Manhattan Store Rents Up 26%, Double on 42nd Street

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The price of renting a storefront in midtown Manhattan is breaking records.

A survey by the Real Estate Board of New York trade group reports the rents on the Broadway shopping corridor between 42nd and 47th Streets more than doubled, to $797 a square foot.

On the city’s famous Fifth Avenue corridor between 49th and 59th Streets, rents hit a new record of $1,250 a square foot.

Overall, the price of city retail space rose 26% on average to $133 a square foot, compared to last year.

Another pricey Manhattan neighborhood is Madison Avenue between 57th and 72nd Streets, with rents of over $1,100 a square foot.


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