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Coffee, Gym and Salad Chains Slated to Open in Astor Place

By Lisha Arino | October 12, 2015 1:37pm | Updated on October 13, 2015 6:58pm
 A coffee shop, gym, and salad shop are moving into 51 Astor Pl., according to a real estate company.
A coffee shop, gym, and salad shop are moving into 51 Astor Pl., according to a real estate company.
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EAST VILLAGE — A café, gym and salad shop are moving to Astor Place, a real estate company announced Monday.

Bluestone Lane Coffee, Flywheel Sports and Chop’t Creative Salad Company recently signed leases at 51 Astor Place, a 400,000-square-foot office tower, according to SRS Real Estate Partners, which represented the landlord, Edward J. Minskoff, in the transactions.

Bluestone Lane Coffee — which has locations in Midtown, the Financial District, NoHo and the Upper East Side — will take up 1,034 square feet, according to Patrick A. Smith, the executive vice-president of SRS Real Estate Partners. The local chain serves artisanal coffee and food inspired by the coffee culture in Melbourne, Australia, according to its website.

Flywheel Sports, which offers indoor spin classes, will take up 500 square feet on the ground level and another 518 square feet in level below, Smith added.

Salad chain Chop't, will occupy 2,363 square feet, he said.

The new tenants did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The chains will join CVS, which became the first retail tenant in the building earlier this year, according to SRS Real Estate Partners and The Real Deal, which first reported the pharmacy chain’s lease signing.

"It's a great lineup of tenants and [they're] very much service-oriented," Smith said, calling them "best of class" operators.

There is one remaining retail slot left in the building, which houses offices for companies like IBM Watson — home to the supercomputer best known for beating two "Jeopardy!" contestants — as well as Tudor Investments, Mail Online, 1st Dibs and St. John’s University, according to the real estate company.