Printemps, the French luxurious division retailer, will open its first US location in March, One Wall Road developer Harry Macklowe says.
The eagerly awaited launch – beforehand reported as taking place within the spring — could be essentially the most momentous debut ever within the retail-deprived FiDi neighborhood.
It also needs to burnish the picture of Macklowe’s offices-to-condos conversion undertaking on the landmarked former Irving Belief tower.
The sight of the 55,000-plus square-foot vogue emporium on Broadway between Wall and Pine streets will likely be welcomed by downtown residents and by customers from farther afield.
Consumers will entry two promoting flooring by way of the tower’s restored Pink Room, a dramatic house that was designated an inside landmark by town this yr however was lengthy off-limits to the general public.
However will it assist to spur house gross sales? We reported final week that solely 112 of 566 models had been offered so far.
The full ticked as much as 113 after a closing recorded on Nov. 29 of unit 715 for $965,000.
Macklowe, though unamused by our snarky print headline, “Not wild about Harry’s,” politely and confidently informed us, “We couldn’t be happier with sales.”
