Kaden / Services / Retail
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Practice
Retail Leasing & Sales
The street-level
fabric of New York.
Retail in New York is where brand becomes physical. We work with the operators, ownership groups, and concept holders shaping that fabric — from boutique storefronts to corner-defining anchor spaces.
Sides Represented
Landlord · Tenant · Seller · Buyer
Markets
The five boroughs · and beyond
How we work
Every side of every
retail deal.
Landlord representation
Marketing, leasing, lease
structure.
- Storefront marketing and tenant procurement
- Shopping center and mixed-use leasing strategy
- Asset positioning for owners with vacant retail
- Lease structure advisory and rent benchmarking
- Off-market disposition for confidential mandates
Tenant representation
Site selection, lease
negotiation, build-out.
- Flagship and second-location site selection
- Multi-unit rollout strategy across NYC neighborhoods
- Lease negotiation and term structuring
- Build-out scope, TI allowance, and free-rent advisory
- Off-market introductions to ownership groups
The Practice
How retail
moves in
New York.
Retail isn’t priced on rent alone — it’s priced on visibility, foot traffic, neighbor mix, and how the room reads from the sidewalk. We underwrite all of it.
Position before price.
Before a space is listed or a tenant is shown, the question we answer is what the location actually is — corridor or destination, anchor or in-line, daytime or evening. The asking rent follows from that read, not the other way around.
Tenant fit outlasts the lease.
A retail tenant becomes part of the neighborhood — through the term, through renewal, through whatever comes after. We help landlords think past the highest rent toward the right operator, and help tenants identify locations where the lease still makes sense long after the original term ends.
Lease terms that hold up.
Escalations, renewal options, exclusivity, percentage rent, work letters — the structure is where the deal lives or dies. We negotiate every term as if we’ll be looking at it again in five years.
Off-market is where the work happens.
The best retail trades rarely reach a public listing. Through long-standing relationships with ownership groups across Manhattan and Brooklyn, we surface opportunities for clients before they hit the market — and quietly place tenants directly with landlords.
What we look for
The four things that
make a retail deal
real.
The four things that make a retail deal real
Every retail transaction we take on is underwritten against four criteria. Anything less and we say so.
i.
Foot traffic that supports the use.
A boutique on a quiet side street is a different deal than the same boutique on a corridor. We measure the right traffic for the right concept.
ii.
Neighbor mix that reinforces the brand.
Retail draws from its block. The wrong neighbors flatten the rent curve. The right ones compound it.
iii.
Lease structure that survives a downturn.
Five years of strong rent only matters if the renewal terms still work. We negotiate for both ends of the lease.
iv.
Build-out math that closes.
The rent quoted is rarely the rent paid. We model true occupancy cost — TI, work letters, free rent, and operating expenses — before we recommend.
Asset types
What we transact on.
I.
Storefront retail
Ground-floor retail in walkable NYC corridors — boutique sizes through anchor spaces. Lease and asset sale.
II.
Shopping centers
Strip centers and mixed-use complexes. Leasing strategy, tenant placement, and disposition advisory for ownership.
III.
Mixed-use ground floor
Retail components of mixed-use buildings — coordinating retail leasing with residential or office above.
IV.
Multi-unit rollout
Site selection across multiple NYC neighborhoods for retail brands expanding their NYC footprint.
The process
From first call to
closed lease.
Every engagement runs through the same four phases. The pace varies; the discipline doesn’t.
I.
Position
Read the location, the brand, and the market. Establish what the space is and who it’s for.
II.
Source
Run the public market and the off-market network in parallel. Surface the right counterparty.
III.
Negotiate
Structure the lease or sale terms with both sides. Closing turns on the structure, not the headline.
IV.
Close
Manage the back-and-forth through signature. Stay involved through occupancy or possession.
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A read on a retail deal
you're considering?
Whether you're listing a space, looking for one, or weighing an acquisition — we'll give you a straight read.
