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Taproom and Microbrewery to Open on Ground Floor of Long Island City Development

The list of breweries choosing to operate out of LIC continues to grow—with a New York-based company announcing Monday that it is opening a taproom and microbrewery on the ground floor of a new development in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City Finback Brewery—which opened in 2013 with a 25-barrel brewery in Glendale, Queens—has leased a 3,800 square foot space at the bottom of The Durst Organization’s 67-story apartment complex, which is called “Sven” and is located next to the iconic clock tower in Queens Plaza. The company will join a multitude of other breweries that have opened…

Publication LIC Post
Date 2022-04-26
Author Christian Murray

Finback Brewery Opening Third NYC Outpost in Long Island City

Long Island City, Queens’ brewery game is about to get a bit stronger Finback Brewery plans to open a 3,800-square-foot microbrewery and taproom at the base of the Sven luxury residential tower at 29-59 Northern Boulevard, the New York Post first reported. The brewery — known for its India pale ale and stouts — signed a 15-year lease for the ground-floor space, where it plans to focus on “fruit-forward” sour beers conditioned in “wooden foeders [large barrels] and ceramic fermentation crocks” when it opens later this year, according to landlord the Durst Organization. A spokesperson for Durst declined to provide…

Publication Commercial Observer
Date 2022-04-26
Author Nicholas Rizzi

Santander’s East Midtown tower has new owner with modern vision

East Midtown, a favored location for hedge funds and small financial firms, will soon have a prestigious new location for them After serving as Santander’s New York headquarters since 1991, the 134,000 square-foot boutique office tower at 45 E. 53rd St. is finally to be made available for other tenants. A joint venture of ZG Capital and Rialto Capital Management quietly signed a contract last week on an off-market deal to buy the tower for $105 million, Realty Check has learned. The seller was Florida-based MEK Management Services. The deal will close in 30 days. The new owners plan a…

Publication New York Post
Date 2022-04-26
Author Steve Cuozzo

Brewery To Open In New Long Island City Apartment Tower

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — The new luxury apartment tower that now glistens next to Queens Plaza has a new amenity to add to its list: a brewery Finback Brewery, based out of Glendale, has signed a lease to open a 3,800-square-foot location in Sven, the recently completed tower at the corner of Queens Plaza and Northern Boulevard, developers announced Monday. Consisting of a taproom and on-site "microbrewery," the ground-floor space will open in late 2022, according to the Durst Organization, which built the glass tower that curves around the landmark Chase Manhattan Bank building. Besides its Queens headquarters, Finback…

Publication Patch
Date 2022-04-26
Author Nick Garber

Glendale’s Finback Brewery to open new location in Long Island City luxury highrise

Finback Brewery will open its new taproom and on-site microbrewery in Long Island City later this year The Durst Organization announced that the Glendale-based brewery signed a 15-year lease to establish a 3,800-square-foot location in the Sven, the recently completed 67-story luxury residential tower at 29-59 Northern Blvd. on Queens Plaza North. It has a unique curved façade and wraps around the historic Clock Tower. At 762 feet, its height is second only to the Skyline Tower in Court Square just a few blocks to the south. Founded in Glendale more than a decade ago by owners Basil Lee and…

Publication QNS
Date 2022-04-26
Author Bill Parry
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