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DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) will soon be closing its location at 79th and Broadway, according to a November 10 report by Crain’s.
DSW opened this location, its third in Manhattan, in 2012. The 30,000 square foot, two-floor space, which DSW leases from the Zabar family, is expected to be vacant by February 2022.
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Filene’s Basement, which filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its locations in late 2011, was the 79th Street store’s previous occupant, first taking over the space in 1993. At the time of Filene’s closing, Crain’s wrote that commercial real estate broker Faith Hope Consolo said to “[expect] more fashion-forward tenants, such as Guess or Zara, to look at the space—especially since discounters including Century 21 are nearby.” Nope. It became a DSW.
DSW has three other locations in Manhattan: in Harlem at 301 West 125th Street; in Union Square at 40 East 14th Street; and in Midtown at 213 West 34th Street.
This forthcoming closing follows fellow UWS giants who’ve fallen since the onset of the pandemic. These include Banana Republic, which closed its shop on 67th and Broadway; Century 21, which closed all of its stores, including that at 66th and Broadway; and L’Occitane, which closed its location on 69th and Columbus.
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We’ve reached out to the Designer Brands INC, which owns DSW, to find out if any heavy sales should be expected soon. For now, DSW is open Monday – Saturday from 10am-8pm and Sunday from 10am-7pm.
Noooo!!! I love that DSW! I do so well there!!! I am so sad!!!!
When did the city rename the street BroadBroadway? Look at the street sign. An optical illusion, I guess.
The photo is manipulated… notice the double don’t walk sign too… unless they really, really don’t want you walking on BroadBroadway!
It’s Google Maps.
I’ll googoogle that.
Victoria’s Secret on 85th & Broadway is closing this Saturday, November 13th. The only store left on the block is Baked by Melissa.
Zabar brothers are killing the UWS. They own almost every building in the vicinity . Make more money with empty stores on tax rebate . Won’t allow any competitive supermarkets . It’s becoming a ghost town.
While they do own several buildings in the area, its far from “almost every building”. And I have no clue what you mean by “make more money on tax rebate”; every Upper West Side liberal spouts similar nonsense, and it’s just not true. Most commercial leases have a 10 year initial term; this one was signed in 2012 as per the article, so was reaching it’s end. DSW has a store on 125th, which is not really that far and they decided to consolidate. As for not allowing any “competitive supermarkets”, it would be kind of dumb for any retail store to offer a sweetheart lease to a competitor for space across the street, don’t you think?
Good points all. Thank you. I woulda two things here. First, Zabars is NOT a “supermarket” and is not in competition with “supermarkets.” It is a specialty store, and although there are items that overlap with supermarket items, you would not mistake it for a “supermarket.” In fact, I have a feeling that if a true supermarket wanted to open up in the DSW space, Zabars might seriously consider it (their objections would more likely be to potential vermin, rats and garbage).
Second, with regard to empty storefronts, you are correct that it is a myth that it somehow benefits landlords to keep storefronts empty. What happens is that, when the merchant closes, the LLC that holds the actual merchant lease from the landlord (the “administrator”) is now responsible for paying the rent for the space, plus any carrying costs (taxes, etc.). So the merchant is released from the remainder of the lease, while the landlord still gets the rent (or at least most of it). So it doesn’t “benefit” the landlord to leave it empty; it is simply not as much of a “burden” as perhaps it should be.
You are exactly WRONG. The Zabars family has been PRESERVING the UWS for longer than anyone else. They own the TWO-story Barnes & Noble building, which they have refused to sell, and the TWO-story building that houses DSW, which they have refused to sell or permit development of. Saul has spent enormous energy making sure there are merchants in his properties so they do NOT fall vacant or fallow. And he was furious when his son-in-law (who managed the property next to DSW) allowed that property to be developed.
Please provide even a single reliable source for your claim, which is spurious and insulting.