

The Globe and Mail

11 July 2024

LeFrak, the developer behind the transformation of Jersey City’s Newport, together with Newport Associates Development Co., on Thursday announced that eight new retail leases have been signed within the last few months at the city’s waterfront neighborhood. Totaling nearly 27,000 square feet, new tenants include national boutique recreation studio PingPod; a regional Greek restaurant debuting its first location in Jersey City, Efi’s Gyro; a local staple expanding within the area, Roast’d Coffee; and local businesses opening their first outposts, Blue Anchor Bar and Kitchen, Stylebegin Barbershop and Pawsome pet spa. Also coming in are a New York restaurant opening its first Jersey City location, Dunhuang Food; and a new Mediterranean restaurant and