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Queens-based Finback Brewery expands to Long Island City

One of the most popular breweries in the city — with locations in Glendale, Queens; and Gowanus — is expanding its reach. According to Commercial Observer, Finback is opening a brewery and taproom at the base of a luxury apartment building in Long Island City. The brewery, known for its range of IPAs, will be highlighting more fruit-packed sour beers at the new location, the publication reports.

Publication Eater
Date 2022-04-26
Author Erika Adams

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

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

Experts: Commercial real estate in New York City doing better than originally thought

NEW YORK -- Many thought the pandemic left much of the city's commercial office space vacant. But it turns out that's not exactly the case As CBS2's Kevin Rincon reported Thursday, some buildings are hot, some are not, and some may be repurposed to draw people back to the city. There is no shortage of commercial real estate in the city. But much like the housing market, the newer, renovated spaces, are in high demand. "We just hit 95 percent occupancy, which is the highest occupancy number in the history of the building," said Jordan Barowitz, VP of public affairs…

Publication CBS news
Date 2022-04-08
Author Kevin Rincon

Durst Leases Penthouse Space at Manhattan High-Rise

An information management company committed to the pavilion that caps 1155 Avenue of the Americas.

Publication Commercial Property Executive
Date 2022-04-07
Author Barbra Murray
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