Casual fast food sites that invade midtown as workers return to the office

Rapid casual food points are quickly invading Midtown to fill the long-store shops from more office workers returning to their tables five days a week.

The boom includes not only well -known names such as Awaler and Sweetgreen, but also new brands for New York. Signs “Comes soon” just ascended to windows of 40 W. 53rd St. For Farmer J, a UK -based chain, focused on health with 11 locations in London and expanding to the US for the first time.

Pollo Campero, whom her mediator, retail president Meridian James Famularo, called “Chick-Fil of Guatemala”, was unknown here until it opened in 966. Sixth and at 714 Lexington Ave. about a year ago. Famularo also brought Springbone Kitchen, a bone soups operation, on 25 E. 51, where he represented the owner.

Rentlemen and retail intermediaries attribute the boom to return the five-day work week for many employees.

“Many of this is a function of people returning five days a week, and large companies believe that Midtown and the financial circle are again applicable,” said Patrick A. Smith, Vice President of Retail for JLU.

Five-day work programs are essential for random food businesses because, Smith explained, “They mostly have to survive at a meal a day-and-day. They can’t do it only three days a week.”

Famularo agreed, saying, “The great story is that people have returned to the office. This is after years of listening to the city will never return to five days a week, which was the biggest obstacle we found when we showed Midtown spaces.”

Henry Rossignol of CBre, who represented Joe & Juice in her latest rent in 1195 Ave Ave, also attributed the trust of the operators in the data they receive from the delivery services as Uber Eats and Door Dash, “who tells them exactly where the request is in a special place.” Joe younger is right from the next post of Naya, the popular Middle East chain that is swallowing shops everywhere.

Cutenidjk’s Steven Souvenidjk & Wakefield, who represented Carrot Express for rent at 600 Lexington Ave. Two years ago, he said the corner location is the best Florida -based chain performer. He said as a result of the rapid random spread, “basically there is no space available for more between the Lexington roads and the seventh,” Soutenidkj said.

Some of the new arrivals are taking on spaces that have been dark for years. A Bagel operation called SCOOP is coming previously Vacant 7 E. 53rd St.

Also new to the stage are yumpling, a Taiwanese place at 16 E. 52nd st.; Watchhouse Chain Watchhouse British and snacks, which just signed a rent in the Chrysler building on the heel of its success in 660 ave fifth.; and Bagizza, a hybrid pizza and bagol in 424 Madison Ave.

Rental search varies greatly depending on the location. But most intermediaries said they go in the middle of the city from $ 150 to $ 300 per square foot.

After years of fighting with a reduced retail market, the owners are excited that fast-casual is helping to get the slack.

“Tides are finally coming back,” Famularo said. “What was an inventory thing, is now slowly disappearing every week.”