Garrick-Aug Worldwide appointed agent for 590 Madison Avenue. (Retail New York).

The leasing team of Faith Hope Consolo and Joseph A. Aquino of Garrick-Aug Worldwide, Ltd., have been named exclusive agents for the premier retail location at 590 Madison Ave., on the Southwest corner of 57th Street, in the IBM Building. Presently Freedom Forum, the retail space is approximately 28,000 SF, on three levels, consisting of approximately 21,700 SF, on the selling concourse, approximately 2,800 SF, the ground level, and approximately 3,200 SF, the selling mezzanine.

The 100 feet of frontage on Madison Avenue has a double height storefront entirely of glass. The space has its very own address, independent of the corporate building: 580 Madison Avenue.

"To say that this is a premier retail location," begins Consolo, vice chairman, "seems to me to be an understatement. It is an incredible retail location! This is the part of the city that is filled with the glamour synonymous with New York. It is the virtual center of New York Shopping -- not Soho, nor Tribeca, nor the Villages, nor Meat Packing -- but Madison Avenue, which, along with

Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street, is lined with the shops and stores that sell the extravagant, the luxurious, the magnificent, the elegant, the imaginative, the creative merchandise, which comes to mind when one says, 'I bought this in New York.' To be a merchant there means success and prestige. That is why Madison Avenue is called the Golden Mile. Fifth Avenue -- Luxury Walk. No one has thought up a nick name for 57th Street, yet. It goes without saying that retail space along the Golden Mile is at a premium and is extremely rare."

The available retail space at 580/590 Madison Ave. is not only located on the Golden Mile, but also on the corner of 57th Street, and, it's in the IBM Corporate Building, a presence in its own right -- it is almost not to be believed."

"And the space itself is exceptional," continues Aquino, managing director. "It is three wonderful, high-ceilinged levels that are entirely windows. -- a transparent world of shining glass that invites all to come see what's within. On the south side, one can look out on the sculpture garden that leads to Trump Tower on Fifth."

"That 580/590 Madison Ave. is at the center of an exciting whirlpool of shopping can be confirmed by the neighboring retailers: Going west, they include Tourneau, which is in the same building, next door is Niketown, and Tiffany & Co., on the southeast corner of Fifth. Directly across 57th is Christian Dior, then Chanel, Jil Sander, Burberrys, and on the northeast corner of Fifth, the soon to open Louis Vuitton."

To the south, 580/590 Madison is a half block away from Sony Headquarters: Sony Music Entertainment Inc./SonyCorp., -- Sony everything. East, the retail neighbors are Coach, Prada, Ghurka, Brioni uomo/Brioni donna, Holland & Holland, Buccellati, Tumbull & Asser, Data Buchman, Victoria's Secret.