Rockrose signs second East Coast retail tenant.Rockrose Development Corporation has executed its second retail lease at EastCoast, its new luxury residential development in Long Island City. Blue Streak blue streak n. Informal 1. Something moving very fast. 2. A rapid and seemingly interminable stream of words: curse a blue streak. Wine and Spirits has signed a 5 year lease for 1,000 s/f on the ground floor of the first of Rockrose's EastCoast seven-building complex. The store, at 4720 Center Boulevard, will have an entrance adjacent to the residential lobby and is expected to open in July July: see month. of 2007. Rockrose Development was represented in house by Patricia Dunphy and Joe Miller. Stephen Spiller, owner of Blue Streak, negotiated his lease. Patricia Dunphy, Rockrose vice president, said, "The remaining space is perfect for a restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. looking to take advantage of the young hip clientele already living in Long Island City and the remarkable park side patio patio In Spanish and Latin American architecture, a courtyard open to the sky within a building. A Spanish development of the Roman atrium, it is comparable to the Italian cortile but provides more seclusion, possibly due to Moorish custom. The patio of the contemporary U.S. views facing the Manhattan skyline." Rockrose has previously signed a lease with Duane Reade Duane Reade is a chain of drugstores/convenience stores, primarily located in New York City. History Founded in 1960, the chain started with three stores, named after the location of the company's warehouse between Duane and Reade Streets on Broadway in lower Manhattan. in a separate building and they are interested in bringing a food market to the area. East Coast consists of approximately 20 acres of land in the northernmost section of Queens West on the waterfront in Long Island City, and will be comprised of 2.9 million square feet of mixed-use space (2,900 luxury rental apartments, sophisticated condominiums and retail spaces), surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by 8 acres of waterfront parkland. East Coast is planned to be developed in eight phases, with the first rental building currently at almost full occupancy, the second rental to be completed in 2007, and the remaining buildings expected to be completed by 2012. |
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