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Playing it safe 4 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT 5 TECHNOLOGY BROOKLYN’S LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL season is off to a 6 SMALL BIZ SPOTLIGHT Midtown typically slow and soggy start this year. Opening Day (April East is finally 1) was a washout, and in an apparent pre-emptive strike 7 ENTERTAINMENT becoming a 8 WHO OWNS THE BLOCK restaurant against further field erosion, the Parks Department decided destination to close all the diamonds in Prospect Park for the entire 9 REAL ESTATE weekend. The sun returned the following Saturday, which 10 VIEWPOINTS also happened to be the beginning of the public school 11 THE LIST spring break, leaving several teams—including my son’s, which I coach—depleted of players. FEATURES But, hey, that’s baseball. To borrow a line from Bull 13 VENDING MACHINE Durham, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, some- Though rare, sudden 15 PEACE OFFERING times it rains. And in the case of the Prospect Park Baseball cardiac deaths Association, sometimes half the team is on vacation. “ Of course, juggling rosters and dodging raindrops is can be triggered pretty standard fare when it comes to youth baseball. But by blunt trauma, this season has brought one unexpected twist: In January like a baseball to New York became the first city in the country to require its parks department to equip all youth baseball teams with the chest automated electronic defibrillators (AEDs). P. 44 Although rare—an estimate from a national high school BUIST BICKLEY association suggests that fewer than 25 otherwise healthy people younger than 30 die each year from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)—the handful of tragic SCA deaths 44 GOTHAM GIGS tends to spark big headlines. Causes vary, but incidents can be triggered by blunt 45 SNAPS trauma to the chest, a phenomenon often associated with baseball. 46 FOR THE RECORD An AED is “a person’s best chance of surviving” a sudden cardiac arrest, said 47 PHOTO FINISH City Councilman Steven Matteo of Staten Island, one of the bill’s sponsors. “This CORRECTION legislation will dramatically expand access to AEDs, along with proper training, for Romanoff Equities and a partner have nearly thousands of Little League teams, free of charge.” finished leasing 860 Washington St. The address On that count, the council is batting around .300. As a result of the new law, was misstated in “Meatpacking rents soar,” this year’s league-supplied equipment bag was stuffed with worn-out catching gear, published April 10. tattered bases, scuffed batting helmets, and a brand-new AED, a model that looks similar to one that retails for $895. That might help explain the program’s projected price tag of $6 million over six years—a cost critics no doubt will contend amounts to a pound of prevention for an ounce of cure. Matteo said he wants the devices to become “as ubiquitous as fire extinguishers.” While the $12.95 I paid for the online training is not exactly “free,” I might have felt a bit more confident had the 15-minute instructional video included more than ON THE COVER a minute on how to actually operate the defibrillator. On the upside, the devices are PHOTO: BUCK ENNIS meant to be dummy-proof. Here’s hoping I never have to use one.

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AGENDAFearless Girl is an advertisement. State Street should pay to show it

hat traffic island clearly isn’t big enough for the two of them. The face-off between Charging Bull and Fearless Girl, two statues sharing the same piece of a Bowling Green median, turned into a stare-down last week when Charging TBull artist Arturo Di Modica said the presence of the 4-foot-2-inch statue of a defiant girl with her hands on her hips unfairly vilified his own cata- lytic creation. He has a point. The bronze bull Di Modica crafted nearly 30 years ago was a gift to the city, intended as a symbol of our resilience after the stock market crash of 1987. It was installed without permission under the cover of night and removed by city officials before popular WHO WILL BLINK FIRST? Charging Bull and Fearless Girl have different origins. demand brought it back. Through terrorist attacks (1993, 2001), reces- His? Created as art. Hers? Designed to sell a product. sions (early 1990s, early 2000s and 2007 to 2009), a blackout (2003), a superstorm (2012) and more, the bull has been a fixture in a changing, empowerment of women.” challenged city, not to mention a destination for tourists. It is ironic that the mayor and other city leaders have rushed to defend But art has a way of taking on a life of its own. The bull is as much the girl statue’s implicit criticism of the business world while ignoring an a symbol of an industry as a city, and although Wall Street remains a inconvenient fact: It was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors. cornerstone of the economy, its reputation is diminished by the havoc The Boston-based investment manager hired an advertising agency to it unleashed with the Great Recession. In 2012 come up with the idea and then filed for a per- the bull became a symbol of protest by Occupy The Boston-based investment mit to display the statue—along with a plaque Wall Street. bearing the company’s name and the phrase Fearless Girl’s supporters see her as repre- manager perfectly executed “SHE makes a difference,” a not very subtle senting their weariness of gender inequality. Its a viral marketing campaign reference to the company’s exchange-traded power lies in its timing: unveiled on the eve of fund that invests only in companies with female International Women’s Day and shortly after leadership. Fearless Girl has become art for the nationwide women’s marches protested the inauguration of Donald people but, unlike Di Modica’s bull, it was created to be an advertise- Trump and his genitalia-grabbing past. That antipathy explains Mayor ment for a product. New York has rules for how public space is bought Bill de Blasio’s snide response to Di Modica’s request that the girl be and sold. The foremost being that it be paid for—handsomely. If State removed. “Charging Bull is a celebration of unfettered capitalism,” Street is not willing to do that, it should remove its name from the statue the mayor said “Fearless Girl represents … standing up for justice, the or remove the statue itself. — THE EDITORS

FINE PRINT The health care industry has struggled for years to figure out a way to effectively rate hospitals. Turns out that customer-driven reviews on Yelp actually correlate with hospital quality, a Manhattan Institute study found. But the details matter: Columbia University Medical Center got four stars on Yelp, while New York–Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center had two. The problem? They are the same facility.

BY GERALD SCHIFMAN STATS

NEW YORK SUFFERED a huge spike in data breaches last year 25 WORDS OR LESS HACK ATTACK as hackers targeted small businesses.

AND THE C Number of data-breach incidents WHAT CYBERTHIEVES STEAL A fiscally sound last year, a 59% increase from 1,282 2015 1% “ Password/ account information budget is more Driver’s license Number of New Yorkers whose number 1% Unknown/other important than an personal records were lost or 4% I 1.6M stolen last year, three times more Financial TY ‘on time’ budget. than in the previous year information 16% Unfortunately, we Mega-breaches—compromising the records of at least 100,000 42% now have neither 28 New Yorkers—from 2006 to 2013 (last year, there were two) 36% —Carol Kellermann, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, on Percentage of small Personal Social Security the recently approved fiscal 2018 % businesses whose data is information number state budget 31 not safeguarded

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No sooner did his national senior reporters Joe Anuta, Aaron Elstein, G Matthew Flamm, Daniel Geiger headline-grabbing legislation, to make state and city colleges reporters Rosa Goldensohn, Jonathan LaMantia, Caroline Lewis tuition-free, pass in the Legislature than the fine print began data reporter Gerald Schifman bedeviling New Yorkers. web producer Peter D’Amato columnist Greg David Students from households earning up to $100,000 a year contributing editors Tom Acitelli, Theresa Agovino, Erik Ipsen, Cara S. Trager learned that the break will kick in only after other financial-aid ADVERTISING options are exhausted. Those who work and go to school part www.crainsnewyork.com/advertise advertising director Irene Bar-Am, time, which describes roughly 90% of community-college stu- [email protected], dents, discovered that they would not be eligible for the program 212.210.0133 senior account managers at all. 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Sandy-inspired texting tool now helping Sandy survivors An off-the-grid communications device will be distributed to 10,000 small businesses in low-lying neighborhoods BY MATTHEW FLAMM

he tech startup that Super- the world with a service that provides storm Sandy inspired Daniela extended ranges and other features de- Perdomo to launch was aimed signed for public safety, defense and at helping people reach one business uses. Tanother when cellular networks shut down. But she and the small Brooklyn- Lighter, cheaper DANIELA PERDOMO (left) made waves with her first based team that started goTenna in 2013 GoTenna Pro’s advantage over tradi- product. Global pros are next. also figured that interest in its commu- tional tactical radios is size and cost: It’s nications tool would extend to first-re- smaller, lighter and, at $400 apiece, a lot sponders. cheaper. multiple users. nomic Development Corp., the compa- Two years after the first goTen- “It doesn’t mean goTenna Pro will The potential for that technology ny is delivering 20,000 devices for up na consumer device went on sale, the be the right solution for every organi- prompted Union Square Ventures to to 10,000 small businesses that were company has sold tens of thousands zation using a $30,000 tactical radio lead the company’s $7.5 million Series B devastated by Sandy and remain in of its candy bar–size collapsible anten- system, but it can be an option for a round, which was announced last week areas vulnerable to flooding. GoTen- nae. The device employs low-frequen- lot of them,” said Perdomo, 31, who and which brought its total backing to na won the contract in late 2015 as cy radio waves to let a smartphone founded the company with her broth- $17 million. The investment was one of part of a federally funded grant aimed transmit texts to another goTenna user er, Jorge, who heads product and busi- the few the Manhattan venture capital at helping the city cope with climate- when neither phone has access to cell, ness development. “I’m really excited firm has made in a hardware startup. related disasters. The company is tak- internet or satellite service. Customers about the opportunity to get military- “Mesh networking is really interest- ing part in community outreach efforts include back-country hikers, safety- grade, resilient communications in the ing to us because it’s a way to have con- to help the business owners learn how to conscious urbanites, emer­gency work- hands of organizations that can’t buy nectivity and access without relying on use the devices. ers, police and fire departments, and into the really expensive systems.” network providers,” said Albert Wenger, “It’s really a come-full-circle mo- even deployed U.S. soldiers. This spring the company also plans a managing partner who joined goTen- ment,” Perdomo said. “Because goTenna Now, with backing from Union to roll out a consumer device, goTen- na’s board. “Think of it as networking came about in part through my experi- Square Ventures, the company is about na Mesh, which will be available in without a cellphone provider.” ence in Sandy and thinking, ‘There has to roll out its first product designed spe- 49 countries. It enables users to create GoTenna is also in the midst of got to be a better way.’ It’s cool to be de- cifically for workers in the field. GoTen- their own extended, peer-to-peer com- fulfilling its biggest order ever, here livering our technology to people who na Pro will allow the company to focus munications network, relaying mes- in New York. As part of a “resiliency had a rough time and, ideally, make directly on professional markets around sages automatically and securely across tech program” run by the city Eco- them more resilient.” ■

VIEWPOINTS My NYC startup is thriving, but the U.S. is kicking me out Trump should preserve a rule that lets foreign entrepreneurs build companies here BY TETSU HIGUCHI

our years ago I co-founded have already done so. To try to fix this, the U.S. is missing out on revenue and Rule would be a great solution for en- with a few friends Cypher the Obama administration introduced job creation. trepreneurs like myself, who are ca- League Media in Brooklyn. the International Entrepreneur Rule, This month many hopeful high- pable of attracting capital and want to Our vision was to create plat- which is to take effect in July. President skilled workers are taking part in the create jobs for Americans. The program Fforms for sharing the arts and ideas of Donald Trump should preserve it. H-1B visa lottery, fighting for their has clear requirements, such as a fund- our generation. Today we run a digital chance to either immigrate to or stay ing minimum of either $345,000 from and physical publication, event pro- Entrepreneurial path in the U.S. These visas are intended qualified U.S. investors or $100,000 in duction, a record label and a music- After moving to the U.S. from Tokyo for STEM professionals with specific government grants, and will attract the sharing and collaboration app. We nine years ago for high school, I en- and often rare skill sets. But the H-1B most ambitious job creators. employ students and recent graduates rolled at Baruch College, where I’m a ju- visa process is complicated. Applicants While it’s not a replacement for from New York colleges, yet despite nior pursuing a degree in international must find a company to sponsor them, a startup visa, the International En- being a job creator, my future in this business, finance and global studies. and the process is costly, complex and trepreneur Rule is a good way to en- country remains uncertain—because I Only my status as a student allows me arbitrarily capped, meaning there are courage entrepreneurship. We have was born outside of the United States. to stay in the country. After graduat- far more applicants than available vi- an important opportunity for talented There are many immigrant entre- ing I will face the very real possibility sas. The H-1B visa also doesn’t provide job creators to continue contributing preneurs like me in New York and oth- of having to leave this country, which self-starters an opportunity to build to the communities where we were er cities across the U.S. The best and would mean relocating my Brooklyn- a company, and there is no visa that educated. Implementing the new rule brightest from all over the world come based business overseas. My story is allows talented H-1B visa holders to will foster innovation and help ensure here seeking a better future. A testa- shared by thousands of foreign stu- become self-employed and focus on the U.S. remains competitive. And it ment to this is that 40% of all Fortune dents and immigrant entrepreneurs growing their business. will help immigrant entrepreneurs like 500 companies—including Google who dream of either starting or grow- In short, because I started my own me continue to grow companies and and Apple—were founded by immi- ing their businesses in the U.S. but company, I don’t qualify for the H-1B create jobs for hardworking people in grants or the children of immigrants. can’t. Every year our country kicks out program. There is no real solution for New York and across the country. ■ Many people would be surprised thousands of foreign students like me me to stay in the U.S. and continue to to learn that there are few visa options because their student visas have ex- run my company when I graduate from Tetsu Higuchi is a co-founder of Cypher for foreign entrepreneurs like me who pired, or denies entry to thousands of college and my current visa expires. League Media in Brooklyn and a

GOTENNA, JANE HU want to start companies in the U.S. or immigrant entrepreneurs. In so doing, The International Entrepreneur student at Baruch College.

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An orchestra’s new pitch Philharmonia wants to shake up the stuffy world of live classical music—and make a profit BY MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR

ith classical music’s faithful audience aging and millennials taking little interest in the art form, traditional symphonies are struggling to make ends meet. In fact, one of the Big Five—the Philadelphia Orchestra—emerged from bankruptcy in 2014 only to have its musicians go on strike over low pay last year. WEnter a scrappy, modernized symphony that is employing a brash new business model to make classical music hip. The Philharmonia Orchestra of New York, known as PONY, presented its second season last month in a rented auditorium at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The musicians entertained sold-out audiences with Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner as original films created for the music were projected on a big screen above them. Some were by visual artist Daniel Brodie, whose work includes Aladdin on Broadway and collab- orations with singers Mariah Carey and Kanye West. Two others were winners of a $10,000 PONY competition last year, during which more than 130 filmmakers from 30 countries sent in clips inspired by Wagner works such as The Flying Dutchman. “We’re trying to destroy the stuffy classical concert traditions that can make this wonderful music inaccessible to younger audiences,” said Atsushi Yamada, music director and co-founder of PONY. “They don’t need to feel like they are being ­educated and tested. They need to enjoy it.” The orchestra was started last year by Yamada and David Titcomb, a trombonist and manager of the New York City Ballet orchestra. Their goals were to draw a younger audience to classical music and offer jobs to musicians—especially those from the now-defunct New York City Opera orchestra. Yamada was a market- ing executive at Sony and IBM in Japan before deciding to follow his passion. He moved to New York to work as an intern to the conductor of City Opera in 1997 and rose through the ranks as a conductor. In addition to its two seasons at Lincoln Center, the symphony performed at the Lincoln Center Festival’s wildly popular tribute to Danny Elfman, who com- posed for Batman and other Tim Burton films, and accompanied Andrea Bocelli in his massive Madison Square Garden concerts. It’s not just PONY’s performanc- es—some featuring rock-concert lighting—that are turning classical music on its STRIKING A CHORD: head. The fledgling orchestra abandoned the traditional nonprofit model that relies Yamada hopes that strobe lights and on subscription sales and donations. With both of those on the decline, Yamada film will attract a incorporated PONY as a for-profit business. younger audience “I didn’t want to set up a 501(c)(3) where you have to rely on donations,” Yamada to classical music. said. “I wanted to do something that people can invest in, show-style, like Broadway.”

Old art form, new venture The company keeps the overhead low by renting shared office space in Manhat- tan and hiring artists on a project basis. PONY raised $2.5 million from a group of Japanese investors and is even running ads—though beautifully produced ones— before the first notes play. At the March concerts, the jumbo screen promoted All Nippon Airways. “We thought it would be controversial, but we haven’t gotten any pushback at all,” Titcomb said. “The only way we’ll survive is if we attract sponsors.” The partners know they need to be creative in every way possible to make it. According to Nielsen’s 2016 U.S. Music Year-End Report, classical music was the second least consumed genre in the nation at 1%, just above children’s music. The average age of attendees has increased by 20 years since 1982, according to the Na- tional Endowment for the Arts, and audiences for live classical music declined by 10.5% between 2010 and 2014, according to the League of American Orchestras. PONY isn’t the only one experimenting. Symphonies including the New York and the Los Angeles philharmonics have played live scores to accompany movies such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Psycho. The San Francisco Symphony has a performance series set in a lounge where drinks are served. “It’s a period of intensive FOCAL POINTS experimentation across the field,” said Jesse Rosen, president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras. “But I don’t know of any other for-profit classical orches- tras like the Philharmonia. That’s an extraordinary business model for the arts.” NAME Philharmonia Orchestra of New York LLC In its second season, the orchestra has had a rocky start. The company canceled INDUSTRY Performing arts/classical music two concerts planned for this month at New York City Center over worries they FOUNDERS David Titcomb and Atsushi Yamada were drawing sales away from its March shows. Those Lincoln Center performanc- LAUNCHED June 1, 2015 es cost around $1 million to produce, and PONY did not make a profit. The 1,050 seats sold for between $15 and $75, but a number of them were comped. LOCATION New York Nevertheless, Titcomb and Yamada say they are gaining traction. They are plan- MAJOR INVESTORS A group of private, unnamed Japanese entities ning a tour of large arenas in Asia with around 15,000 seats each. The shows will invested $2.5 million to start the business. each be a spectacle, featuring a chorus, special effects, lights and film. “There’s a REVENUE $934,000 real need for artistic product in the venues over there, and we’re hoping that will be a lucrative market going forward,” Titcomb said. EMPLOYEES 2, plus about 80 freelance musicians, all members of Though it’s still early, PONY is showing strong progress in hitting one of its Local 802, the American Federation of Musicians main metrics. “Our demographic is probably 15 to 20 years younger than what you WEBSITE nyphilharmonia.com

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Tribeca Film Festival undergoes a costume change As attendance drops 40%, organizers shift away from cinema BY CRAIG HUBERT

hen the Tri­ the 9/11 attacks, the festival This year it is showcasing beca Film Fes­ was intended as a vehicle to 26% more virtual reality pro­ tival opens on help revive lower Manhattan’s gramming. The second annual April 19, there economy. By 2015 it grew to Tribeca TV will feature 15 willW be significantly fewer films 467,000 attendees and 101 shows including the world FILM IN THE ROUND: The festival and more virtual reality proj­ films. But last year attendance debut of Hulu’s A Handmaid’s is increasing ects, TV programs and video plummeted to 280,000 due to Tale. And the festival will immersive games—a year after the event a reduction in the number and debut Tribeca Games, offer­ storytelling. experienced a dramatic drop scale of public events, accord­ ing a series of discussions with in attendance. ing to a festival spokeswoman. video game designers. “Early on, the goal was The shift away from film— “We have grown from a to curate the strongest films this year there will be just 80 film festival to a critical cul­ medium,” said Ken Perlin, a in 2015. The decline bumped available to us and create shown—is being driven by cre­ tural event,” Essex said. VR expert and professor of the city out of the top five experiences that brought peo­ ative impulses, Essex said, not The shift toward television computer science at the NYU major motion picture produc­ ple together around film,” said by declining interest or reve­ and new media does follow Future Reality Lab. tion centers, behind California, Andrew Essex, CEO of Tribeca nue, which was $5.5 million industry trends. According to In the city, meanwhile, Canada, Georgia, Louisiana, Enterprises. “The same goal in 2014, a $200,000 drop from a report this month by mar­ the TV industry is booming and the United Kingdom. stands, but as the business of the year earlier. The festival has ket research firm Greenlight while film activity is shrink­ Now that Tribeca has trans­ entertainment has changed, not disclosed 2016 revenue. Insights, global virtual reality ing. There were 52 episodic formed beyond film, Essex we have expanded past film to The move toward other revenue is projected to exceed TV series shot here last year, said, it is looking beyond the create homes for how stories mediums has been several $7 billion by year-end and a 15% increase from 2015. In traditional festival model alto­ are being told today.” years in the making. The festi­ keep trending upward. that time, only seven feature gether and seeking to plan Founded by Robert De val first began exhibiting non- “If Tribeca takes it seri­ film productions with budgets events year-round. “We are Niro, Craig Hatkoff and Jane film and emerging media in ously, that encourages young greater than $66 million were not limited to the 12 days in Rosenthal in response to 2013 with Tribeca Immersive. people to take a look at this filmed here, down from 13 the spring,” he said. ■

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P007_CN_20170417.indd 7 4/14/17 6:56 PM AGENDA WHO OWNS THE BLOCK REAL ESTATE

Putting the landlord in Lord & Taylor 424 FIFTH AVE. Retailer may look to residential expansion as hedge against declining sales along Fifth Avenue

BY TOM ACITELLI

711 FIFTH AVE. 650 FIFTH AVE. Coca-Cola Co. acquired this 18-story, 375,000- ord & Taylor had no sooner finished a square-foot commercial building for $57.5 million $12 million renovation of its 11-story A partnership of SL Green Real- ty, the city’s biggest commercial in 1983 from a partnership led by developer Larry flagship at 424 Fifth Ave. when word landlord, and investor Jeff Sut- Silverstein. The purchase came a year after Coke started to spread that the retailer was ton bought a 49-year leasehold bought Columbia Pictures, then the building’s in this building’s four-floor retail primary tenant. The Polo Ralph Lauren flagship Lmulling adding a residential tower atop the store. opened there in 2014 but recently announced it portion for an undisclosed sum in No plans have been filed with the city, and 2012. Groups tied to the Iranian was closing amid slumping sales. Lord & Taylor’s corporate parent, ­Toronto-based government have controlled the Hudson’s Bay Co., declined to comment on what 36-floor, 416,075-square-foot building since at least the late a spokesperson termed “rumors.” But the develop- 1970s. In July a federal appeals ment of an office and apartment court in New York halted the U.S. government’s plans to seize tower along the city’s most ex- 640 FIFTH AVE. the building as part of sanctions pensive shopping corridor could Vornado Realty Trust owns this against Iran. be the latest sign of the times as 19-story, 353,057-square-foot landlords look to offset a con- commercial building. It used to house H&M’s flagship, but that tinuing uptick in retail vacancies. closed in 2014 after barely two The availability rate for retail years. A Forever 21 replaced 685 FIFTH AVE. space on Fifth Avenue between it—only to close within seven 49th and 60th streets hit 17.4% months. Victoria’s Secret now Mall operator General Growth has the building’s biggest retail Properties and Thor bought this during the first quarter, a 4.4% in- lease (63,780 square feet). 20-floor, 137,967-square-foot crease from the same period last commercial building from Gucci year, according to figures from America for $460 million in 2014. Diesel vacated 20,000 brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield. Recent square feet in late 2015, which high-profile departures include American Girl luxury bag maker Coach made Place leaving 609 Fifth its flagship the following year. for Rockefeller Center, 590 FIFTH AVE. Juicy Couture’s exit from Joseph Sitt’s Thor Equities bought this 650, Forever 21’s closure 18-story, 114,994-square-foot commer- at 640 and the exit of cial building for $90 million in 2007. Thor abandoned plans to convert the 597 FIFTH AVE. Sephora from 597. This is 2-story AT&T store and a two-level sou- in addition to the 50,000 venir shop into retail space for a single Thor acquired this 12-story, 62,383- square feet of long-empty tenant and instead put the building up square-foot commercial building for for sale for $170 million last year. There $99 million in 2011. Beauty retailer space at 530. is also 9,700 square feet of retail space Sephora moved out in late March, The vacancies have available on three levels. and the building currently has 18,600 put pressure on ma- square feet of retail availability on three levels. A deal to bring in choco- jor landlords, including latier Godiva fell through. ­Joseph Sitt of Thor Equities, who is seeking buyers for large swaths of his Manhattan portfolio. Retail rents in the first quarter were double what they were 10 years ago and, at an average of $3,123 per square foot along the corridor, are 530 FIFTH AVE. the most expensive in Manhattan, according to Thor, RXR Realty and GGP bought this Cushman & Wakefield. Those rents are expected 26-­story, 543,387-square-foot building for to come down if vacancies rise further. ■ $595 million in 2014. Thor was the lead in- vestor. The property has a 50,000-square-foot retail vacancy, which is currently holding up a 424 FIFTH AVE. ­multimillion-dollar renovation plan. Hudson’s Bay Co., the privately held re- tail giant based in Toronto, acquired this 12-floor, 669,317-square-foot building for just under $303.6 million in 2006. That same year the company acquired Lord & Taylor. Lord & Taylor is reported- ly considering constructing a skyscraper atop the building, though no plans have been filed with the city. GOOGLE MAPS, BUCK ENNIS

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P008_CN_20170417.indd 8 4/14/2017 11:51:43 AM AGENDA REAL ESTATE

Midtown East’s growing appetite for food Park Avenue poised to become restaurant destination BY DANIEL GEIGER

he long-planned rezoning of Midtown East aims to remake NEXT ON THE MENU the district with modern of- fice towers, better transit in- 280 PARK AVE. Tfrastructure and streetscape upgrades ● The ultimate power-dining spot, such as wider sidewalks and pedestrian the Four Seasons will reboot here plazas. But a recent influx of upscale and after 50 years at the nearby casual restaurants is introducing a more Seagram Building. basic amenity the neighborhood has 375 PARK AVE. long lacked: a vibrant food scene. ● Two restaurants operated by COURTING TENANTS: Urbanspace Vanderbilt has drawn a spate of top eateries. At least three high-end restaurants Major Food Group are set to open in are set to open along Park Avenue, and the old Four Seasons space. several other notable eateries are on 425 PARK AVE. amenity. Until now there’s been a scar- ington Ave., 599 Lexington Ave. and the way—arrivals that could change ● Daniel Humm and Will Guidara, city of high-quality food alternatives 399 Park Ave., and Powers said the the vibe and desirability of a neighbor- the team behind the newly crowned in Midtown East.” food hall will be a perk for tenants in hood that has become less appealing “world’s best restaurant,” Eleven Rechler said the food hall has been all the properties, which together total to office tenants than Midtown South, Madison Park, are planning a profitable for RXR because the lease more than 4.4 million square feet. Hudson Yards and Lower Manhattan. 14,000-square-foot eatery in the was structured to let the developer Landlords have been under in- RXR Realty, for instance, is plan- under-construction tower slated to share in the market’s earnings. Most creasing pressure to make Midtown ning to open a roughly 5,000-square- open in 2019. restaurant deals, however, are not East hip as big tenants in the neighbor- foot Asian-themed eatery at 237 Park ONE VANDERBILT cash cows, yet landlords in Midtown hood, like Black Rock, Major League Ave., along an outdoor pedestrian ● SL Green wants a marquee chef have been increasingly eager to bring Baseball and Citigroup, have made corridor between East 45th and East for a restaurant at the base of its in food tenants because they enhance plans to move elsewhere, and growing 46th streets that the company recent- on-the-rise tower “to provide an the image of their buildings and, over industries such as tech have largely ly spent millions of dollars renovat- unmatched culinary component,” time, potentially boost the office rents millennial workforces that want better ing. The firm is also working to bring Andrew Mathias, the firm’s upstairs. food options. a restaurant tenant into retail space president, told Crain’s. “Restaurateurs want to open where in the neighboring office building it Turning the tables their customers are spending time, so owns, at 230 Park Ave., that is soon to John Powers, an executive vice for the same reason I don’t want to go be vacated by Duane Reade. Toby’s Estate, Roberta’s and Liquiteria. president at Boston Properties who hang out in Midtown, they don’t want Last year RXR opened a well- “It’s become clear that the right type manages the company’s New York to open in Midtown,” said Shane Da- received food court at 230 Park Ave., on of experiential food place energizes a assets, said it is close to announc- vis, a food and beverage adviser to the corner of East 45th Street and Van- building and a neighborhood,” said ing the opening of an approximately landlords. “But now some brands are derbilt Avenue. Dubbed Urban­space Scott Rechler, RXR’s chairman and 15,000-square-foot food hall in the realizing they can come to Midtown Vanderbilt, the eatery attracted several CEO. “For the 21st-century work- base of 159 E. 53rd St. The firm owns and be the coolest kid on the block, brand-name food purveyors including er, having food experiences is a key adjacent office buildings at 601 Lex- and they’re taking advantage of that.” ■

Second Avenue subway boost proves elusive Asking rents near new stations have dropped BY JOE ANUTA

he opening of the Second Av- jump by $330. Why the rise wasn’t reflect- enue subway was expected to ed in asking rents this year could be due boost rents in formerly transit- to several factors. starved areas of the Upper East Asking rents represent landlords’ de- TSide, but the asking price for most apart- sires and not what an apartment will ments around the new stations has fallen actually go for. In this case, many own- so far this year, a Crain’s analysis found. ers overestimated what they could get. Between last year and the first few In addition, the initial bump may have months of 2017, asking rents dropped already happened. The same StreetEasy for more than half of 71 apartments report showed that rents in Yorkville located around the three new stops, were rising in 2016, at the same time according to recent listings data from that the Upper East Side was generally StreetEasy, some by as much as $1,000. “I getting cheaper. Lastly, landlords may think the subway opening got swallowed simply need to wait out the seasonal dol- up in the pushback from tenants against drums, which tend to linger for longer inflated prices” throughout Manhattan, in Yorkville, historically known as a said Kobi Lahav, managing director at neighbor­hood-of-last-resort. brokerage Mdrn. Residential. “If you had an apartment on the mar- In November StreetEasy predicted ket in December, and it didn’t get rented monthly rents around the new subway before the holidays, you’ve got an emp- stations at East 96th and East 72nd streets ty unit heading into a notoriously slow would eventually increase by $460. Rent time,” said Grant Long, senior economist near the East 86th Street station, which is for StreetEasy. “You’re likely going to

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P009_CN_20170417.indd 9 4/14/2017 4:06:04 PM AGENDA VIEWPOINTS

END OF A CONSTRUCTION BOOM? Tax break for builders Residential building permits Permits by borough for 1,653 might be irrelevant 60K Jan. and Feb. 2017

Rental market weakening, and young couples fleeing to the ’burbs 50K 1,214 1,082 FINALLY, A DEAL has have to pay $60-per-hour minimum 40K been reached to average construction wages in most of restore the controver- Manhattan and $45 in waterfront areas 30K 792 sial 421-a tax break of Brooklyn and Queens. But they get (excuse me, it is now the break on property taxes for a whop- known as the Afford- ping 35 years when they do. 20K able New York Hous- The problem is that the rental mar- 15,697 ing Program), and the ket is weakening. Bloomberg News has 10K GREG DAVID expectation is that it chronicled the slide in expensive lux- 149 will ignite a boom in ury rentals. Less expensive units are residential construction. Well, maybe. languishing, too, and rents are drop- 0 At first glance the numbers support ping. Nicholas VanderBorgh, president 2012 2016 Bronx the idea that developers have been in of the firm that bears his name, said Brooklyn Queens Manhattan a holding pattern since the tax break he has never until now had multiple Staten Island expired in late 2015. As the graph two-bedroom units languish on the SOURCE: The Real Deal, Jan. 12 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau shows, building permits accelerated market in the decade he has been in during the recovery from the finan- business, according to a story by Alix development of an apartment building good schools. One is staying for now cial crisis and then soared in 2015 as Langone on the economics blog Issue takes several years, a big jump in supply because universal prekindergarten is builders rushed to get approvals before Number One. is coming in New York and around the cheaper than preschool in Westchester, the tax break lapsed. Last year permits The common theme seems to be that country—further pressuring rents. but she’s still checking the Westchester fell by 70%, and so far this year we are builders have misjudged the incomes of Beyond the immediate crunch, houses for sale and saving her money. on pace to issue about 20,000. The city the millennials who have flooded to big demographers are beginning to ques- In the next few months, developers needs more housing than that. cities for jobs in the so-called creative tion how long millennial commitment will be betting on how lucrative the Real estate interests also got vir- economy. These young people simply to city living will last. revised tax break is, and how many tually all they wanted, both from can’t afford the rents, and the impact A survey released this year showed millennials they can rent to and at what the long-forgotten original de Bla- is spreading from New York to other that young people still want to move price. The permit numbers will tell us sio 421-a proposal and from the final thriving cities. San Francisco rents have to the suburbs. I know two such peo- what they decide. ■ Cuomo-inspired deal. It is true they dropped 5% in the past nine months. ple (yes, they are journalists) who each have bigger commitments for afford- Vacancy rates are rising even in Den- plan eventually to leave Brooklyn for a GREG DAVID blogs regularly at able housing set-asides and they will ver and other booming cities. Because single-family house in a suburb with CrainsNewYork.com.

FROM OUR READERS Peg salaries to industry standards

BANNING THE SALARY- one in the past and was When Christine and was, sitting on the floor, history question is successful in obtain- I had our first child, our pumping behind stacked decades overdue (“City ing employment in my family forced us to head chairs to block her from Council passes one more desired position at the into the city for the night the whole world. Too employer mandate,” appropriate salary level to have adult time. We bad there wasn’t an out- NATIONAL UPROAR: Mexican tourists are taking their April 10). Companies by relaying the industry decided to grab dinner let in the ladies’ room. pesos elsewhere. should know what they norm to the employer. and a show. However, she I look back and laugh. are looking for in terms I used it as a negotiating was still breastfeeding, Until you have kids, you of the best candidate, as tool but had the experi- and we had what I could never really understand. York City, Philadelphia, will not work. It is the well as the salary associ- ence and references to only describe as the ANTHONY M. FIGLIOLA Washington and Boston. country, represented by ated with the position. bolster my case. beast: a commercial-size Vice President They were going to stay Mr. Trump, that sends A standard range of A sense of fair play lactation device (very Empire Government Strategies in upscale hotels, rent the “you are inferior” pay for a position is fair sets a positive tone and heavy, I might add). private buses, eat in good message to Mexico. So to both employer and saves companies money We’re sitting in this BORDER CROSSING restaurants, pay for tours Mr. Trump damages employee. It allows some on having to train new posh restaurant, and she I WAS SO HAPPY to see your of the United Nations not only the country’s wiggle room for the hires when people leave. really needed to pump, article “To offset the and major cultural attrac- reputation as a sanctuary employer to adjust to a I remained with my only there was no place Trump effect, city woos tions, etc. But after the for refugees but dam- candidate’s level of expe- employer for eight years for her to plug in this Mexican tourists” (April presidential election, the ages my small company, rience and gives trans- and am still an advocate monstrosity. We had all 10). I am launching a peso plummeted from 18 damages these students’ parency to the applicant for the firm. these people running new business, Crossing to the dollar to 23. Par- dreams and damages the applying for the job. KLEA THEOHARIS around trying to find Bridges LLC. Our second ents were nervous about hotels, bus companies, Websites such as salary an outlet, but none project was to bring making this investment. cultural organizations .com are an easy way LACTATION ROOMS even understood the two groups of upper- They also didn’t want and restaurants that to make comparisons. THANKS FOR WRITING “Make importance of her doing class Mexican students to send their pesos to a would have received Industry organizations room for working this ASAP. Eventually, from Pachuca, Hidalgo, country that professes their money. also have data banks moms” (From the news- they found an outlet in and their chaperones, hatred toward them. JAN HANVIK with salary norms for room, April 10). It made the hallway next to the for behind-the-scenes A public relations Principal various positions. I used me laugh. coat check. There she cultural visits in New campaign by the city Crossing Bridges

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P011_P012_CN_20170417.indd 12 4/14/2017 2:08:14 PM RETAIL | TECH SOLUTIONS

TOM MURN and his smart machines

HE’S A BY MATTHEW FLAMM pple has Siri. Amazon has Alexa. This summer Tom Murn will have Vicki, a vending machine endowed with artificial intelligence that will be popping up in college cafeterias, drugstores, hospital waiting rooms and offices around town, and could change the way New York- VENDING ers shop. Shaped like an iPhone but as big as a refrigerator, the device Awill neither take coins or cash nor drop a bag of potato chips into a slot. Users will instead open its glass door by way of an iris scan, a fingerprint impression or a phone or a credit card swipe and take a product off a shelf. The price will immediately appear on a screen above the door—and disappear if the product is put back down. BUCK ENNIS MACHINE CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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P013_P014_CN_20170417.indd 13 4/14/2017 3:57:02 PM RETAIL | TECH SOLUTIONS

An ad for the item also might appear on the screen. $752 million last year, up 93% If shoppers have questions, Vicki will provide HOT since 2013, according to CB answers—as they try on sunglasses, wonder if a Insights. cookie is gluten-free or consider buying a high-tech “I see 10 to 12 ideas a toy they don’t know how to work. Vicki will even week,” said Bisignano, who make hard-to-refuse offers, like suggesting a bot- has emphasized retail tech tle of water—at half price—to go with a sandwich. in his tenure as chief exec- 5KTHE NUMBER of Shutting the door completes the sale, with the cus- utive. “These guys have tomer being charged for the item(s). orders that The brought something to vending “This is so much more than a vending machine,” Answer Group has ma­chines that is very creative.” said Murn, 51. “You can pick up [a product] and put it received for Vicki back. [The machine] can pull information from Face- A prototype for the future book and say, ‘Happy birthday.’ It can do rewards. Murn sees a wealth of uses You can’t do any of that with a vending machine.” for the machines: sports sta- Vicki is arriving at a pivotal time for retailers. diums stocking them with Brick-and-mortar sales are struggling as online $7KTOP PRICE for souvenirs, direct-to-consumer businesses thrive. Macy’s, Sears, Target, Walmart Vicki, which merchandisers filling them on and other chains are closing stores and reconsid- replaces the Lisa a consignment basis, conve- ering their strategies. That is creating opportunity prototype, at left nience store owners relying for technology that can reduce labor and real estate on them for the night shift costs and increase revenue. Amazon, for example, is and craftspeople using them working on a convenience store, Amazon Go, that in place of Etsy pages. will use technology similar to Murn’s to create a Artificial intelligence and hands-free payment are “checkout-free” experience. not the only features that set Vicki apart. Its product- “Retailers are figuring out they have to reinvent tracking system, which relies on radio-frequency their models,” said Neil Stern, an analyst with retail ID sensors, beacons and ultrasound, discourages consulting firm McMillan Doolittle. He believes inventory theft. Each item is automatically counted brick-and-mortar’s future will include more “expe- as an attendant stocks the shelves, and it’s difficult riential” stores, such as the 5-story­ Nike SoHo for a shopper to walk away without paying, because location, as well as more cheap-to-run automated Vicki has the shopper’s credit card information. outlets. “If you can increase access, that’s good,” he Murn envisions Walgreens and other chains using said. “You can increase it by location and by hours. the machine for theft-prone items, like batteries. And the more access you can give, the more con- He has been talking to Century 21 about install- sumers are going to spend.” ing a similar configuration of sensors and beacons to create a security system that would track clothes Already popular as they’re moved from their racks. “We want to be a Early demand shows that Vicki’s makers may be business solution, not just [offer] a machine,” he said. on to something. Murn, the CEO of parent company, Analysts warn, however, that cool new tech is The Answer Group, said he already has 5,000 orders not guaranteed to win over consumers. “At first it’s for his new machine and is gearing up to produce exciting. But what happens, particularly for Ameri- 1,000 per week starting in August. cans, is people normalize things,” said The first orders will go to corporate Dave Marcotte, a senior vice president offices and employee lounges at Citi- “RETAILERS ARE FIGURING OUT at Kantar Retail. “Will these increase group, MediaMath, Morgan Stanley, THEY HAVE TO REINVENT THEIR sales? Maybe.” Northwell Health and Victoria’s Secret, Vicki, which sells for $5,500 to among others. Once companies get MODELS. THE MORE ACCESS YOU $7,000, must deliver sales that will used to his technology, he said, they justify its price tag. “The moment you will use it to create mini stores selling GIVE, THE MORE CONSUMERS go high-tech, you cannot dismiss the products to the public. Food-service ARE GOING TO SPEND” need for it to pay for itself,” said Bren- giant Aramark is planning to use Vicki dan Witcher, a retail analyst with For- to sell food, gifts and novelty items in rester Research. “The digital store has cafeterias, hospital waiting areas, col- transformed very slowly. I keep hear- lege dorms and student centers. Trump. In 1991 Murn was working at his father’s ing, ‘I need proof of ROI.’” A prototype, Lisa, is already in use in the lobby of Astoria-based Pepsi distributorship, which also filled Murn has evidence that his devices outperform Citigroup’s headquarters on Greenwich Street. Lisa vending machines, when a friend suggested he install other vending machines. Before committing to the can’t answer questions or take iris scans, but poking snack machines at the high-rise building, which is prototype, Citigroup placed Lisa in a spot in the through its packaged salads and sandwiches feels on Ocean Parkway. When a building attendant tried lobby that had been held by a competitor, Crane more like browsing in a tiny food shop than buying to stop them, they directed him to the landlord. It Merchant Media. During a two-month pilot period, from a vending machine. helped that his friend’s father knew Trump. Lisa increased sales over its rival by 140%, he said. Lisa is also versatile. On Valentine’s Day, Murn Good fortune also landed Murn in a seat next Recently, a financial firm that prepared materials stocked it with flowers—difficult to do in a tradi- to Frank Bisignano, then co–chief operating offi- for Murn’s investor meetings projected revenue of tional vending machine, he pointed out—along with cer at JPMorgan, at a corporate dinner about five more than $500 million by the third year after Vic- Godiva chocolates. They sold out. Citigroup has years ago. The two began an acquaintance that ki’s rollout, with profits of more than $150 million ordered 50 of the new Vicki model, he said. came in handy after Bisignano took the reins at and a company valuation of $4 billion. Lisa also has been selling juices, Red Bull and bot- ­payment-processing giant First Data and Murn If Vicki meets those high expectations, it will be tled Stumptown cold-brew coffee in the employee needed help with mobile payments for the vending because of its variety of revenue streams. ViaTouch lounge of the Apple store on Fifth Avenue. Toy machine he was developing. can sell data to marketers that show who picked up drones, Apple TV attachments and convenience Today The Answer Group does about $50 million their product and then bought a competitor’s. Mer- items are available from the Lisas at Marriott hotels in sales from vending machines and office-building chandisers could pay for video promotions and for in New Orleans and Tempe, Ariz. “You truly get to coffee stands. In 2010 Murn spun out ViaTouch Vicki’s artificial intelligence–enabled answers to shop with this machine,” said Marvin Segel, chief Media for development and has since spent about $2 questions about products. And the machines can be operating officer of Times Square–based StarShop, million of the company’s money to fund his inno- the pickup point for promotional gifts that companies which produces ads for some of the products Vicki vations. “I knew what my customers wanted,” he dole out in exchange for a user downloading an app. will carry. “That is the differentiator.” said. “They wanted faster service. They wanted more “I didn’t expect it to be in such high demand,” Murn has been aided by an almost uncanny knack information at the point of sale.” Murn said, allowing that he hasn’t seen any other for good timing and meeting the right people. He got The timing may be right for Murn to look for vending machines that can answer questions. “I his start 26 years ago with two snack machines in a outside investment to help him ramp up produc- came up with it and found out we could do it. Some-

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SERENITY NOW: Keledjian founded Inscape after selling his successful clothing company, Intermix.

an money buy happiness? It’s an age- ancient forms of meditation; and Burning Man, a old question that researchers recently free-spirited art and music festival in Nevada. Keled- have become eager to answer. A 2016 jian, a 2008 Crain’s 40 Under 40 honoree, sold Inter- PAYING study by Case Western Reserve Uni- mix to Gap for $130 million in 2012. He eventually versity found that making more mon- started his own meditation company, Inscape. Cey reduced negative emotions for people earning less than $80,000, but the benefits disappeared after A new spin on the yoga studio FOR the $200,000 threshold was reached. That may help Investors jumped at the chance to participate in explain why businessman Khajak Keledjian “felt an his new venture, according to Keledjian. “There was emptiness” when he hardly any sell- sold a minority stake ing,” he said. “We INNER in his retail compa- “THERE WAS CLEARLY just went through ny, Intermix, to a DEMAND, BUT NOBODY WAS some key people.” private-­equity firm One of Inscape’s in 2007, a transac- OFFERING A MODERN high-profile back- PEACE tion that’s typically ers is Gary Vayner- considered a victory. EXPERIENCE THAT WAS chuk of Vayner The richly appointed meditation “The world that I was NEUTRAL AND CONSISTENT” Capital, a pro- in—this very driven fessed believer in centers popping up around town New York world— both mindfulness are the latest to cash in on the didn’t have a pause button,” he said. “I needed some- and the sector’s growth potential. Research com- thing that gave me balance.” pany IBISWorld estimated that ­meditation-related boutique wellness trend A close friend, Quest Partners founder Nigol Kou- businesses raked in nearly $1 billion in 2015, which lajian, urged him to look beyond the visible and the doesn’t include revenue from the hundreds of mind- material. “At that time I actually didn’t know what he fulness apps currently available. BY PAOLA SINGER meant by that,” said Keledjian, raising his eyebrows And corporations have embraced the trend on in mock disbelief. And yet he was intrigued and rest- behalf of their employees; it’s been well-established less enough to embark on a personal quest that led that being plugged in 24/7 can wreak havoc on the him to kundalini yoga, which incorporates challeng- mind and body. Google reportedly­ began teaching

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CLEARING THE MIND: Rinzler and Burrows say meditation centers could be as common and mainstream as coffee shops one day.

meditation to its employees, with a 5,000-square-foot studio that offers and Lodro Rinzler, an experienced meditation teach- more straight-laced companies such audio-guided meditation sessions with er who now carries the title chief spiritual officer, as McKinsey & Co. and BlackRock breathing exercises, sound therapy, visu- MNDFL offers nonreligious, drop-in classes. The following suit. $200K alization and other relaxation techniques sessions are more traditional than Inscape’s, meaning “This country has gotten wealthier, UPPER THRESHOLD put together by mindfulness profession- they’re led by in-person instructors. In fact, the com- but if you look at people’s happiness, at which more money als. It’s an approach to creating a brand pany’s motto is “Real traditions. Real teachers. Real it’s down,” said Keledjian. “Everyone’s does not markedly that resembles Keledjian’s mix-and-match techniques.” intellect is filled to capacity.” reduce negative ethos at Intermix, known for its curat- “The environment is secular, but the teachers are Inscape opened last November in emotions ed collection of luxury clothing labels. trained in various religious traditions,” said Rinzler, the Flatiron District and is part of a There’s also an app, which for a $12.99 who was raised Buddhist. “No one made this stuff small but rapidly growing group of monthly subscription or $89.99 yearly up last week.” meditation venues that operate like serves up versions of the on-site classes. MNDFL’s single classes start at $18 for 30 min- boutique fitness studios and look Inscape’s spacious reception area, fur- utes, with monthly memberships set at $150. The worthy of a decor magazine. Un- $1B nished with clean-line sofas and oversize company also offers hourlong private sessions for like traditional mindfulness centers, ESTIMATED REVENUE bean-bag chairs in neutral colors, was $150 each. The daily schedule has an ongoing roster which often offer a limited schedule generated by designed to provide a sense of serenity. of thematic meditations with names such as Emo- for group practice and are associated meditation-related Two meditation rooms created by Dutch tions, Sleep and Breath, each one accommodating with one of various Buddhist schools businesses nationwide architect Winka Dubbeldam look like about 25 people. of thought (which some people might in 2015 otherworldly cocoons featuring LEDs Burrows and Rinzler, who started the company consider too sectarian), Inscape’s and round-edge cushions designed in with seed money from friends and family, say that model is purposely secular and adapt- collaboration with French furniture while they knew that meditation was becoming ed to a fast-paced lifestyle, with short classes offered maker Ligne Roset. The recorded meditation ses- mainstream—“I had a hunch that meditation spac- throughout the day. sions are narrated by a soothing female voice with es would someday open like coffee shops,” Rinzler Another difference is the explicitly for-profit an Australian accent, meant to help listeners visual- said—they were blown away by the response they business model: These are not the donation-based ize themselves in a faraway land. received. temples staffed by volunteers that were born out of Inscape launched with 27 weekly classes and now In addition to its brick-and-mortar studios, each the hippie generation. has about 60. A single session starts at $18, depending designed to evoke the feeling of Scandinavian cozi- “When people found out I was meditating, they on duration, and unlimited memberships are $168 ness, the company created a video series geared to- started reaching out to me, constantly asking ques- per month or $1,680 per year. ward on-the-go meditators and a corporate program tions,” Keledjian recalled. “There was clearly a de- that sends teachers to different offices throughout mand, but nobody was offering a modern experi- Entering the state of Zen the city, a service that has undergone “unexpected ence that was neutral and consistent.” In New York, Inscape’s main competition is growth,” they said. (Other entrepreneurs were thinking along the ­MNDFL, which opened its first studio, in Greenwich “At this time last year, our evening classes in the same lines; more on that later.) Village, in 2015 and recently unveiled two other lo- Village started selling out,” said Burrows. “We now Partnering with Lew Frankfort, executive chair- cations, in Williamsburg and on the Upper East Side. have about 1,000 people coming to that studio every

BUCK ENNIS man and former CEO of Coach, Keledjian opened Founded by Ellie Burrows, a former film executive, week, and the new locations are steadily building.” ■

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event and hospitality destinations. Citi Field features superb Contact: Corporate Entertaining Phone: (212) 485-9201 cuisine, five-star service and state-of-the-art event space Email: [email protected] Website: www.nyhistory.org/rental for your every occasion. With a wide variety of event-space Website: www.moma.org/entertaining options, Citi Field provides corporations, small businesses The New York Public Library and individuals an ideal destination to host various events Nautical Holidays Landmark in the heart of New York City. Event spaces range throughout the year on nongame days. A talented staff of Specializing in nautically inspired corporate events aboard from the Trustees Room, which accommodates 125 guests, event professionals will guide you through every detail. the region’s finest vessels, in New York, New Jersey and to Astor Hall, which accommodates up to 750 guests. The Contact Citi Field today to get started on planning your Connecticut. auditorium facility seats 177. event at the ballpark! Address: 7 Spezzano Drive Address: Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street Address: Citi Field, 120-01 Roosevelt Ave. Riverside, CT 06878 New York, NY 10018 Flushing, NY 11368 Phone: (203) 637-0270 Phone: (212) 930-0730 Phone: (718) 507-3663 Contact: Bob Zampino Contact: Events department Contact: Gina Pizzutello Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.metropolitanhospitality.com Website: www.nauticalholidays.com Website: www.nypl.org/spacerental

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Nick & Stef’s Steakhouse Website: www.prospectpark.org/parties/weddings- Rosa Mexicano Lincoln Center Adjacent to Madison Square Garden, Nick & Stef’s prospect-park/weddings-picnic-house Mexican cuisine with private and semi-private space Steakhouse builds on and departs from steakhouse available for up to 275 guests. standards. An ideal location for pre- and post-game parties, Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers Address: 61 Columbus Ave. dinner receptions all year round or other social events, With 20,000 square feet of space for corporate and social New York, NY 10023 this sleek, contemporary steakhouse features great steak, occasions, Pier Sixty features river views, award-winning Phone: (212) 977-7700 the freshest seafood and inventive signature sides. Nick & cuisine and complete catering services by Abigail Kirsch. Contact: Jacqueline Vasquez Stef’s sophisticated bar provides a welcoming reception for Address: West 23rd Street at the Hudson River Email: [email protected] celebrations of all kinds. Main dining room: 125-250; Side New York, NY 10011 Website: www.rosamexicano.com annex: 20-25 guests; Bar & lounge: 50-75 guests. Phone: (212) 336-6060 Address: Madison Square Garden, 9 Penn Plaza at Contact: Director of sales Rosa Mexicano Union Square West 33rd Street and 8th Avenue Website: www.piersixty.com Mexican cuisine with private and semi-private space New York, NY 10001 available for up to 400 guests. Phone: (212) 949-8248 Prince George Ballroom Address: 9 E. 18th St. Contact: Sharon Colabello History meets luxury at the Prince George Ballroom, New York, NY 10003 Email: [email protected] Manhattan’s premier event destination in the Flatiron Phone: (212) 533-3350 Website: www.patinagroup.com District. Conveniently located between Fifth and Madison Contact: Jennifer Forbes Avenues—and meticulously restored to its original Email: [email protected] Per Se Neo-Renaissance splendor—this landmark venue is the Website: www.rosamexicano.com Chef Thomas Keller’s four-star restaurant offers private- place for your corporate, fundraising and social functions. dining options for weddings, and other social and corporate With over 9,000 square feet, the Prince George Ballroom Rosa Mexicano First Avenue events. Exclusive buyouts of the restaurant are also can accommodate large events and features premium Mexican cuisine with semi-private space available for up to available. amenities including: a contemporary reception space, a 150 guests. Address: 10 Columbus Circle 4th Floor vaulted ceremony and green room, and a professionally Address: 1063 First Ave. at 58th Street New York, NY 10019 equipped kitchen. New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 823-9349 Phone: (212) 753-7407 Website: www.perseny.com The Prince George Ballroom is owned and operated by Contact: Jacqueline Vasquez Breaking Ground, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides Email: [email protected] Picnic House in Prospect Park affordable housing for the homeless and low-income Website: www.rosamexicano.com Overlooks the Long Meadow in Prospect Park. Spacious, residents living in New York City. One hundred percent of glass-enclosed pavilion accommodates 175 for meetings, net proceeds from ballroom events support this mission. Rosa Mexicano Tribeca dinner and dancing. Piano and fireplace. Approved catering Address: 15 E. 27th St. Mexican cuisine with private and semi-private space list. New York, NY 10016 available for up to 150 guests. Address: 95 Prospect Park West Phone: (212) 471-0870 Address: 41 Murray St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 Contact: Karen Jimenez New York, NY 10007 Phone: (646) 393-9031 ext. 2 Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 849-2885 Contact: Christina Kuhn Website: www.princegeorgeballroom.org Contact: Jennifer Forbes Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Website: www.rosamexicano.com Contact: Event director Named for the late-19th century hotel that originally Website: skyroomnyc.com occupied the site, St. Cloud is the pinnacle of The Rubin Museum of Art Knickerbocker experience, offering a progressive cocktail The Rubin Museum of Art, is an inspiring location for SoHoSoleil menu, craft-bottled beers and an upscale, seasonally entertaining. With its architecture, built-in sound and SoHo meeting lofts providing energizing off-site settings for focused small-plates menu. Sophisticated entertainment is specialty lighting, the Museum is a stunning space for all creative workshops, executive training sessions and video an understated yet eclectic mix of cirque-like, biergarten types of private events. Accommodating receptions of up shoots. and speak-easy fun, while curated music selections set the to 500, seated dinners for up to 220 guests and up to 137 Address: 138 Grand St. 5WF tone for extraordinary experiences high above the city. guests in our theater, the museum has an incomparable New York, NY 10013 Address: The Knickerbocker, 6 Times Square atmosphere. Galleries can be opened during events and Phone: (212) 431-8824 New York, NY 10036 guides can conduct tours of our world-class Himalayan art Contact: Operations manager Phone: (212) 204-5782 collection. Our exclusive caterer is Stephen Starr Events. Email: [email protected] Contact: Meaghan Herndon Address: 150 W. 17th St. Website: sohosoleil.com Website: www.theknickerbocker.com New York, NY 10011 Phone: (212) 620-5000 ext. 290 Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center Tao Contact: Nancy Brody, special event manager The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, a multipurpose, intimate The Sky Box is perched 35 feet in the air and overlooks the Email: [email protected] meeting and performance venue, is beautifully perched entire dining room. This private room accommodates 16 to Website: www.rubinmuseum.org/specialevents on the 10th floor of the Samuel B. & David Rose Building 26 guests for a multicourse, family-style meal. where two walls of floor-to-ceiling glass and a wraparound Address: 42 E. 58th St. Rue 57 terrace offers spectacular views of the Hudson River and New York, NY 10022 Rue 57 is a bi-level French brasserie that also offers a full Lincoln Center campus. The Penthouse is fully equipped to Phone: (212) 399-3097 sushi menu. The Salon private room is located on the lower meet conference and entertaining needs and is perfect for Contact: Event Sales level and can accommodate up to 80 guests for seated corporate and nonprofit events and private parties. Email: [email protected] brunch, lunch, dinner; or 100 guests for a standing cocktail Address: 165 W. 65th St. Website: www.taogroup.com party. New York, NY 10023 Address: 60 W. 57th St. Phone: (212) 875-5037 Tao Downtown New York, NY 10019 Contact: Venue sales team TAO Downtown offers two signature Sky Box dining options Phone: (212) 399-3097 Email: [email protected] located on the upper level and overlooking the main dining Contact: Event sales Website: yourevent.lincolncenter.org room. With seating for up to 22 guests, you can survey the Email: [email protected] restaurant from your own private perch. Website: www.rue57.com St. Cloud Address: 92 Ninth Ave. at 16th St. With its three plush corner Sky Pods overlooking Times New York, NY 10011 Sky Room Square, stylish indoor and outdoor seating options, the Phone: (212) 888-2724 New York City’s highest rooftop lounge, with 360-degree exclusive Waterford Crystal Lounge, the open-air Club Contact: Event sales views of Manhattan. Macanudo Lounge, an ultra-luxe private room, and lush Email: [email protected] Address: 330 W. 40th St. living walls of greenery, the St. Cloud rooftop bar and Website: www.taogroup.com New York, NY 10018 lounge is uniquely New York. Phone: (212) 380-1195

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With its long sharing tables and electric, fun atmosphere, Hill Country is a relaxed alternative to stuffy corporate event spaces and fussy formal dining rooms. Offering a variety of service styles from seated banquets, buffets with carving stations, and family style meals to cocktail receptions with stationary and passed hors d’oeuvres, Hill Country is a premier event venue for corporate parties, charity fundraisers, weddings, rehearsal dinners and more.

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Upper Story by Charlie Palmer Upstairs provides the perfect setting for corporate events, Ziegfeld Ballroom Welcome to Upper Story by Charlie Palmer, a premier cocktail receptions, weddings, meetings, private dining and Drawing inspiration from Rockefeller Center and the 1930’s private-event destination in Manhattan’s iconic D&D special occasions. The venue can accommodate up to 250 luxury cruise liner the SS Normandie, the Ziegfeld Ballroom building. With breathtaking city views from its 14th floor, guests. An event at Upstairs will be an experience like no will be featuring a color scheme of silver and greys to oversized windows and expansive balcony, Upper Story other. With a focus on refined service in a relaxed luxurious reflect its Art Deco heritage. With a column-free ballroom is a luxurious and contemporary setting for your next setting, Upstairs at The Kimberly Hotel offers its guests a seating almost 1,000 guests at rounds, additional seating celebration. With a modern yet classic design approach, one-of-a-kind rooftop experience and the desire to come may be added in the balcony that overlooks the ballroom Upper Story offsets a soft color palette with dark nuances back again and again. with sightlines to the stage. The large balcony is also that complement both the daytime and nighttime views Address: 145 E. 50th St. divisible into five break-out rooms. beyond Upper Story’s 1000-square-foot balcony, creating New York, NY 10022 Address: 141 W. 54th St. an elegant backdrop for uniquely themed private events, Phone: (212) 702-1685 New York, NY 10019 fundraisers, weddings and more. The easily accessible Contact: Jordana Maurer Phone: (212) 268-9400 midtown location, ideal for social and corporate functions Email: [email protected] Contact: James Munz, VP of sales of all occasions, houses space for groups of up to 300 for Website: www.upstairsnyc.com Email: [email protected] cocktail receptions, and 180 seated. Overseen by renowned Website: www.ziegfeldballroom.com chef Charlie Palmer, Upper Story turns out thoughtful Virgil’s Real Barbeque menus, flawless service and creative ideas for events of all Authentic barbecue. Private room on the second floor seats shapes and sizes. up to 200 guests. Contact us about our new full-service, Address: D&D Building, 979 Third Ave. 14th Floor off-premise catering. New York, NY 10022 Address: 152 W. 44th St. Phone: (212) 644-9394 New York, NY 10036 Contact: Jennifer Day Phone: (212) 921-9494 ext. 3 Email: [email protected] Contact: July Martinez, special events sales manager Website: www.upperstoryny.com Email: [email protected] website: www.virgilsbbq.com Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel The Kimberly Hotel’s highly regarded rooftop lounge, simply Yankee Stadium called Upstairs at The Kimberly, is a 3,000-square-foot Yankee Stadium is a year-round venue with unique spaces space which boasts 360-degree views, retractable glass to accommodate any occasion. We host social, corporate ceilings and walls, ambient-heated floors and a main room and public events such as international soccer, boxing, that promises to be as elegant and inviting in the winter hockey, concerts and college football, including the annual months as it is sunny and sophisticated in the summer New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Call today to book your next event CONFERENCE CENTERS season. Upstairs overwhelms the senses at every turn. The at our house. express elevator from the street level transports guests to Address: One E. 161st St. 92nd Street Y a breathtaking urban oasis 30 stories above Manhattan. Bronx, NY 10451 Give your special event the extraordinary and versatile venue Living green walls cascade down bronze panels framing the Phone: (646) 977-8400 it deserves at 92nd Street Y. Year after year, people in the surrounding cityscape from every possible angle. A perfect Email: [email protected] know come to 92nd Street Y to host corporate conferences, view of the iconic Chrysler Building is the star of the show. Website: yankeestadiumevents.com meetings, live-broadcast events, film screenings, award

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shows, private parties, graduations, photo shoots and more. storage rooms, vehicle access to the exhibition area and during trade shows, award galas, summits and large-scale 92Y offers spacious, elegant rooms with state-of-the-art on-site parking. conferences. lighting, audio and video technology. These include Kaufmann Address: 72 Noble St. Address: 117 W. 46th St. Concert Hall, known for its world-class acoustics, as well Brooklyn, NY 11222 New York, NY 10036 as Buttenwieser Hall, Weill Art Gallery and Warburg Lounge. Phone: (718) 775-3315 Phone: (888) 730-7307 92Y’s pool, gymnasiums and art studios, all run by a highly Contact: Chris Contact: Phoenix Porcelli trained staff, are also available for private parties. 92Y is your Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] open door to extraordinary events. Website: www.Brooklynexpocenter.com Website: http://convene.com/location/117-w-46th- Address: 1395 Lexington Ave. street New York, NY 10128 Brooklyn Law School Phone: (212) 413-8889 Brooklyn Law School is conveniently located in the heart Condé Nast Venues by Convene Contact: Andrew Dainoff of downtown Brooklyn and is in close proximity to many of Condé Nast Venues by Convene is a landmark meeting Email: [email protected] the major subway and bus lines. We offer a wide range of and event space on the 34th floor of 1 World Trade Center. Website: www.92Y.org/rentals cost-effective spaces that can accommodate various types of Offering four state-of-the-art spaces, the sleek and modern corporate events. As a full-service venue, we are equipped to corporate event venue can cater up to 250 guests and offers AMA New York Executive Conference Center coordinate of all your audiovisual and catering needs. Many multiple configurations for cocktail receptions, seated dining, Affordable meeting packages. Meeting rooms can of our event spaces and conference rooms offer stunning multimedia presentations and other corporate functions. accommodate over 200 attendees. Executive chairs. High- views of downtown Brooklyn, downtown Manhattan and New Boardrooms and multipurpose event spaces are highly speed internet access. Complimentary Wi-Fi in lounges. York Harbor. Contact us today—we would love to host your customizable and equipped with the latest technology, Complimentary continuous beverage service. Optional next event! complimentary Wi-Fi, on-site technical support and sweeping catering. No service charges and no guest room commitment Address: 250 Joralemon St. and 205 State St. 180-degree views of lower Manhattan. required. Free projector and PC use. Brooklyn, NY 11021 Address: 1 World Trade Center, 34th Floor Address: 1601 Broadway at 48th St. Phone: (718) 780-0332 New York, NY 10007 New York, NY 10019 Contact: Chris Gibbons, director of events Phone: (888) 730-7307 Phone: (212) 903-8277 Email: [email protected] Contact: Heather Rosenberg Contact: Valerie Mazzilli-Brown Website: spark.adobe.com/page/ueeOf Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.condenastvenues.com Website: www.amaconferencecenters.org/nyc Convene at 117 West 46th Street Convene at 117 West 46th Street offers professional meeting Convene at 730 Third Ave. Brooklyn Expo Center planners a new level of elegance and sophistication for Convene at 730 Third Avenue offers meeting and events Located in vibrant Greenpoint, the Brooklyn Expo Center is an corporate-social meetings and formal, evening event spaces space in Midtown East, and is Manhattan’s largest dedicated innovative space prime for conventions, trade shows, private with plated dinner options. This flagship property is purpose- corporate conference center. The space features private and public events, conferences, banquets and company built for large programs for up to 700. It has now become executive boardrooms; built-in, state-of-the-art technology; meetings. Boasting floor-to-glass ceiling windows and 600 the easiest place to host intimate, tech-enabled, full-service on-site culinary options and dedicated event production square feet of street level frontage, the adaptable 28,000 hospitality events in the Times Square and Rockefeller managers. This easily accessible location is only a few blocks square feet of exhibition space can be divided, left open, Center areas. In addition to the increased capacity, 117 West from Grand Central Terminal and includes 40,000 square or expanded to include the additional 25,000 square feet 46th Street is unique because of its “white box” design feet of space, 12 meeting spaces, three floors and a guest of outdoor space. BKX also includes ground-level loading, adaptability—perfectly suited for your brand to truly shine capacity of up to 400 people.

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Capacity: 150-800 depending on type of event Convene at 32 Oldslip Cipriani and space desired Convene at 32 Old Slip offers meeting and events space Cipriani has three landmark venues in New York City, each Address: 25 Broadway in lower Manhattan, and is the Financial District’s most with its own unique features and all easily accessible via car New York, NY 10004 technologically advanced conference center. The site offers or public transit. We guarantee your privacy as our ballrooms a unique auditorium for up to 220 attendees with built-in, only host one event at a time. Specifically tailored to your Phone: (646) 723-0826 state-of-the-art technology, collaborative workspace features, requirements, we feature ample space for your company Contact for all Cipriani locations: [email protected] on-site culinary services and dedicated production managers. and catering needs, with high ceilings, clear sight lines as Website: www.cipriani.com With 39,000 square feet of total space, 12 meeting rooms well as a full service production and design company. These and a 220-person capacity, the contemporary aesthetic and breathtaking venues, complemented by the four generation Downtown Conference Center human-centered design-friendly space makes it equally Cipriani tradition of cuisine and service are the ideal settings Situated in New York’s financial district, we feature 26 suitable for training programs, exhibits, and conferences. for corporate meetings, conferences and elegant social and purpose-designed meeting rooms for groups ranging in size Large-event formats include features such as stadium-style nonprofit events. from 5 to 110 meeting participants. Highlights include an seating, built-in power outlets at every seat and private 80-seat tiered amphitheater, penthouse boardroom, on-site workspaces for meeting planners. Cipriani 42nd Street is conveniently located in midtown food and beverage services, information technology and Address: 32 Old Slip Manhattan, across from Grand Central Station. Built in 1921 conference-planning assistance. New York, NY 10005 in the spirit of the Italian Renaissance and formerly known Address: 157 William St. Phone: (888) 730-7307 as Bowery Savings Bank, this architectural masterpiece New York, NY 10038 Contact: Jenna DeMasi has soaring marble columns, a sixty five foot high ceiling, Phone: (212) 618-6998 or (877) 322-6338 Email: [email protected] magnificent inlaid polychrome marble floors and glorious Contact: Richard Cimilluca, director of sales Website: http://convene.com/location/financial-district- chandeliers. Capacity: 150-1500 depending on type of event Email: [email protected] downtown-nyc/ and space desired Website: www.downtownmeetings.com Address: 110 E. 42nd St. Convene at 810 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10017 Edith Macy Conference Center Convene at 810 Seventh Ave. offers meeting and events 52 guestrooms, seven meeting rooms and three private- space in Midtown West, with panoramic views of Times Cipriani Wall Street is located on one of the most famous meeting buildings. Full range of audiovisual equipment, Square, Central Park and the Hudson River. The location streets in the world. A triumph of Greek Revival architecture, including wireless internet access and video-conferencing combines progressive-contemporary design with it was built in 1841 and served as the home of the New York capabilities. breathtaking views to create a vibrant environment for Merchants’ Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Address: 550 Chappaqua Rd. collaboration and productivity. The space includes built-in, United States Customs House and the headquarters for the Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 state-of-the-art technology, collaborative workspace features, National City Bank. Surrounded by grand marble columns Phone: (914) 945-8097 on-site culinary services and dedicated production managers. it features a seventy foot high ceiling with a spectacular Contact: Sales team This easily accessible location is just a few blocks from Wedgewood dome. Capacity: 150-2000 depending on type of Email: [email protected] Times Square and includes 23,000 square feet of total space, event and space desired Website: www.edithmacy.com 12 meeting rooms, two floors, and space capacity for up to Address: 55 Wall St. 200 people. Each room is uniquely set up for maximum event New York, NY 10005 The Fabbri Mansion/House of the Redeemer privacy. 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Laura Parsons Pratt Conference Center Three conference rooms accommodate 26 to 74 people. Suitable for small meetings or all-day conferences and presentations. Address: 281 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 801-1300 Contact: Yvette Henry, conference center coordinator Email: [email protected] Website: www.fpwa.org/conference-space

The Learning Center at Con Edison 20,000 square feet of meeting space. Auditorium holds up to 240. Breakout areas, classrooms and hands-on labs. Adjustable lighting and comprehensive audiovisual capabilities. Address: 43-82 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11101 Phone: (718) 425-6217 Contact: Henry Kolenovsky Email: [email protected] Website: www.coned.com/tlc NYIT AUDITORIUM ON BROADWAY Metropolitan Hospitality at Citi Field Metropolitan Hospitality at Citi Field is a full-service event The NYIT Auditorium on Broadway is a state-of-the-art event space just steps from Lincoln Center company that operates one of New York’s world-class and Columbus Circle. Convenient to all public transportation, it can accommodate a wide range of event and hospitality destinations. Citi Field features superb events, from exclusive screenings to executive presentations, panel discussions to private parties. cuisine, five-star service and state-of-the-art event space for your every occasion. With a wide variety of event-space For more information, and to find out about our New Client Discount, options, Citi Field provides corporations, small businesses visit nyit.edu/aob or call 1.888.730.4814 and individuals an ideal destination to host various events throughout the year on nongame days. A talented staff of event professionals will guide you through every detail. 1871 Broadway, New York, NY - nyit.edu/aob - 1.888.730.4814 - [email protected] Contact Citi Field today to get started on planning your event at the ballpark! Address: Citi Field, 120-01 Roosevelt Ave. Flushing, NY 11368 Phone: (718) 507-3663 Contact: Gina Pizzutello Website: www.metropolitanhospitality.com

Nasdaq MarketSite The Nasdaq MarketSite is an exclusive event space, set in an ideal location for corporate events and private parties. Its unique open-floor layout is comprised of two adjoining areas — a spacious press conference room and a reception space. In addition, our brand-new broadcast studio, home by day to live broadcasts and by night to evening events, offers sweeping views overlooking the heart of Times Square. Rounding out MarketSite’s event floor is a private Board Room, for meetings and events on a smaller scale. With state-of-the-art technology, dedicated on-site event professionals, and fine catering available to you for all events, Nasdaq is the optimal choice for your next analyst day, cocktail reception, investor luncheon, board meeting and more. Address: 4 Times Square Address: 71 W. 23rd St. Suite 515 OFFSITE New York, NY 10036 New York, NY 10010 OFFSITE is a turnkey, full-service corporate meeting and Phone: (888) 534-0565 Phone: (646) 336-4455 private event space in the heart of midtown Manhattan Contact: MarketSite events team Contact: Steven Shapiro or Tod L. Shapiro that has raised the bar for how companies experience key Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] gatherings. Quality and convenience are the top priorities Website: http://business.nasdaq.com/discover/Nasdaq- Website: www.nycseminarcenter.com at OFFSITE, where guests are greeted with state-of-the- at-Times-Square/event-space/index.html art technology, luxurious comfort, eye-catching ambiance, NYIT Auditorium on Broadway snacks, beverages, office supplies and a full staff to support New World Stages The NYIT Auditorium on Broadway is a state-of-the- it all at no extra charge. From setup to coat check to tech Nestled in between bustling Times Square and trendy art event space just steps from Columbus Circle. to catering, a dedicated event coordinator will take care of Hell’s Kitchen, New World Stages is the perfect location for Conveniently located nearby all public transportation, it as many or few particulars as you like, ensuring that your your next event. A modern and adaptable theatre complex can accommodate a wide range of events, from exclusive event is smooth and successful. Each client enjoys exclusive spanning an entire city block with a sharp, contemporary screenings to executive presentations, panel discussions to access to the three-level, 4,200-square-foot venue that is design. Features five theatres, three full-service bars, a private parties. Its versatile, bi-level layout boasts a glass- ideal for corporate meetings, training sessions, focus groups, 5,000-square-foot reception and exhibitor space, digital façade atrium and lower-level concourse, both of which are conferences, product launches or private party events. signage, state-of-the-art AV systems, and a 100MB Wi-Fi ideal for registration and pre- and post-event receptions. Address: 52 W. 39th St. network. With a knowledgeable sales team, experienced New York, NY 10018 AV technicians, and a hospitable front-of-house staff, our The 262-seat auditorium features a platform stage and Phone: (212) 366-1828 foremost goal is to provide the highest customer satisfaction. is fully equipped with high-definition digital cinema (DCP) Contact: Shaun Kessler or Patrick Everett Address: 340 W. 50th St. and 3D projection; 26-foot-wide 2D/3D screens; Dolby 7.1 Email: [email protected] New York, NY 10019 Surround Sound; the latest high- and standard-definition [email protected] Phone: (646) 439-2070 videoconferencing capabilities, wireless broadband internet, Website: goOFFSITE.com Contact: Erin DePalma, director of sales and Mac/PC compatibilities. Email: [email protected] Address: 1871 Broadway OFFSITE Loft Website: www.NWSevents.com New York, NY 10023 Meetings are brighter and more creative at OFFSITE Loft, the Phone: (646) 273-6100 newest addition to the OFFSITE family of innovative corporate NYC Seminar and Conference Center Contact: Jennifer Cucura event venues. Exclusive access to the airy, light-filled venue Venue for technical or nontechnical seminars or conferences. Email: [email protected] comes at a flat rate and boasts expert design and decor, Days, evenings and weekends. 16 rooms, with catering Website: nyit.edu/aob comfortable and versatile setup options, state-of-the-art services available. technology, snacks, beverages, office supplies, a dedicated

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event coordinator and hospitality staff. OFFSITE Loft is steps call to discuss. Raised dais with eight seats & mics. Tarrytown, NY 10591 away from the Empire State Building, Penn Station, subways, Presentation can be controlled from lectern or remotely from Phone: (914) 591-3104 top-rated hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions. Designed control booth. Food and beverage services and meeting Contact: Jennifer Cancro to impress, inspire and accommodate, the two-room, supplies available. Email: [email protected] 3,000-square-foot loft space comfortably hosts up to 40 Address: 1177 Sixth Ave. Website: www.tarrytownhouseestate.com guests for collaborative meetings, client events and creative New York, NY 10036 teamwork. Phone: (212) 824-5700 Address: 52 W. 39th St. Contact: Jesse Oelbaum, director; facilities & office New York, NY 10018 services Phone: (212) 366-1828 Email: [email protected] Contact: Shaun Kessler or Patrick Everett Website: www.pli.edu Email: [email protected] [email protected] SIR Stage37 Website: goOFFSITE.com SIR Stage37 is a flexible event and performance space from music industry leaders SIR Entertainment Services. SIR The Pershing Square Signature Center Stage37 is located just one block from the Javits Center. Designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, the With over 13,600 square feet of space, SIR Stage37 offers center is comprised of three unique theatre spaces ranging comfortable, contemporary features that will frame your in size from 191 to 294 seats, two rehearsal studios, a event flawlessly. dynamic 7,500-square-foot lobby with a café and bar, Address: 508 W. 37th St. bookstore and an expansive complement of back- and New York, NY 10018 front-of-house services. Only steps away from Times Square, Phone: (212) 239-9603 HOTELS the center is convenient to multiple bus and subway lines. Contact: Peter Oberlink Venue amenities include lighting, sound and projection Email: [email protected] Adria Hotel and Conference Center packages, live video-streaming capabilities, wireless internet Website: www.stage37events.com 57 newly renovated guest rooms and 5,500 square feet of throughout, on-site catering, a full-service bar and small meeting space. satellite bar, coat check and event registration desk, digital Southampton Inn Conference Center Address: 221-17 Northern Blvd. displays throughout the space for event and sponsorship Ninety guest rooms, 7,000 square feet of meeting and Bayside, NY 11361 promotion, large restrooms, and a professional front-of- banquet space, several acres of lawn and outdoor courtyard. Phone: (718) 631-5900 house and technical production staff. The center is fully Address: 91 Hill St. Email: [email protected] ADA-accessible. From galas to corporate meetings, to holiday Southampton, NY 11968 Website: www.adriahotelny.com parties and everything in between, The Pershing Square Phone: (631) 283-6500 ext. 713 Signature Center is the perfect location for any event. Contact: Justin or De De The Algonquin Hotel, Autograph Collection Address: 480 W. 42nd St. Email: [email protected] 181 guest rooms, including 25 suites and one meeting room. New York, NY 10036 Website: www.southamptoninn.com Address: 59 W. 44th St. Phone: (646) 388-8129 New York, NY 10036 Contact: Ed McNamee Tarrytown House Estate on the Hudson Phone: (212) 840-6800 Email: [email protected] Twenty-four miles from Manhattan; accessible by train; 212 Email: [email protected] Website: www.signaturetheatre.org/rentals guest rooms; 30 meeting rooms, including ballroom with Website: www.algonquinhotel.com windows; and the latest presentation and communication Practising Law Institute technology. Flexible executive-level conference space. Aloft Brooklyn Schoolroom seating for 175 in conference center with Complete business center, sports and recreational facilities Aloft New York Brooklyn offers the perfect home base for your adjacent lounge. Remote audiovisual control; multi-media and corporate resort amenities for team building and outings. Brooklyn exploration with the most convenient downtown presentation services and sound support available. Please Address: 49 E. Sunnyside Lane Brooklyn location. We are minutes away from the Barclays Center, Atlantic Terminal, MetroTech Center, downtown Manhattan, and BAM-Brooklyn Academy of Music. Stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge or hop on a subway and take a day trip to Coney Island and the Brooklyn Aquarium. Aloft Brooklyn is walking distance to subway lines A/C, F/B, 2/3 and R/Q, which can take you to other neighborhoods in Brooklyn or across the East River into Manhattan. Complimentary Wi-Fi and coffee daily. Mix and mingle in our sassy spaces from our Brooklyn bar, W XYZ, to our backyard patio. Corporate meetings will come alive in our two Brooklyn event spaces: Tactic (742 square feet) and Fulton (1,527 square feet) rooms. Address: 216 Duffield St. Brooklyn, New York 11201 Phone: (718) 256-3833 Website: www.aloftnewyorkbrooklyn.com

Aloft Manhattan Downtown Financial District The Aloft Manhattan Downtown Financial District is a hip new hotel located where you’ll be close to corporate headquarters, Wall Street, and the World Trade Center. Nearby subway lines offer easy-breezy access to Big Apple hotspots. Meet and mingle with friends at our W XYZ® bar; grab a sweet, savory or healthy snack from Re:fuel by Aloft®, our 24/7 pantry; or play in our Re:mix® lounge. Plus, you’ll always stay connected with free hotel-wide wired and wireless high-speed internet access. Breeze into one of our stylish rooms, featuring our ultra- comfortable signature bed, walk-in shower, custom amenities by Bliss® Spa, and more. Our plug & play connectivity station can charge all your electronic devices and links to the in-room 42” LCD TV to maximize work and play. Our hotel is designed to relax, refuel and recharge every guest. Room rates: $129 - $599. Address: 49-53 Ann St. New York, NY 10038 Phone: (212) 513-0003 Contact: Emanuella Bessard Email: [email protected] Website: www.aloftmanhattandowntown.com

The Benjamin This luxe midtown boutique hotel offers 209 total rooms, including 97 suites and five meeting rooms totaling 2,200 square feet. Catering is by Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian’s The National.

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Meeting consultants, Wi-Fi, high-end audiovisual equipment, valet parking and preferred-group rates are also available. Address: 125 E. 50th St. Have Your Next Corporate Event New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 465-3888 in The Traditional Grand Hotel Style Contact: Slavka Kmec Email: [email protected] Website: www.thebenjamin.com

The Blakely New York 118 guest rooms and one penthouse boardroom for up to 14 people. Address: 136 W. 55th St. New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 245-1800 or (800) 735-0710 Email: [email protected] Website: www.blakelynewyork.com

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel 190 guest rooms and suites with two meeting rooms. Address: 35 E. 76th St. New York, NY 10021 Phone: (212) 744-1600 Contact: Sales department Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecarlyle.com

Castle Hotel & Spa 31 guest rooms and suites, four meeting rooms. Address: 400 Benedict Ave. Tarrytown, NY 10591 Phone: (914) 524-6366 or (800) 616-4487 Email: [email protected] The Best Western Robert Treat Hotel is the perfect setting for your next corporate event. With Website: www.castlehotelandspa.com two large ballrooms and smaller meeting rooms to choose from, the Hotel combines hi-tech communications systems, understated elegance with exceptional service. Condor Hotel (Brooklyn) 3,000 square feet of modular meeting space / ballroom. Can Our event planning staff is available to help plan and oversee every detail of your event. Our seat up to 200 people in a banquet setting. 35 guest rooms. entire staff, from bell men to banquet manager, are trained to serve our guests attentively, politely Address: 56 Franklin Ave. and efficiently. Brooklyn, NY 11205 Our full-service kitchen offers a wide variety of food and beverage options to meet your special Phone: (718) 526-6367 needs and any size event. Email: [email protected] Website: www.condorny.com Call today to schedule your next corporate event in the heart of Newark’s business district.

Conrad New York Conrad New York is lower Manhattan’s only all-suite luxury hotel. Located in the heart of Battery Park City, Conrad New York inspires global travelers to connect to the financial, cultural and culinary heart of TriBeCa and downtown New York. With views across the Hudson River to New Jersey and Liberty Island, Conrad New York offers globally inspired Fifty Park Place, Newark, New Jersey 07102-4398 architecture and design that appeals to a new generation Phone: 800-569-2300 • 973-622-1000 • Fax: 973-622-6410 of the smart, luxury consumer for whom life, business and www.rthotel.com pleasure seamlessly intersect. Conrad New York offers 30,000 square feet of centrally located event space and up to 18 meeting room combinations accommodating events New York, NY 10022 Brooklyn, NY 11217 for up to 600 attendees. Meetings and events guests can Phone: (212) 752-7000 or (800) 222-TREE Phone: (718) 522-4000 or (800) 228-2800 enjoy delicious cuisine from Danny Meyer’s renowned Union Contact: Victoria Grodzki Email: [email protected] Square Events, the exclusive caterer for hotel events. Email: [email protected] Website: www.brooklynfairfieldinn.com Address: 102 North End Ave. Website: www.metropolitannewyorkcity.doubletree.com New York, NY 10282 Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - Times Square Phone: (646) 769-4200 Doubletree Suites by Hilton Times Square Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan / Times Square Contact: Meeting & Catering Services 468 two-room suites, 11 meeting venues with 10,000 square features 244 rooms and suites in the heart of New York City. Email: [email protected] feet of meeting space. Room rates from $189. Recently renovated, our Times Square Marriott hotel invites Website: www.conradnewyork.com Address: 1568 Broadway you to experience trendy NYC accommodations, amenities New York, NY 10036 and renowned Marriott service. Work in our spacious guest Courtyard by Marriott New York La Guardia Airport Phone: (212) 719-1600 or 1-800-222-TREE rooms with free internet access; work out in our state-of-the- (Queens) Contact: Victoria Grodzki art fitness room and enjoy free breakfast including Starbucks 288 guest rooms, including six suites; 10 meeting rooms. Email: [email protected] coffee before heading out for the day. Centrally located in Address: 90-10 Ditmars Blvd. Website: www.nyc.doubletreehotels.com the Times Square area, the Fairfield Inn & Suites New York East Elmhurst, NY 11369 Manhattan / Times Square is easy to get to. We’re just across Phone: (718) 446-4800 Dumont NYC, an Affinia hotel from Port Authority Bus Terminal and subway, minutes away Website: www.courtyardlaguardia.com 252 spacious Suites with breathtaking views of midtown from Penn Station and within walking distance of the Jacob Manhattan Javits Convention Center. Room rates: $189-429. 240 rooms, Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel Address: 150 E. 34th St. 33 floors and four suites. 795 guest rooms, 29 meeting rooms. New York, NY 10016 Address: 330 W. 40th St. Address: 1605 Broadway Phone: (212) 481-7600 or (866) AFFINIA New York, NY 10018 New York, NY 10019 Contact: Slavka Kmec Phone: (212) 967-9494 Phone: (212) 977-4000 Email: [email protected] Contact: Marion El Awar Email: [email protected] Website: www.affinia.com/dumont Email: [email protected] Website: www.crowneplaza.com Website: www.fairfieldinn.com/nycfi Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York Brooklyn Doubletree by Hilton Metropolitan Hotel 133 guest rooms, two suites, 275 square feet of meeting- Fairfield Inn & Suites Manhattan View 764 contemporary guest rooms, 12 meeting venues with room space. Rooftop event venue, spacious atrium lobby with One conference room accommodating up to 10 people. 154 12,000 square feet of space. Room rates from $149. 25-foot-high ceiling, business center, exercise facility. guest rooms and suites. Address: 569 Lexington Ave. Address: 181 Third Ave. Address: 52-34 Van Dam St.

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high-speed Internet access. At the end of a long day, get a well-deserved night of sleep on a Four Points signature bed. Address: 6 Platt St. New York, NY 10038 Phone: (212) 273-9388 Website: www.fourpointsnewyorkdowntown.com

Four Points by Sheraton Midtown - Times Square Four Points by Sheraton Midtown - Times Square offers simple, uncluttered design in each of its guest rooms - plus every room in the house is non-smoking, to keep our air a little cleaner. Behind our sleek design is the same casual comfort and service you’ve come to expect from a Four Points by Sheraton hotel. Little things in life can make a big difference, like our Simple Pleasures®. Get a great night’s sleep on a Four Points by Sheraton Four Comfort Bed; refresh with free bottled water daily and keep in touch with free high-speed Internet access. Kick back with a beer from our collection of the world’s Best Brews® or catch up on some reading over a hot & fresh cup of Seattle’s Best Coffee. We understand. The best comforts in life aren’t complicated. Address: 326 W. 40th St. New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 967-8585 Website: www.fourpointstimessquare.com

Four Seasons Hotel, New York 368 studios and suites, 10 meeting rooms. Address: 57 E. 57th St. New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 758-5700 or (800) 487-3769 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fourseasons.com/newyork

Gansevoort Park Ave Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC sets a new standard for both hotel living and destination gathering in Manhattan’s emerging NoMad district. A trendsetter in the neighborhood, the All New York Yankees trademarks and copyrights are owned by the New York Yankees and used with the permission of the New York Yankees. property is a magnetic social center that attracts business and international travelers, millennials and locals alike. The 20-floor urban resort features 249 generously proportioned guest rooms, a 3,000-square-foot ballroom, as well as a variety of Long Island City, NY 11101 Contact: Jessica Louie, area sales coordinator comfortable, communal spaces including a tri-level rooftop Phone: (718) 389-7700 Email: [email protected] with six unique venues, New York’s first heated indoor-outdoor Website: www.marriott.com/nycfq Website: www.marriott.com/nyclm rooftop pool and eclectic dining options including Asellina, an Italian trattoria; Gansevoort Park Rooftop and The Drift, a Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Fifth Avenue Fifty NYC, an Affinia hotel beach-inspired, seasonal hideaway. Gansevoort Park Avenue The Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue 251 Guestrooms and Suites and 312 square feet of versatile also features exhale spa, Cutler Salon, Juice Press, Flywheel welcomes you with a simply unbeatable location in the heart event space for intimate meetings and events. and a duplex Lacoste retail space. of the city. Experience iconic midtown NYC attractions like Address: 303-155 E. 50th St. at Third Avenue Address: 420 Park Ave. South Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square and the Empire New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10016 State Building, which are only moments away from our Phone: (212) 751-5710 or (866) AFFINIA Phone: (646) 380-5263 hotel. Grand Central Station, Herald Square and the Theater Contact: Slavka Kmec Contact: Denise Kurland District are within walking distance too. Our comfortable Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] or [email protected] accommodations include free Wi-Fi and well-lit work desks; Website: www.affinia.com/fifty Website: www.gansevoorthotelgroup.com enjoy beautiful city views from your room. Other superb hotel amenities include a free daily breakfast. Enjoy a delicious Four Points Manhattan Chelsea The Garden City Hotel (Long Island) meal before setting off to explore the Empire State Building, Stay your way, with the modern amenities you expect and the 269 brand new guest rooms and suites, 16 meeting rooms or do a little shopping at Macy’s or on Fifth Avenue. Thanks to style you want in one of our 158 spacious guestrooms. Wind with over 30,000 square feet of meeting and event space. our close proximity to Grand Central Station and Penn Station, down in front of a 42-inch TV with a hot cup of coffee or tea Address: 45 Seventh St. you can explore all of NYC with ease. and get a great night’s sleep on our Four Points by Sheraton Garden City, NY 11530 Address: 21 W. 37th St. Four Comfort Bed. Connect to the internet for free and enjoy Phone: (516) 877-9315 New York, NY 10018 free bottled water every day. Whether you’re in town for work Contact: Carole Diaz, director of sales and marketing Phone: (212) 730-6660 or just for fun, you’re in for a great stay with us. Email: [email protected] Contact: Jessica Louie, Area Sales Coordinator Address: 160 W. 25th St. Website: www.gardencityhotel.com Email: [email protected] New York, NY 10001 Website: www.marriott.com/nyctm Phone: (212) 627-1888 Gild Hall, A Thompson Hotel Contact: Andrea Pullini 130 guest rooms, including six suites plus two meeting Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Financial District Email: andrea.pullini@fourpointsmanhattanchelsea. rooms. The Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Financial District com Address: 15 Gold St. welcomes you to the city that never sleeps with an exceptional Website: www.fourpointsmanhattanchelsea.com New York, NY 10038 location and great amenities. Our hotel places you moments Phone: (212) 232-7700 or (800) 268-0700 away from landmarks including the 9/11 Memorial and the Four Points by Sheraton New York Downtown Contact: Dominique Lahens Freedom Tower’s One World Observatory, as well as the South The Four Points by Sheraton New York Downtown is Email: [email protected] Street Seaport; it also provides easy access to Battery Park and conveniently set in Manhattan’s Financial District. Walk to Website: www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/gild-hall Ellis Island. Some of our hotel rooms boast unique city views the city’s most popular restaurants, shops and galleries from of the Financial District and Seaport, and all feature free Wi-Fi, our front door. Nearby are Wall Street, the New York Stock Grand Hyatt New York plush bedding and TVs. Start your day with a free hot breakfast, Exchange, One World Trade Center, Battery Park and the 1,306 guest rooms and 60,000 square feet of meeting space. and stop by our lobby bar after a busy day. In addition to being Brooklyn Bridge. Many more renowned destinations can be Address: 109 E. 42nd St. at Grand Central Terminal near the South Street Seaport and the One World Observatory, reached via nearby subway lines. Our hotel offers a range of New York, NY 10017 our hotel is a short distance from ferry service to the Statue meeting venues, plus a business center for support services. Phone: (212) 883-1234 or (800) 233-1234 of Liberty and the Tenement Museum, as well as shopping at Try one of our Best Brews® in our rooftop bar, or grab a Email: [email protected] Brookfield Place. tasty meal in our inviting restaurant. We understand that the Website: www.grandnewyork.hyatt.com Address: 161 Front St. best comforts in life aren’t complicated. That’s why each of New York, NY 10038 our 261 uncluttered guest rooms and suites has plenty of Hampton Inn Manhattan SoHo Phone: (212) 826-0001 Simple Pleasures® including free bottled water daily and free Manhattan Boardroom: seats 10-12 people. Garden Room:

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up to 40 people, hours vary. Hotel has 160 rooms, including class rooms and over 50,000 square feet of meeting and Address: 500 Veterans Memorial Drive three suites and city-view rooms with private terraces. Room conference space that can accommodate ten to 1,000 Pearl River, NY 10956 rates: $109-$499. guests. The 2013 addition of Above, a 10-story tower with Phone: (845) 735-9000 Address: 54 Watts St. panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline, features a rooftop Contact: Bob Herrmann, director of sales New York, NY 10013 private event venue with a 1,800-square-foot outdoor Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 226-6288 or 1-800-Hampton terrace, a 3,100 -square-foot rooftop and 6,300-square-foot Website: www.hiltonpearlriver.com Website: www.hamptonsohonyc.com ballroom. The Hilton also features the Zagat-rated Lorenzo’s Restaurant, Bar and Cabaret; lobby lounge, an indoor pool Hilton Times Square Hampton Inn Manhattan-Times Square North and outdoor gardens and woodlands. 468 modern guestrooms, two meeting rooms, 500 square 300 modern guest rooms. Room rates starting from $169. Address: 1100 South Ave. at Lois Lane feet of event space. Room rates starting from $179. Address: 851 Eighth Ave. Staten Island, NY 10314 Address: 234 W. 42nd St. New York, NY 10019 Phone: (718) 477-2400 New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 581-4100 or 1-800-HAMPTON Contact: Carlann Scala, corporate sales manager Phone: (212) 840-8222 or (800) HILTONS Contact: Victoria Grodzki Email: [email protected] Contact: Victoria Grodzki Email: [email protected] Website: www.statenisland.hgi.com Email: [email protected] Website: www.manhattantimessquarenorth. Website: www.timessquare.hilton.com hamptoninn.com Hilton Garden Inn Times Square 369 contemporary guestrooms. Room rates starting from $169. Holiday Inn Express at Stony Brook Hampton Inn & Suites New York/Staten Island Address: 790 Eighth Ave. 143 guest rooms, seven suites, two meeting rooms. Room 107 guest rooms, including 30 suites and 2,800 square feet New York, NY 10019 rates: $149 to $199. of meeting space. Phone: (212) 581-7000 or (877) STAY-HGI Address: 3131 Nesconset Highway Address: 1120 South Ave. at Lois Lane Contact: Victoria Grodzki Stony Brook, NY 11720 Staten Island, NY 10314 Email: [email protected] Phone: (631) 471-8000 or (800) HOLIDAY Phone: (718) 477-1600 Website: www.timessquare.hgi.com Email: [email protected] Website: www.statenislandsuites.hamptoninn.com Website: www.stonybrookny.hiexpress.com Hilton New York Fashion District Hilton Garden Inn New York/West 35th Street 280 guest rooms, two meeting rooms. 1,100 square feet of Hotel De Point, an Ascend Collection Hotel 298 newly built guest rooms, one meeting room. Room rates event space. Room rates starting from $169. We are the newest addition to the up-and-coming College starting from $169. Address: 152 W. 26th St. Point / Flushing area of Queens. The hotel is designed with Address: 63 W. 35th St. New York, NY 10001 state-of-the-art energy technology using solar energy, including New York, NY 10001 Phone: (212) 858-5888 or (800) HILTONS on-demand hot water systems and recycled energy systems Phone: (212) 594-3310 or (877) STAY-HGI Website: www.newyorkfashiondistrict.hilton.com throughout the facility to respect our natural resources. With Website: www.newyorkwest35thstreet.hgi.com exceptional amenities and upscale room elements, Hotel de Hilton Pearl River (Hudson) Point offers finely appointed guest rooms with a unique, modern Hilton Garden Inn New York - Staten Island 15 minutes from the George Washington and Tappan Zee bridges flare. Featured among the 114 hotel rooms is the Shops de Ten minutes from Newark Airport and 25 minutes from on the Bergen County border. 150 newly appointed guest rooms Point, offering upscale retail stores and appetizing restaurants, downtown Manhattan, with complimentary airport and ferry and 22,000 square feet of function space. High-speed wireless all readily available to our guests. Guest rooms include: 58 shuttle service, the Hilton Garden Inn has 198 business- internet. Full-service audiovisual equipment rental. double-bedded rooms, 44 king standard rooms, luxuriously

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appointed modern guest rooms featuring de Point signature a luxurious residential-style experience in the heart of the New York, NY 10022 bedding. Executive rooms with wet bars. Small-meeting space. city. Originally constructed as part of the Grand Central Phone: (212) 702-1600 or (800) 683-0400 Complimentary high-speed internet access. Guest refrigerator Terminal expansion, The Barclay became one of four notable Contact: Sara Ayele in every room, along with a 46” flat-panel LCD television with railroad hotels built to service the well-heeled men and Email: [email protected] international channel options and IP connectivity. women traveling to New York City. In addition to its Midtown Website: www.kimberlyhotel.com Address: 20-07 127th St. East location, the hotel made an immediate impact with Flushing, NY 11356 tenants and critics alike for its characteristic atmosphere of Kitano New York Phone: (718) 358-8700 comfort and elegant domesticity. Today, the InterContinental 149 guest rooms, six meeting rooms. Event space with two Email: [email protected] New York Barclay remains Manhattan’s preeminent luxury outdoor terraces. Website: www.hoteldepoint.com hotel after undergoing the most ambitious restoration in its Address: 66 Park Ave. history. Combining sophistication and contemporary design, New York, NY 10016 Hotel Giraffe while staying true to its original Federalist style details, The Phone: (212) 885-7000 or (800) 548-2666 72 guest rooms and 1,300 square feet of meeting space, Barclay exudes confidence and warmth, delivering the same Email: [email protected] including indoor and outdoor areas. residential feel with modern comfort and flexibility introduced Website: www.kitano.com Address: 365 Park Ave. South at 26th St. to the world in 1926. New York, NY 10016 Address: 111 E. 48th St. La Guardia Plaza Hotel (Formerly Crowne Plaza Phone: (212) 685-7700 New York, NY 10017 La Guardia New York) Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 755-5900 358 guest rooms, 12,500 square feet of meeting space. Website: www.hotelgiraffe.com Contact: Max Bandarenko Address: 104-04 Ditmars Blvd. Email: [email protected] East Elmhurst, NY 11369 Hotel Indigo Brooklyn Website: www.intercontinentalnybarclay.com Phone: (718) 457-6300 or (800) 692-5429 Hotel Indigo Brooklyn is a 128-room boutique hotel, intimate Email: [email protected] in scale, with an eclectic vibe. Down-to-earth, yet thoroughly InterContinental New York Times Square Website: www.laguardiaplazahotel.com downtown in style, Hotel Indigo Brooklyn stands out from the Towering 36 stories above the city, the InterContinental crowd with a soaring 19-story red-brick façade and rooftop New York Times Square features 607 luxurious guestrooms Le Parker Meridien New York terrace. With no more than eight rooms per floor, your private with floor-to-ceiling windows offering stunning panoramic 729 guest rooms and suites, panoramic views, nine meeting enclave is intimate and inviting. The eco-sensitive hotel offers views of the Manhattan skyline, Hudson River and Broadway rooms. Room rates: $299 to $549. a rooftop terrace, 24-hour fitness and business center and Theater District. Drawing upon natural elements, the guest Address: 119 W. 56th St. Brooklyn Brewhouse lounge and a restaurant. The Hotel rooms are designed to evoke the feeling of a chic Manhattan New York, NY 10019 Indigo Brooklyn is located in the heart of Brooklyn just steps residence, and average 350 square feet in size, amongst Phone: (212) 245-5000 or (800) 543-4300 away from downtown’s MetroTech Center, Kings County the largest rooms in midtown. Each room includes spacious Email: [email protected] Courts, Long Island University, Fulton Mall and the Brooklyn work station, 42 in” HDTV and a spa-inspired bathroom Website: www.parkermeridien.com Academy of Music Center. We are also within walking distance with walk-in rain shower accentuated with blue mosaic tile. of the historic Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, the Brooklyn Situated just off the Times Square neighborhood, known The Lexington New York City Promenade, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Barclays Center. as the “Crossroads of the World,” the hotel brings the 705 guest rooms, three meeting rooms. 1,000 square feet of Address: 229 Duffield St. InterContinental touch to one of New York City’s most popular meeting space. Brooklyn, NY 11201 areas. The hotel is of close proximity to the Broadway Theatre Address: 511 Lexington Ave. Phone: (718) 254-7825 District, Central Park, Fifth Avenue shopping, and many major New York, NY 10017 Contact: Marijana Simmons transportation centers in Manhattan making it a convenient Phone: (800) 448-4471 Email: [email protected] base to explore the city. Email: [email protected] Website: www.hotelindigo.com Address: 300 W. 44th St. Website: www.lexingtonhotelnyc.com New York, NY 10036 Hyatt Herald Square New York Phone: (212) 803-4500 Library Hotel The Hyatt Herald Square features 122 guestrooms, including Contact: Sales department 60 guest rooms, three meeting/event spaces. one suite and is located on 31st Street, between Fifth Email: [email protected] Address: 299 Madison Ave. at 41st Street Avenue and Broadway. The hotel is a fusion of industrial Website: www.interconny.com New York, NY 10017 sophistication and fashion-forward flair, featuring a free- Phone: (212) 204-5408 flowing lobby lounge, a restaurant and bar, an espresso bar International JFK Airport Hotel (Queens) Email: [email protected] and a stunning seasonal rooftop bar with views of the Empire 356 guest rooms, nine meeting rooms. Website: www.libraryhotel.com State Building and surrounding Midtown skyline. The hotel Address: 144-02 135th Ave. is steps away from Madison Square Garden, the Empire Jamaica, NY 11436 The London NYC State Building, shopping on Fifth Avenue and Times Square. Phone: (718) 659-0200 or (800) 692-5350 Three unique private event and meeting rooms totaling 2,200 Offering complimentary wireless internet, the hotel is ideal for Website: www.jfkairport.hilton.com square feet, including a private-reception foyer. The stunning business travelers and leisure guests. Come experience this Luxury Suite Collection provides one-of-a-kind settings for unique property, providing exceptional service. And bring your JW Marriott Essex House New York intimate gatherings. furry friend along – we are pet friendly! Full-service boutique- 511 guest rooms, 117 suites and 23 meeting rooms. Address: 151 W. 54th St. style hotel. 122 rooms, one Empire View suite, Up on 20 Address: 160 Central Park South New York, NY 10019 rooftop bar, The Den restaurant. Room rates: $129-$599. New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 468-8706 or (866) 690-2029 Address: 30 W. 31st St. Phone: (212) 247-0300 Website: www.thelondonnyc.com New York, NY 10001 Contact: Sara Nolan Phone: (212) 330-1234 Email: [email protected] Lucerne Hotel Email: [email protected] Website: www.jwmarriottessexhousenyc.com 201 guest rooms and suites, 1,000 square feet of meeting Website: www.heraldsquare.hyatt.com space The Knickerbocker Hotel, NYC Address: 201 W. 79th St. Hyatt Place New York Midtown South Echoing the hotel’s contemporary design, The Salon offers New York, NY 10024 The Hyatt Place New York Midtown South hotel features 185 2,200 square feet of state-of-the-art New York City meeting Phone: (212) 875-1000 or (800) 492-8122 guestrooms in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Offering space with a dedicated function room that hosts up to 160, Email: [email protected] complimentary breakfast and wireless internet, our midtown and a pre-event Foyer adjacent to the bar at Charlie Palmer Website: www.thelucernehotel.com Manhattan hotel is perfect for the business traveler and at The Knick. Located on the fourth floor with large windows families, looking to explore the Big Apple. We are located within overlooking 42nd Street, The Salon is the hotel’s largest event Mandarin Oriental, New York walking distance to Madison Square Garden, the Empire State space and has integrated advanced audiovisual capabilities. 198 guest rooms, 46 suites, three meeting rooms. Building, shopping on Fifth Avenue and Times Square. Come Complimentary WiFi is available throughout the hotel, and a Address: 80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street and unwind in one of our spacious guestrooms, featuring the dedicated meeting planner attends to every aspect of your New York, NY 10023 Hyatt Grand Bed™, 42” HDTV and Hyatt Plug Panel media event, ensuring the space is configured and catered as you Phone: (212) 805-8858 center. Join us at our Coffee to Cocktails bar, for a drink or hot wish. On-site technical support is available if requested. Contact: Leah Hoos, director of catering beverage and order something from our 24/7 Gallery menu. Address: 6 Times Square Email: [email protected] Room rates: $129-$499. New York, NY 10036 Website: www.mandarinoriental.com/newyork Address: 52 W. 36th St. (corner of 42nd Street and Broadway) New York, NY 10018 Phone: (212) 204-5793 Millennium Broadway Hotel & Phone: (212) 239-9100 Email: [email protected] Conference Center New York Email: [email protected] Website: www.theknickerbocker.com IACC-certified. Updated meeting space, including the Website: www.newyorkmidtown.place.hyatt.com beautifully restored Hudson Theatre. The hotel’s 43 meeting Kimberly Hotel rooms accommodate up to 700 people. Separate floor for The InterContinental New York Barclay 40 guest rooms, 152 suites, one meeting room and one event conference dining. 625 newly renovated guest rooms with Since first opening its doors in 1926, the InterContinental space. Room rates: $285 - $609. floor-to-ceiling windows and amazing views of Times Square. New York Barclay has welcomed countless guests to enjoy Address: 145 E. 50th St. Address: 145 W. 44th St.

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New York, NY 10036 Website: nymarriottdowntown.com sumptuous furnishings, iPads to customize room environment Phone: (212) 789-7546 and access guest services, and white-glove Butler Service. Website: www.millenniumbroadway.com New York Marriott East Side Luxurious bathrooms are adorned with 24-carat gold plated 646 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms totaling more than Sherle Wagner fixtures and stone mosaics designed exclusively Millenium Hilton 16,500 square feet for The Plaza. The Legacy Suites at The Plaza are the newest The 569-room Millenium Hilton hotel is located in the heart Address: 525 Lexington Ave. additions to the hotel. Designed to be evocative of an Upper of the Financial District within walking distance of Wall New York, NY 10017 East Side residence, each of the 29 newly renovated suites Street and across the street from the World Trade Center, Phone: (212) 755-4000 or (800) 242-8684 feature contemporary décor that is elegant and timeless the Oculus and the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. All Email: [email protected] complemented by views that reflect the heart of New York. of Manhattan is easily accessible from the 10 subway lines Website: www.nymarriotteastside.com The storied Palm Court is New York’s premier destination for located one block from the hotel. Enjoy some of the largest Afternoon Tea, while other culinary destinations include The hotel rooms and suites in lower Manhattan, spectacular New York Marriott Marquis Todd English Food Hall, The Plaza Food Hall, The Rose Club, skyline views and a glass-enclosed indoor pool. The New York Marriott Marquis, in the Times Square Theatre and The Champagne Bar. Amenities include Guerlain Spa, a Address: 55 Church St. District of Midtown Manhattan, is a world-class New York City Warren-Tricomi Salon and gym by LA PALESTRA. Carved from New York, NY 10007 hotel that sparkles with over 100,000 square feet of meeting within the great castle-like landmark, The Plaza’s magnificent Phone: (212) 693-2001 or 1-800 Hilton space, spacious guest rooms, three restaurants and lounges event spaces set it apart as the quintessential grand palace. Email: [email protected] and two outdoor terraces. Highlights include the Broadway Lavish social and business events and unforgettable weddings Website: www.newyorkmillenium.hilton.com Ballroom, with more than 29,000 square feet of space and a continue to be held in the historic Grand Ballroom and Terrace 24-hour fitness center with all-new Life Fitness equipment, Room, which are at the heart of The Plaza’s legacy. Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina (Long Island) complimentary to all guests. Famous for its outstanding Address: 768 5th Ave. We have over 10,000 square feet of indoor meeting space Marriott service, this hotel is ideal for meetings and events, New York, NY 10019 and can accommodate groups of up to 1,000 in a tented large or small. Planners find the hotel perfect for corporate Phone: (212) 549-0550 area on our Great Lawn. Our beautiful Farmhouse Ballroom meetings, conventions and social events, with creative Contact: Michael Warren can accommodate 165 or more, based on setup. 106 guest catering and impeccable service in surroundings second to Email: [email protected] rooms, five meeting rooms. More information can be found none. And now, with Marriott’s new Meetings Services app, Website: www.theplazany.com on our website. planners can manage every detail from their mobile device. Address: 32 Star Island Rd. PO Box 5048 Address: 1535 Broadway Radisson Martinique on Broadway Montauk, NY 11954 New York, NY 10036 533 guest rooms and suites, 20,000 square feet of meeting Phone: (631) 668-3100 or (888) 692-8668 Phone: (212) 704-8775 space. Email: [email protected] Contact: Gina Bertucci Address: 49 W. 32nd St. Website: www.montaukyachtclub.com Email: [email protected] New York, NY 10001 Website: www.nymarriottmarquis.com Phone: (212) 277-2647 New York La Guardia Airport Marriott Email: [email protected] 438 guest rooms, 23 meeting rooms. ONE UN New York Website: www.themartinique.com Address: 102-05 Ditmars Blvd. ONE UN New York brings the world together with spectacular East Elmhurst, NY 11369 NYC accommodations and panoramic views. Boasting a Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel Phone: (718) 565-8900 or (800) 882-1043 70-million-dollar transformation, the hotel combines a 310 guest rooms, five suites, four meeting rooms plus the Website: www.laguardiamarriott.com modern aesthetic with form, function and attention to detail R Lounge, an intimate chic venue with panoramic views of across all 439 guestrooms and suites. Set across from the Times Square. New York Hilton Midtown United Nations Headquarters adjacent to the East River, Address: 2 Times Square, 714 Seventh Avenue 1,931 guest rooms, 47 suites, 46 meeting rooms. the hotel’s Midtown East location is simply ideal. Nearby, New York, NY 10036 Address: 1335 Sixth Ave. Manhattan icons such as the Empire State building, Grand Phone: (212) 765-7676 or (800) HOTELS1 New York, NY 10019 Central Terminal, the theater district and splendid shopping Website: www.nycrenaissance.com Phone: (212) 586-7000 or (212) 261-5727 invite travelers from around the world to explore the city that Contact: Katie Conrad never sleeps. Stay at ONE UN New York, where the world Residence Inn by Marriott Email: [email protected] comes together. Our iconic onsite restaurant Ambassador Grill Long Island’s best kept secret. The Residence Inn by Marriott Website: www.newyorkhiltonhotel.com offers globally inspired cuisine in a historic setting and dining Plainview provides the finest venue for meetings, conferences here promises to be a welcome addition to your stay. and special occasions, with 12 meeting and event rooms that New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania Address: One United Nations Plaza accommodate up to 150 people. Featuring our brand-new 1,705 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms (three ballrooms), over New York, NY 10017 state-of-the art media and video conference center ideal for 90,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Phone: (212) 702-5038 or (212) 702-5025 training classes, seminars and international meetings allowing Address: 401 Seventh Ave. Email: [email protected] you to connect your conference worldwide. Located in Nassau New York, NY 10001 Website: www.millenniumhotels.com County Long Island near all major highways. The hotel has Phone: (212) 736-5000 or (800) 223-8585 170 all suite guest rooms, indoor and outdoor pools, game Email: [email protected] Park Central New York room, VIP Lounge, Baldino’s fine dining restaurant, Pete’s Place Website: www.hotelpenn.com The Park Central New York, ideally located in midtown lounge and a full-service catering facility. Host your company Manhattan, steps from Central Park and Carnegie Hall, picnic poolside in our beautiful outdoor BBQ area. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge unveiled an extensive multimillion dollar renovation in Address: 9 Gerhard Rd. 667 guest rooms, including 28 suites. 25 meeting rooms October 2013 by award-winning design firm Jeffrey Beers Plainview, NY 11803 totaling more than 44,542 square feet. International. Guests will enjoy newly refurbished rooms and Phone: (516) 433-6200 or (800) 331-3131 Address: 333 Adams St. suites, spacious meeting and event spaces, and public areas Contact: Christina Ross Brooklyn, NY 11201 inspired by iconic New York City locations. Central Market, Email: [email protected] Phone: (718) 246-7000 a fine foods “grab and go,” features Nespresso and other Website: www.marriott.com/nycpl Website: www.brooklynmarriott.com fresh and flavorful bites. Our Mezzanine-level meeting rooms provide a private conference-center like atmosphere, and The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park New York Marriott Downtown our exhibition area accommodates all sizes of events while 298 guest rooms, 39 suites, eight meeting rooms. In addition, The New York Marriott Downtown rises 38 stories above the retaining a level of service that provides an unforgettable we offer an outdoor reception space. historic Financial District and is surrounded by many landmarks, experience. Audiovisual services available upon request. Address: Two West St. cultural institutions and attractions that make its location Address: 870 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10004 unrivaled. We offer 12 meeting rooms and 12,000 square feet New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 344-0800 or (800) 241-3333 of event space, including a Grand Ballroom that seats up to 450. Phone: (212) 247-8000 Email: [email protected] And we can tackle anything you can throw at us: from board Website: www.parkcentralny.com Website: www.ritzcarlton.com/batterypark meetings and conferences to creative events of every size and description. Our 497 richly appointed guest rooms are complete Park Lane Hotel New York Ritz-Carlton New York Central Park with the luxurious bedding, high-tech amenities, and some offer 606 guest rooms and suites, one ballroom and The Park 259 guest rooms, 47 suites, four meeting rooms. stunning views of the Statue of Liberty, New York City Harbor or Room restaurant. Address: 50 Central Park South Wall Street. Your event attendees will love our elegant lobby and Address: 36 Central Park South New York, NY 10019 enjoy the opportunity to stay fit while on the road at our fitness New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 308-9100 center. Our on-site restaurant, Bill’s Bar & Burger, offers exciting, Phone: (212) 371-4000 or (866) 831-7211 Contact: Ivor Connelly all-American cuisine and is quite popular with both New Yorkers Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] and hotel guests. Website: www.parklanenewyork.com Website: www.ritzcarlton.com Address: 85 West St. New York, NY 10006 The Plaza Robert Treat Hotel Phone: (212) 385-4900 The Plaza is an iconic hotel located at the corner of Fifth Located opposite the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Contact: Lisa Alfano Avenue and Central Park South. The refined elegance of this Historic Hotel offers beautiful ballrooms of various Email: [email protected] each of the 282 spacious guestrooms and suites features sizes. The Grand Ballroom, remodeled in 2016, can seat up

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Room rates: $189-$299. Website: www.whotels.com/wnewyork The Roger New York Address: 725 10th Ave. at 49th Street 193 guest rooms, one boardroom accommodating up to 12 New York, NY 10019 W New York-Times Square people. Outdoor event space for up to 70 people. Phone: (212) 586-3400 or (800) 433-1982 509 guest rooms, six meeting spaces. Address: 131 Madison Ave. Email: [email protected] Address: 1567 Broadway New York, NY 10016 Website: www.skylinehotelny.com New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 448-7000 Phone: (212) 930-7400 or (877) WHOTELS Email: [email protected] Smyth, a Thompson Hotel Website: www.whotels.com/nyc Website: www.therogernewyork.com True to the neighborhood’s industrious past and spirited present, Smyth, a Thompson Hotel, offers ample event space Warwick New York The Roosevelt Hotel New York for corporate functions, private events and parties. Stir up vim 426 guest rooms and suites, nine meeting rooms. Meet in a classic New York City setting at The Roosevelt Hotel, and vigor in Little Park Downstairs or elevate the occasion in Address: 65 W. 54th St. conveniently located in midtown Manhattan with a total of our top tier suites. Chef Andrew Carmellini provides catering for New York, NY 10019 30,000 square feet of flexible New York City meeting and our event and meeting space featuring peak organic seasonal Phone: (212) 247-2700 exhibit space, on-site A/V capabilities, high-speed internet ingredients from his longtime partnerships with local farmers, Email: [email protected] access and a 24-hour business center. The Roosevelt Hotel’s anglers, vintners, ranchers and foragers. Events at Little Park Website: www.warwickhotels.com/new-york 23 function rooms, including two main ballrooms, are perfect feature custom, chef-designed menus and personalized for executive meetings of 20 people as well as corporate service from a team of event-planning professionals. Westin New York Grand Central gatherings of 800. The grandeur of the Grand Ballroom will Address: 85 West Broadway 774 guest rooms. Fifteen meeting rooms, including two surely impress every meeting attendee, while the intimacy and New York, NY 10007 ballrooms (Grand Central Ballroom & Madison Ballroom) and flexible break-out capabilities of the smaller conference rooms Phone: (212) 587-7000 three boardrooms. emphasize the personal touch desired for smaller gatherings. Email: [email protected] Address: 212 E. 42nd St. Address: 45 E. 45th St. Website: www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/smyth- New York, NY 10017 New York, NY 10017 tribeca/meetings-events Phone: (212) 405-4200 Phone: (212) 661-9600 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Soho Grand Hotel Website: www.westinnewyorkgrandcentral.com Website: www.theroosevelthotel.com 353 guest rooms, including 10 private access suites. Two penthouse loft suites with private outdoor terraces, designed Westin New York at Times Square The Roxy Hotel by Bill Sofield – great for private events. Two multi-function The Westin New York at Times Square is midtown 201 guest rooms, two meeting and screening rooms, meeting rooms include the 1,345-square-foot Harbor Room Manhattan’s most sophisticated presence. Designed for additional event space and breakout rooms available. and the 1,144-square-foot Chart Room. 1440-square-foot contemporary travelers and first-class meetings, this Address: 2 Sixth Ave. private cocktail lounge -The Clubroom. 45-story, 863-room landmark hotel is located in the heart of New York, NY 10013 Address: 310 W. Broadway Broadway and features Heavenly Beds® fitness center and Phone: (212) 519-6642 New York, NY 10013 Heavenly Baths®, a 34,000-square-foot function space. Email: [email protected] Phone: (212) 965-3000 873 guest rooms, 32 meeting rooms. Website: www.roxyhotelnyc.com Contact: Marko Kalfa, [email protected] Address: 270 W. 43rd St. Email: [email protected] New York, NY 10036 San Carlos Hotel Website: www.sohogrand.com Phone: (212) 201-4630 or (888) 627-7149 147 guest rooms, two meeting rooms. Boardroom Email: [email protected] accommodates 14, Valencia room capacity is 25. Soho House New York Website: www.westinny.com Address: 150 E. 50th St. Soho House New York is a private members’ club and hotel in New York, NY 10022 Manhattan’s meatpacking district. The house has a number of Wolcott Hotel Phone: (212) 755-1800 or (800) 722-2012 areas available for private parties, meetings and events, including Wolcott Hotel is over 113 years old. It has 200 guest rooms, Email: [email protected] the Screening Room, Club Room and Library. The Cowshed 50 suites and one meeting room in Wolcott’s “antique chic” Website: www.sancarloshotel.com Spa offers “Pretty Parties” — indulgent evenings of pampering, style. champagne and dinner or nibbles. In addition, the roof with a Address: 4 W. 31st St. Shelburne NYC, an Affinia hotel pool and views of the West Village and Hudson River serves New York, NY 10001 325 guestrooms and suites, two meeting rooms, totaling breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. The hotel has 24 bedrooms, Phone: (212) 268-2900 1,250 square feet of versatile event space for large-scale to each possessing a unique combination of luxury and style. Email: [email protected] intimate meetings and events. Address: 29-35 Ninth Ave. Website: www.wolcott.com Address: 303 Lexington Ave. at 37th Street New York, NY 10014 New York, NY 10016 Phone: (646) 253-6120 Wyndham Garden Hotel at Newark Airport Phone: (212) 689-5200 or (866) AFFINIA Email: [email protected] 349 guest rooms, 10,000 square feet of meeting space. Contact: Slavka Kmec Website: www.sohohouseny.com Address: 550 Route 1 South Email: [email protected] Newark, NJ 07114 Website: www.affinia.com/shelburne Travel Inn Phone: (973) 824-4000 or (800) WYNDHAM 160 guest rooms. One meeting room. Email: [email protected] Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel Address: 515 W. 42nd St. Website: www.wyndhamgardenhotelnewarkairport.com 173 guest rooms, eight suites, 15 meeting rooms, more than New York, NY 10036 15,000 square feet of meeting space. Phone: (212) 695-7171 or (800) 869-4630 Z NYC Hotel Address: 135-20 39th Ave. Email: [email protected] Perched along New York’s East River just steps from the Flushing, NY 11354 Website: www.newyorkhotel.com Queensboro Bridge, this vibrant boutique hotel features a Phone: (718) 460-6666 sleek, Jazz Age theme combined with modernist-industrial Email: [email protected] Radisson Hotel Hauppauge-Long Island chic in a slender yet stunning 14-story tower. APELLA™ 450 EAST 29TH STREET APELL A IS NEW YORK CIT Y ’S BOARD MEETINGS, Website: www.sheratonlaguardia.com Radisson Hotel Hauppauge featuring 209 guest rooms, Address: 11-01 43rd Ave. EVENT SPACE AT 2ND FLOOR MOST INNOVATIVE MEETING CELEBRATIONS, COCKTAIL including suites and Business Class rooms which all include Long Island City, NY 11101 ALEXANDRIA CENTER™ NEW YORK, NY 10016 AND EVENT SPACE LOCATED RECEPTIONS, CONFERENCES, TEL 212.706.4100 Sheraton New York Times Square complimentary WIFI. We offer over 18,500 square feet of Phone: (212) 319-7000 WITHIN THE ALEXANDRIA DINNERS, FASHION SHOWS, [email protected] CENT ER FOR LIFE SCIENCE. HOLIDAY PARTIES, LECTURES, 1,781 guest rooms. 60,000 square feet of meeting space, flexible banquet space with 15 self-contained rooms, all Contact: Mr. Raymond Keane, director of sales & WWW.APELLA.COM EVENTS AT APELL A ARE LOCATION SHOOTS, including an executive conference center. located on the lobby level. 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For more information on this RFP, please visit Cooperman, Attn: Joel Cooperman at (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY http://web.mta.info/business/. the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Point of Contact: David Soliman, 212-878-7048. Any lawful activity. CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. Notice of Qualification of BelHealth In- filed with Secy. of State of DE, John G. Metropolitan Transportation Authority vestment Partners GP II, LLC Appl. for Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any (SSNY) on 03/21/17. Office location: lawful activity. NY County. LLC formed in Delaware PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES (DE) on 07/14/14. SSNY designated Notice of formation of LORI TODD ASSO- as agent of LLC upon whom process CIATES LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy, Notice of Qualification of PhaseCapital Notice of Qualification of LaunchLabs against it may be served. SSNY shall of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/31/2017. Of- LP Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of NYC Operator, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed mail process to c/o Corporation Serv- fice Location: NY Country, SSNY desig- State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/17. Of- with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on ice Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY nated agent upon whom process may be fice location: NY County. LP formed in 04/05/17. Office location: NY County. 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: National served and shall mail copy of process Delaware (DE) on 02/05/08. Princ. of- LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on Corporate Research, Ltd., 850 New Bur- against LLC to principal business ad- fice of LP: 401 W. 14th St., 4th Fl., 03/31/17. Princ. office of LLC: 430 E. ton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. dress: 210 E. 88th Street, #3B, NY, NY NY, NY 10014. SSNY designated as 29th St., NY, NY 10016. SSNY desig- Cert. of Form. filed with Jeffrey W. Bul- 10128. 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Office loca- designated as agent of LLC upon whom LLC upon whom process against it may Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, tion: NY County. Sec. of State designat- process against it may be served. be served. SSNY shall mail process to DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. ed agent of LLC upon whom process SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corpo- the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. of State, DE, Div. of Corps., John G. against it may be served and shall mail ration Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., DE addr. of LLC: 850 New Burton Rd., Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. process to: 141 E. 56th St., Apt. 3L, Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful act. LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of lawful activity. Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. Corps., John G. 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P042-43_CN_20170417.indd 43 4/14/2017 4:52:54 PM GOTHAM GIGS

THE CANDY MAN CAN: Bickley scours the world for quirky items or makes them himself in his BY LANCE PIERCE Greenpoint workshop.

The play’s the thing A Broadway prop supervisor holds the golden ticket to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s set decor

iant 3-D-print Krabby Patties from The The most expensive props in Charlie include a device SpongeBob Musical fill up a corner of the that throws fire and the train cars the Oompa Loompas ride 600-square-foot railroad apartment that Buist on. He had those custom-built upstate. His favorite pieces Bickley shares with his husband. Amazon are a collection of volleyball-size hazelnuts that a group of BUIST BICKLEY Gboxes are stacked to the ceiling. A fake cadaver with taxi- dancing squirrels throw around. But most impressive is the dermy eyes from the play An Act of God once spent the sheer volume of delightful onstage trinkets, ranging from AGE 32 night in the kitchen. giant, colorful candies to latex sausages. BORN Walterboro, S.C. Such is the life of Bickley, a theater prop su- The stuff “You wouldn’t believe the people in my “ RESIDES Long Island City pervisor, who was interviewed by Crain’s while Rolodex,” Bickley said. “I have my bearskin I have to EDUCATION B.A. in theater arts, hauling dozens of bags of fake flowers he had track down rug guy, an air designer who makes things Drew University just bought for the Broadway musical Charlie blow around, a surfboard guy. The stuff I have is really UNFORGETTABLE Bickley says and the Chocolate Factory. to track down is really bizarre.” his unusual first name (pronounced “I’m a schlepper,” said Bickley, who often bizarre. Though Bickley knew at a young age that bYOO-ist), which his mom says is works 16-hour days scouring the world for ” he wanted to work in theater, he was in college Southern, and the fact that he is props to exactly match a set designer’s dreams or designing when he got started in props at a small venue upstate. Af- 6'5" tall help his career. “I really stand out, and I can dress a wall them himself in his Greenpoint workshop. “I am the guy ter that he was hired by the Westport Country Playhouse in with no ladder.” who is always in the back of a cab with tons of stuff.” Connecticut. From there he moved to Broadway. FREE TO BE There weren’t a lot of With more than 30 shows, such as Dear Evan Hansen His job is a balancing act of keeping within a budget, opportunities for kids who loved art and Sting’s musical The Last Ship,under his belt, Bickley making sure everything arrives on time and adhering to and theater in rural South Carolina, is one of the most in-demand prop supervisors on Broad- the creative team’s often-changing vision. “You have to he said. “People thought I was way. And Charlie, which will open Sunday, April 23, is his make things happen,” said Bickley, who once drove to weird, but I wasn’t teased.” biggest job yet. Elizabeth, N.J., with bolt cutters to get something out of OPENING NIGHT JITTERS “I’m Spending on props for musicals can range from $20,000 a shipping container. “If you have a show on Wednesday always thinking, What is going to break onstage tonight and everyone to $350,000, Bickley said. He declined to cite his current night and something breaks, it has to be back in the theater knows it was my job?”

BUCK ENNIS budget but said it’s the largest he has ever worked with. by showtime the next day.” — MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR

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P044_CN_20170417.indd 44 4/14/2017 11:54:03 AM SNAPS

Celebrating the class of 2017 Crain’s New York Business invited this year’s 40 Under 40 honorees to a cocktails-and-networking reception April 5. Each rising star was asked to invite a mentor to the celebration at Apella, an event space at the Alexan- dria Center for Life Science on East 29th Street, overlooking the East River. For more on this year’s class, go to CrainsNewYork.com/40under40.

Gwen Elliott McIntosh, who retired from managing the Women, Infants and Children program at Harlem Hospital, with her daughter, Harlem Hospital CEO Eboné M. Carrington, an honoree. Members of the 40 Under 40 class of 2017.

Crain’s Assistant Managing Editor Jeanhee Kim with Cravath, Swaine & Moore partners Karin Demasi and Damaris Hernández, an honoree, as well as for- Hometeam CEO Josh mer Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger and honoree Matthew L. Bruno with Gotham Schwartz, partner at Boies Schiller Flexner. Greens CEO Viraj Puri, both honorees.

Honorees Kerby Jean- Raymond, creative director and owner of Pyer Moss, Kingsley chef and owner Roxanne Spruance, an honoree; Luxottica account and Olga Vidisheva, manager Richard Blass; and DBI Construction Consultants project executive CEO of Shoptiques. Christopher Tomlan and his wife, honoree Kristen Tomlan, CEO of Dō.

BUCK ENNIS SEE MORE OF THIS WEEK’S SNAPS AT CRAINSNEWYORK.COM/SNAPS. GET YOUR GALA IN SNAPS. EMAIL THERESA AGOVINO: [email protected].

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P045_CN_20170417.indd 45 4/14/2017 11:55:37 AM FOR THE RECORD*

NEW IN TOWN MOVES AND EXPANSIONS filing included no creditors landlord, Feil Organization, represented the landlord, The asking rent was $57 per with unsecured claims. represented itself in-house. Stellar Management. The square foot. ■ East Harlem Neighbor- ■ Best Friends Norman Bobrow & Co. asking rent was $125 per hood Action Center Animal Society represented the tenant in square foot. ■ Yaso Tangbao signed a 158 E. 155th St. 307 W. Broadway STOCK EXCHANGES the deal. The asking rent 10-year lease for 3,300 The city-run health center The animal rescue and was $49 per square foot. ■ M.M. Lafleur inked a square feet at 220 E. 42nd strives to become the go-to advocacy nonprofit that ■ JetBlue Airways Corp. 10-year lease to relocate to St. The soup-dumpling spot for undocumented started in Arizona in the (JBLU-O) RETAIL 18,000 square feet at 100 restaurant will set up shop at immigrants and community 1970s opened its first city Joel C. Paterson, chairman ■ MAC Cosmetics landed a Broadway. The women’s the base of the Daily News members who need access to adoption center, in SoHo. of the board, sold 5,120 deal for 86,000 square feet apparel retailer plans to Building, between Second health services and wellness The nonprofit will be home shares of common stock for at 1 Soho Square. The cos- move from 611 Broadway and Third avenues. The workshops. The center plans to about 30 cats, 30 kittens $20.48 per share April 3 in a metics company and Estée and use the new space as a asking rent was $250 per to add mental health coun- and 15 dogs. Visitors can transaction worth $104,859. Lauder Cos. subsidiary will showroom and office space. square foot. Tower Broker- seling, HIV and STI testing, also admire the kittens play- He now directly holds occupy the 10th, 11th and JLL represented the tenant. age represented the tenant. and other behavioral health ing in the all-glass nursery. 569,042 shares. 13th floors. 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She now directly Studio 3 Partners LLC (Manhattan)/ $1,031.6 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer SB M&A Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Studios Inc. bar owned by the same folks spanakopita and baklava. holds 22,150 shares. Paramount NMOC LLC; Viacom (remaining 80.91%) who run boozy Murray International Inc. (Manhattan) ■ InkHouse ■ L3 Technologies (LLL-N) Hill brunch spot The Flying 45-asset portfolio totaling $854.5 Brookfield Asset SB M&A Cock. 256 W. 38th St. Michael T. Strianese, chief 8.6 million square feet/TA Associates Management Inc. The integrated public executive officer, sold Realty Group Limited Partnership (Manhattan) ■ Norman relations and social content 22,547 shares of common CU Bancorp/Basswood Capital $718.0 PacWest Bancorp SB M&A 29 Norman Ave., Brooklyn agency debuted its first stock at prices ranging from Management LLC (Manhattan); Greenpoint’s new Nordic office in the city. The agency $164.81 to $165.42 per The Banc Funds Co. LLC breakfast and lunch spot also has offices in San share April 3 in a transac- TRC Cos. Inc. $680.7 New Mountain Capital LLC FB M&A offers a grain and vege- Francisco; Providence, R.I.; tion worth $3,717,740. He (Manhattan) table–centric menu that and Waltham, Mass. now directly holds 124,175. Syneron Medical Ltd./Camber Capital $397.4 Apax Partners (Israel) Ltd. FB M&A makes toast dishes look Management LLC; North Tide Capital surprisingly Instagram- LLC; Senvest Management LLC (Manhattan) worthy. The 140-seat café BANKRUPTCIES REAL ESTATE Norbord Inc./ $330.0 Brookfield Asset Management SB M&A also plans to debut its Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Manhattan); dinner menu and late- ■ M&N Automotive Inc. COMMERCIAL Inc. (Manhattan) (unknown minority stake) night bar program in the 3981 Boston Road, Bronx ■ LKQ Hunts Point Auto Innocoll Holdings plc/Fortress $237.9 Lough Ree FB M&A coming months. The auto body repair shop Parts signed a 15-year lease Investment Group LLC (Manhattan); Technologies Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bank- for 73,000 square feet at Fountain Healthcare Partners; Investment Partners LP; Maples ■ The Spaniard ruptcy April 5. The filing 1390 Spofford Ave., Bronx. Corporate Services Ltd.; Morgan 190 W. Fourth St. cites estimated assets of $0 The auto parts company will Stanley & Co. LLC (Manhattan); This gastropub in the West to $50,000 and liabilities of occupy the entire 1-story Putnam Investment Management LLC; Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Village aims to be a desti- $50,001 to $100,000. The warehouse building and nation for everything from creditor with the largest plans to move from its space Burberry Group plc, Beauty Business/ $224.5 Coty Inc. (Manhattan) SB M&A jailbreak parties to rowdy unsecured claim is the at 1480 Sheridan Express- Burberry Group plc divorces. Despite its name, state Department of Labor, way. The asking rent was Office Condos at 866 United Nations $218.0 The Carlyle Group LP FB M&A the bar has an old Irish pub which is owed $17,027. $18 per square foot. The Plaza/Meadow Partners LLC (Manhattan) meets a New York tavern landlord, Simone Develop- feel and is loaded with plen- ■ Rocky’s Bella ment Cos., represented itself Vtesse Inc./Alexandria Venture $200.6 Sucampo SB M&A ty of whiskey options and a Pizza Corp. and the tenant. Investments; Bay City Capital LLC; Pharmaceuticals Inc. Lundbeckfond Invest A/S; New solid cocktail menu. 607 Second Ave. Enterprise Associates; Pfizer Venture The pizzeria filed for Chap- ■ RVM Enterprises inked Investments (Manhattan) ■ Street Taco ter 11 bankruptcy March a seven-and-a-half-year souche.com $180.0 ClearVue Partners; Creditease GCI 358 Third Ave. 30. The filing cites estimated deal for 9,000 square feet Corp., Investment Arm; Haitong The casual Mexican joint in assets of $0 to $50,000 and at 622 Third Ave. The con- International Securities Group Ltd., Investment Arm; The Gramercy is open for lunch, liabilities of $100,001 to sulting and data-solutions Morningside Group Ltd.; brunch and dinner. There’s $500,000. The creditors with company plans to occupy Warburg Pincus LLC (Manhattan) wine on tap, and all its the largest unsecured claims part of the sixth floor of the Eight Property Portfolio/ $161.8 Westbrook Partners SB M&A tortillas and chips are are Cristian Zeferino Sil- building between East 40th BlackRock Workspace Property Trust (Manhattan) made daily at a tortilleria verio Lopez I. Juarez, owed and East 41st streets. The in Queens. $240,000; Isaac Sternheim landlord, Cohen Brothers Selected deals announced for the week ending April 6 involving companies in metro New & Co., owed $75,000; and Realty Corp., was repre- York. SB M&A: Strategic buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing ■ Sugar East Martin Clearwater & Bell, sented in-house. Newmark shares of a company without the participation of a financial buyer. FB M&A: Financial buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company with the 1125 First Ave. owed $50,000. Grubb Knight Frank participation of a financial buyer. GCI: Growth capital investment represents new money To the delight of social represented the tenant. The invested in a company for a minority stake. SOURCE: CAPITALIQ smokers, there’s a new bar ■ 23 Innovations Inc. asking rent was $60 per on the Upper East Side d/b/a Blue Dog square foot.

where smoking indoors Kitchen Bar GET* YOUR NEWS ON THE RECORD is allowed. This cocktail 308 W. 50th St. ■ Turner Trade School re- To submit company openings, moves or real estate deals, or to receive further information, ABOUTemail [email protected] SECTION. lounge replaces a 20-year- The all-day café filed for newed its 8,300-square-foot old cigar bar that the owner Chapter 11 bankruptcy lease at 145 W. 30th St. For the Record is a listing to help businesspeople in New York find opportunities, potential reinvented in hopes of March 31. The filing cites for another 15 years. The new clients and updates on customers. Bankruptcy filings from the eastern and southern catering to a wider audience estimated assets of $0 to commercial trade school districts of New York are listed alphabetically. Stock transactions are insider transactions at New York companies obtained from Thomson Reuters and listed by size. Real estate listings that would dig the space’s $50,000 and liabilities of has been in the space for are in order of square footage. Mad Men vibe. $100,001 to $500,000. The the past 10 years. The

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Writing on the wall opping up on plywood boards throughout the Lower East Side are ghostly drawings of jazz musicians playing. e  gures—each composed of a single unbroken line from a paint pen—are gestures from an artist who goes by the Pname Sir Shadow. When Sir Shadow sees an open wall, he pulls out a paint pen and completes a drawing in less than a minute. His  nal  ourish is to leave the address of his website, where people can see and shop for his work, which is priced up to $5,000 online. “I feel it, I express it,” he said. “Somebody else likes it? at’s cool. It’s not so much advertising as it is letting people know where they can go see more.” Sir Shadow once had big dreams—in 2008 he o ered a $1 mil- lion commission to anyone who could sell his art for $3 million. at was when he worked in a studio at the Whitehouse Hotel, a  ophouse on the Bowery. A er a new owner closed the studio in hopes of converting the building to a hotel, Sir Shadow fashioned a makeshi gallery that he usually sets up in Washington Square Park, where he sells drawings for about $10—or sometimes for the change in a person’s pocket. Accompanying many of his drawings are original poems. e Amsterdam News published one, a memorial of childhood friend Timothy Caughman, who allegedly was murdered by a white su- premacist in Hells Kitchen in March. “I’m not an artist,” Sir Shad- ow said. “I’m not going to  t into any category. I don’t want to put myself in no particular this or that.” — PETER D’AMATO BUCK ENNIS

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