Celebrity eatery set to open at W57th Street tower.A decade after opening in Tribeca and "mushrooming" into a global phenomenon, Nobu, the celebrated Japanese restaurant owned by a partnership that includes actor Robert DeNiro is expanding to a second Manhattan location, this one in midtown. The ultra-trendy Nobu has signed a long-term lease at the Lefrak Organization's distinctive 34-story office tower at 40 West 57th West 57th can refer to:
The latest Nobu will be spacious, comprising 13,000 s/f of space--3,000 on the building's ground floor and another 10,000 at the mezzanine level Mezzanine level The period in a company's development just before it goes public. . Like its original Tribeca restaurant, the midtown two-level Nobu will be designed by renowned New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. architect David Rockwell David Rockwell is an American architect and the CEO and founder of Rockwell Group. He is responsible for numerous architectural and design projects, including many notable restaurants, such as several in the Nobu group. . "We're adding another jewel to what is already one of the most famous shopping and business corridors in the world--57th Street," asserted Lefrak President Richard LeFrak. "Nobu will be an important and prestigious addition not only to our building but to the entire Plaza district." Robert Futterman of Robert K. Futterman & Associates, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , brokered the 15-year leasing transaction on behalf of both Nobu and the Lefrak Organization. The Nobu partnership, which includes DeNiro, chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Richie Notar and Drew Nieporent, opened its signature Tribeca restaurant to enthusiastic reviews in August 1994. Within four years, it had earned similar praise for its innovative cuisine at Nobu London and Next Store Nobu. Today, Nobu is a global phenomenon, with restaurants all over the world, including Tokyo, Las Vegas, and Miami Beach. Opened in 1972, 40 West 57th Street is currently nearing the end of a major multi-million dollar capital improvement program that has successfully repositioned the building as one of New York's most desirable business addresses. Among the prominent tenants at 40 West 57th Street are Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Infinity Broadcasting Corp., International Creative Management (ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management ), Wells Fargo, Nautica Enterprises and Marlborough Gallery. |
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