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Thor Equities has wasted no time getting a big “retail space available” sign up on an empty lot on North 6th Street — across the street from Madewell’s new store — it purchased in late August along with a slew of adjacent retail buildings. As global brands and chain stores move into Williamsburg, big Manhattan-focused developers are starting to show more interest in the historically mostly Hasidic-owned neighborhood, we’ve noticed.

Thor picked up the lot, whose addresses are 126 North 6th Street and 130-132 North 6th Street, for $3,750,000 on August 25, according to public records. The same day, it also snapped up 124 North 6th Street, home to Chai Thai restaurant, for $14,000,00, and 136 North 6th Street, home to Lulu Lounge and Tacu Tacu, for $3,750,000.

Thor will build the new retail space to suit the new tenant, according to marketing on its site. There is potential for 10,000 square feet of retail space over two floors, with 50 feet of sidewalk frontage — it could be a restaurant or stores. Apparently the developer plans to keep the existing buildings as they are, if a rendering of the potential storefront is any indication.

The New York Observer was the first to write about the sales and the rendering. Click through to see the rendering.

130 North 6th Street Listing [Thor Equities]
Thor Nabs W’burg Properties for Retail Project [NYO] GMAP 

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