Trendy yoga and athletic lifestyle clothing purveyor Lululemon Athletica is banking on a new Upper West Side location.
The Vancouver, Canada-based company is now building out a location at 2139 Broadway on the northwest corner of West 75th Street that was previously a Chase Bank and Clearwire — both of which closed their doors this week.
The new store will encompass 3,800 square feet on the ground along with a storage basement.
Jeremy Ezra of RKF represented Lululemon in the 10-year transaction.
The move by the 165-store chain underscores its sought-after status. It already has several spots around the city, including another one a mere 11 blocks south on Broadway, by Lincoln Center.
Same-stores sales, or those of units open at least a year, climbed an impressive 18 percent chain-wide in the three months ended Oct. 30.
Steven A. Soutendijk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the residential building, which is across from Fairway and Citarella. Another new store, The Art of Shaving, recently opened.
Asking rents along Broadway range from $350 to $500 a square foot depending on the location.
Despite repeated calls, neither broker would comment on the deal, which was initially posted in the CoStar Property database late last month.
Lululemon also did not immediately return an e-mail or call requesting comment.
Its shares closed yesterday at $65, up 1.1 percent. The stock has soared 64 percent over the past year.
