When we reported back in March that the supermarket deal for the State Renaissance Court building at 200 Schermerhorn Street had fallen through, we said that half of the 12,000-square-foot retail space would go to the Red Cross, hardly the type of storefront business residents hope for. We also noted that the owners had carved out a few smaller spaces that it hoped to fill with food and liquor stores. Well, the first such tenant has been landed for the space just to the left of the Red Cross. The sign in the window says “Coffee Shop Coming Soon” and a worker on the site spilled the beans to a reader that it was going to be a Connecticut Muffin. Sounds like great news for this stretch. Update: Someone close to the situation emailed to say that this was not going to be a Connecticut Muffin, but something pretty darn similar.
StreetLevel: Schermerhorn Supermarket Deal Falls Through [Brownstoner] GMAP