
We Keep Leasing
Meridian’s retail leasing team has historically negotiated over 10 million square feet of restaurant and retail leases, using this volume and momentum to serve as the single point of contact for both landlords and tenants seeking retail leasing and advisory services.
Welcome to Meridian Retail Leasing
Meridian’s retail leasing team understands the market, knows the active operators, and cultivates targeted opportunities for each asset to achieve favorable results for our clients. Our retail leasing knowledge is further supported by the company’s unparalleled access to information and comparables via the firm’s debt capital markets and investment sales businesses, providing clients with exceptional service and in-depth market insights.
Clients turn to Meridian to bring a targeted and proven approach to tenanting space. Meridian’s team has negotiated category-defining leasing transactions including: 1Oak, Hunt & Fish Club, John Fraser’s “Nix,” Zuber & Company, Gold Bar, Spring Natural, Scarpetta, Livly, and Reade Street Prep, to list a few.
Meet Our Retail Leasing Team
With decades of experience, Meridian’s Retail Leasing team negotiates more than 100 retail leases each year in buildings owned and managed by some of the city’s most prominent landlords. Shouldn’t you be working with Meridian Retail Leasing?
Our Services And Differentiators
- Create a customized marketing strategy that highlights the unique selling points of your retail space
- Identify the ideal tenant by promoting your property to our vast network of contacts at national chains and emerging brands
- Screen potential tenants to ensure they will maximize income while minimizing risk
- Unlock the maximum value of retail space by repositioning it to increase cash flow
- Help identify the ideal tenant for new developments at the outset
- Successfully identify premier retail spaces in New York’s most vibrant neighborhoods based on business needs
- Support in negotiating New York City’s zoning and regulatory environment
- Build on our proven track record representing a diverse group of tenants, from national retailers to new brands
- Conduct a financial analysis, negotiate lease terms, and handle transaction management on your behalf
- Implement the latest technology to evaluate the local market, trends, and demographics
- Evaluate the layout, potential uses, and division of space to maximize value and attract the desired tenant mix
- Analyze and target specific tenants in line with ownership’s business plan for the asset
- Efficiently aid in the management of third parties and other advisors to ensure an expedited process and advantageous outcome
- Engage with our colleagues in the investment sales and debt capital markets divisions to achieve specific property-level value creation and financing objectives
Featured Exclusives

41 Murray Street
Ground Floor: 2,500 Square Feet
Lower Level: 2,500 Square Feet
Sub-Cellar: 2,000 Square Feet
Asking Rent
$35,000 Per Month
Frontage
- 25 Feet
Term
10-15 Years
Possession
Immediate
Comments
- Fully Built Out as a Restaurant or Café Space
- Central Air and Heating
- Private Restrooms
- Security System
- Recessed Lighting
- Space is in Excellent Condition
- Fully Equipped Vented Kitchen
- Kitchen and Freezer Space
- High Ceiling
- High Volume Street, Brand New Construction

74 Leonard Street
Ground Floor: 1,500 Square Feet + Full Basement
Asking Rent
$35,000 Per Month
Frontage
- 30 Feet
Term
10-15 Years
Possession
Immediate
Comments
- Legal Lower Level
- Delivered in White-Box Condition
- All Uses Considered

747 Ninth Avenue
Ground Floor: 1,800 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,800- Square Feet
Asking Rent
$20,000 Per Month
Frontage
- 25 Feet
Term
10-15 Years
Possession
Immediate
Comments
- Fully built with vented kitchen
- High ceilings
- Heavy foot traffic
- Rear outdoor cafe

184 Bleecker Street
Ground Floor (Divisions Possible): 2,500 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,500 Square Feet
Asking Rent
$220 Per Square Foot
Wraparound Frontage
- 125 Feet
Term
10-15 Years
Possession
Immediate
Comments
- Prime flagship corner
- High traffic neighborhood
- Fully vented kitchen
- High ceilings
- Original site of Le Figaro Cafe, opened in 1957
- All uses considered

714 Ninth Avenue
Ground Floor: 2,000 Square Feet + Basement
Asking Rent
$20,000 Per Month
Frontage
- 20 Feet
Term
10 Years
Comments
- Turn-Key Restaurant
- Brand New Build Out One Year Ago
- Fully Equipped Kitchen
- Lower Level Has Walk-In Box, Freezer & Office
- Directly next to World Wide Plaza – 1.5 Million SF of Office Space

824 10th Avenue
Ground Floor: 2,200 Square Feet
Mezzanine: 1,100 Square Feet
Lower Level: 2,200 Square Feet
Asking Rent
$35,000 Per Month
Frontage
- 22 Feet
Term
10 Years
Possession
Immediate
Comments
- Fully built out restaurant
- Vented kitchen in lower level and rear of ground floor with gas
- Double height ceilings
- P.A. for 154 people (can be increased to 252)
- Five full bathrooms
- All uses considered