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Growth, Despite Wall Street 20110613-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 6/10/2011 8:12 PM Page 1 INSIDE The other reason TOP STORIES pols want Steven Madden einr WeinerW to snaps up pair of resign new businesses ® THE INSIDER PAGE 2 PAGE 8 Meet the city’s VOL. XXVII, NO. 24 WWW.CRAINSNEWYORK.COM JUNE 13-19, 2011 PRICE: $3.00 newest mortgage banker PAGE 3 Morgan Stanley is worth more dead than alive, alas PAGE 3 What do Candace Bushnell and Carole King have in common? NEW YORK, NEW YORK, P. 6 Crain’s list: NY’s top hospitals PAGE 17 credit THE GREAT BUSINESS LIVES $10.00 GOTHAM GIGS From police procedural APARTMENT SALE buck ennis to Shakespeare in the Park P. 25 An octogenarian playwright, a At the end of the month, they ● ANNE FISHER Make And that’s no BY JEREMY SMERD drag queen and a kvetcher provoked will vacate their 1920s building, your customers pay P. 25 nightly by the bar’s cacophony are which will be demolished in Au- typo. The end Ten dollars buys two cold Budweis- among the nine tenants in two ad- gust. When they return in about ● MOVERS & SHAKERS ers at the Mars Bar. For those who joining buildings at the corner of two years, each will pay $10 (tax Douglas Elliman’s live above the graffiti-scarred East Second Avenue and East First free) to buy an apartment in a 12- P. 26 of an East digital chief Village dive, it’s the price of a new, Street who will receive this sweet story luxury high-rise. ● GAEL GREENE Daniel Village era luxury apartment. deal. See SWEET DEAL on Page 24 begets Boulud Sud P. 27 INDEX Growth, despite Wall Street NEIGHBORHOOD JOURNAL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _9 OPINION _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _11 City gets past its finance addiction, adding have found a niche in the five bor- REAL ESTATE DEALS PLUS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _12 oughs, according to newly pub- lished reports. SMALL BUSINESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _19 70,000 jobs in tourism, TV, tech, design For a city that has long struggled CLASSIFIEDS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _20 seem to matter in New York City, to wean itself off its dependence on FOR THE RECORD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _22 BY DANIEL MASSEY home to most of the nation’s biggest Wall Street’s high wages and in- HOT JOBS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _25 investment banks. come tax receipts,it seems that oth- EXECUTIVE MOVES _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _25 Last week, as bank stocks got bat- Even as the city’s traditional er sectors of the economy are pick- THE WEEK AHEAD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _27 tered and headlines foretold pink economic engine takes a beating, ing up the growth mantle and slips on Wall Street, it almost didn’t New York continues to grow at a adding jobs—a trend that started healthy clip. A record number of before the recession and has become television shows are shooting here, more pronounced since. the city’s design industry is boom- “There is more to the city than ing, and small food manufacturers See GROWTH on Page 24 ELECTRONIC EDITION REPORT HEALTH CARE WANTED: KINDER DOCS P. 1 3 NEWSPAPER 20110613-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CN_-- 6/10/2011 8:13 PM Page 1 King & Associates. IN BRIEF The strategy is gaining approval be- Steven Madden’s yond consumers.Following news of the re- CITY JOINERY, A 16-YEAR-OLD FURNITURE cent acquisitions, investors sent Steven MAKER HEADQUARTERED IN DUMBO, Madden’s share price to a 52-week high of Brooklyn, is moving its manufacturing $38.87. operation to Easthampton, Mass. Owner Jonah new shoes a good fit The company reported first-quarter net Zuckerman cited personal and financial reasons income of $17.9 million, up 16% from a for the exit from New York. His landlord year earlier; sales for the quarter were up recently increased the rent by $3,000 on the 26%, to $165.8 million. company’s 5,500-square-foot showroom and Expands with discounters and clothing Steven Madden CEO Edward Rosen- studio space at 20 Jay St., bringing it to $8,000 a feld, who has been at the helm since 2008, month, which has made the space unaffordable. booties and platform pumps,that appeal to declined to comment. BY ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI young women at every price point. VINCENT ALVAREZ, WHO RESIGNED LAST YEAR Steven Madden is now leveraging that Time to move AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE CENTRAL LABOR Steven Madden Ltd.is one of the country’s success to fuel an aggressive expansion. Branching out into other product lines Council after raising questions about the ethics hottest footwear brands. The company The footwear and accessories firm, based through companies such as Cejon and of its president, is on track to be the even gained ground during the recession in Long Island City, Queens, made two Betsey Johnson makes sense, according to organization’s next leader. At a meeting last with its on-trend products, such as heeled purchases last month that move it into observers. week, delegates proposed a constitutional mostly unchartered territory. Sales of adult footwear were down amendment allowing the umbrella organization Its $55 million deal for rival Topline 0.4% year-over-year for the 12 months representing the city’s unions to have a full- Corp. gives Steven Madden access to bar- ending in April, to $30.1 billion, accord- time president.They nominated Mr. Alvarez, a ing to consumer tracking firm NPD 21-year member of Local 3 International Group Inc. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a ‘Everybody else The decline was a sharp break from the Staten Island native, for the position. Delegates rising trend of previous years. will vote on the amendment and on Mr. has a foot “There’s nothing new driving Alvarez’s nomination on June 30. footwear,” said Marshal Cohen, NPD’s in the outlet chief industry analyst, noting that spring PERA TURKISH TACO TRUCK, ONE OF FOUR boots and body-toning sneakers inspired FOOD TRUCKS PARKED AT TAVERN ON THE space’ the shopper frenzies of last year. Green, at West 67th Street, is the first truck to Rising costs are a concern for all retail- be awarded a full liquor license by the New ers. Seattle-based Topline can help on that York State Liquor Authority. Last week, it front, because most of its factories are in started serving beer, wine and cocktails made Northern China. Labor costs there can be with vodka, rum, gin, tequila and whiskey.Two gain retailer Payless; to attract other 20% less than they are in Southern China, other food-truck vendors in Central Park plan cost-conscious shoppers, the $635.4 where Steven Madden has the bulk of its to apply for a liquor license, a spokesman for million company production. the authority confirmed. n is adding outlet In addition, Topline, whose private-la- stores. bel brands are available at Payless, has di- Steven rect relationships with its production facil- Madden ities, while Steven Madden has been using BY THE NUMBERS has also intermediaries. ventured “Steve Madden will be dealing direct- Weekly shift of the city’s economy into ap- ly,” said Mr. Marotta, who adds that the One thumb up: From solid growth in consumer parel and company can now finally offer its mer- wealth to a surge in exports, the signals pointed accessories chandise at Payless’ 4,500 locations é up. If only companies and consumers would with the $30 mil- throughout the Americas. spend again. lion purchase of scarf company Cejon. Outlets open 16.4M 69K 70K That move followed Steven Madden, with about 80 retail VIEWERS JOBS LOST ATTEMPTS Steven Madden’s major investment stores, has also begun opening outlets. It for final episode in NYC since the each day to hack last fall in fashion firm Betsey John- has launched four since the fourth quarter of The Oprah market peak the NYPD’s DEALMAKER: son.
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