Windows workers open first restaurant.Garrick-Aug Associates Store Leasing, Inc. has arranged a 10-year lease, with a five-year option, for a 4,000 s/f restaurant space for Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (ROC-NY ROC-NY Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York ), a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. founded in 2002 by former staff members of Windows on the World For the theme park in Shenzhen, China, see Window of the World. For the novel by Frederic Beigbeder, see Windows on the World (novel). Windows on the World was an elegant restaurant and adjoining bar that operated between 1976 and September 11, 2001 in New York City to respond to the needs of the staff and their families after 9/11. It will be the group's first restaurant venture together and will focus on New American cuisine New American cuisine a term for upscale, contemporary cooking served primarily in restaurants in the United States. Combining flavors from America's melting pot with traditional techniques, New American cuisine includes ethnic twists on old standbys, Old World peasant dishes made with global influences that include a rotating tasting menu to highlight ethnic cuisines from around the world. Representing the landlord Kimwal Realty was Diane Mandel, managing director, Garrick-Aug Associates. The tenant was represented by two firms, Steven Kamali of Stevens & Co. and Citiwide Properties. The space was previously the site of a nightclub, Pangea. "This deal represents a milestone for ROC and I am thrilled to have been a part of it," says Ms. Mandel. "During our negotiations, I got to know ROC co-founder and general manager, Fekkak Mamdouh, who had worked at Windows for years and had also been the head union shop steward A Labor Union official elected to represent members in a plant or particular department. The shop steward's duties include collection of dues, recruitment of new members, and initial negotiations for settlement of grievances. Cross-references Labor Union. there. "This restaurant represents more than simply a new place of business for Mr. Mamdouh and his colleagues; it offers a collective sense of renewal to people who lost so much. I intend to be one of their first customers." The designer for the restaurant will be Jim Walrod, who was responsible for the interiors of such restaurants as Pace and The Park, as well as the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea. The architecture firm and project manager will be Dine, Murphy & Wood. The restaurant's anticipated date of opening is September 2005. The group has named the restaurant Colors. |
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