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Hard Rock Cafe makes move to Times Square.


Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to , Intl., after a two-year negotiation, has signed a lease to take over the former World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated media (focusing in television, Internet, and live events), and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in the professional wrestling industry, with major revenue sources  restaurant space in the Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway at West 43rd Street in Times Square.

Gary Alterman and Benjamin Fox, executive vice presidents of Newmark Retail, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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 represented the landlord and, formerly World Wrestling, in the long-term lease transaction. Robert Taylor Robert Taylor or Bob Taylor may refer to:

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  • Robert Taylor (Australian actor), Australian actor, best known as Agent Jones in The Matrix
 of Staubach Co. represented Hard Rock.

Hard Rock will relocate from their long time home on West 57th Street into a massive 42,000 s/f entertainment venue in the heart of Times Square. The state of the art facility will include their popular restaurant and merchandise emporium and have the capability to produce live concerts with satellite feed transmission around the globe. Hard Rock expects to open in mid 2005.

"Hard Rock realized that Times Square has replaced West 57th Street as the teen capital of the world," said Alterman.

According to recent statistics, approximately 85,000 people walk by 1501 Broadway on any given day. A large electric blade sign and an $11 million high tech marquee will provide Hard Rock with an extraordinary brand name presence.

Located at the epicenter of Times Square, 1501 Broadway is the long time home to many show business office tenants along with Carmine's Restaurant, Bubba bub·ba  
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 Gump Shrimp Co., Ollie's Noodle Shop and Haru.
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Publication:Real Estate Weekly
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Date:Jan 12, 2005
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