729 Seventh Ave 6,295 - 22,446 SF of Retail Space Available in New York, NY 10019

With nearly 25 years of retail real estate experience, Eric Gelber has earned a solid reputation for serving his clients by developing and implementing strategic – and highly creative – marketing and leasing solutions. In his role as Executive Vice President of CBRE’s New York Tri-State Retail Services Group, Mr. Gelber has been responsible for executing leasing and sales transactions valued at more than $4 billion on behalf of his clients. In addition to advising retailers such as National Geographic, Footlocker and Barilla on their space strategies, Mr. Gelber is one of New York City’s most successful and highly regarded ownership representatives, with clients including Equity Office Properties, Fisher Brothers and Paramount Group. Manhattan’s most prominent real estate owners consistently select Mr. Gelber as their real estate advisor, exclusively seeking his expertise to lease the retail at their prized properties. D. Eric Habermann, Senior Vice President, Asset Management for Host Hotels & Resorts might have said it best: “Eric’s efforts have been invaluable to us and have helped to enable millions of dollars of value creation for our shareholders.” Mr. Gelber arranged the 100,000-sq.-ft. long-term master lease between Host Hotels & Resorts and Vornado Realty Trust, an extremely complex transaction that allowed Vornado to redevelop both the entire retail and signage components of the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. He also repositioned the retail at Morgan Stanley’s world headquarters at 1585 Broadway, with transactions including Sunglass Hut, Bare Escentuals, Fossil, Skagen and Starbucks’ flagship. He was instrumental in Morgan Stanley’s sale of the 25,000-sq.-ft. retail condominium at 522 Fifth Avenue, as well as the 17,000-sq.-ft. lease to Sephora for its two-level flagship at the repositioned 580 Fifth Avenue on behalf of ownership. Most recently, Mr. Gelber represented Foot Locker in the leasing of its new 36,000-sq.-ft. Times Square retail condominium at 1460 Broadway, a four-level flagship with dynamic signage. A testament to his creativity and vision, Mr. Gelber is a three-time recipient of the Real Estate Board of New York’s Retail Deal of the Year Award: Footlocker at 1460 Broadway (2016); Gucci at 725 Fifth Avenue (2006); and Haier America at 1356 Broadway (2001).

Jordan Kaplan is a Vice President (Honorary Title) in the New York Tri-State Region Retail Services Group working with Executive Vice President Eric Gelber focusing on both landlord and tenant representation for some of the most prominent names in New York City real estate. Jordan is responsible for business development, transaction implementation and advisory support for his clients, bringing highly creative leasing strategies, a broad industry network, and a well-rounded understanding of the Manhattan & Outer Boroughs retail real estate landscape. As a testament to his hard work, CBRE senior leadership recognized Jordan in 2018 with the Ascending Young Professional Award.

Most recently, Jordan was involved in two of NYC’s largest and most complex transactions—completing leases with Quality Branded Restaurants at 1345 Avenue of the Americas and Avra Estiatorio at 1271 Avenue of the Americas - representing Fisher Brothers and Rockefeller Group, respectively. The Avra Estiatorio project was the recipient of the 2020 REBNY “Ingenious Retail Deal of the Year.”

Prior to joining CBRE in the spring of 2017, Jordan was an Associate at Cushman & Wakefield where he was involved in both landlord and tenant retail representation. It was at C&W where Jordan developed a deep understanding of NYC’s Outer Borough real estate landscape. Before C&W, he began his career with Midtown-based Winick Realty Group where he represented both landlords and retailers and completed more than 25,000 square feet of transactions in his first two years in the business.