The reinvention of the World Financial Center into Brookfield Place is starting to pay off.
As The Post first revealed yesterday, with the signing of premier luxury-retail tenant Hermès to a prime spot near the 67-foot-tall glass pavilion entryway, Brookfield Properties’ $250 million redevelopment investment is beginning to roll in its targeted tenancies.
Hermès will be joining a select and growing roster that already includes Michael Kors and Burberry — with more on the way.
The shopping will start in the fall of 2014.
“Brookfield Place is becoming the destination of choice for luxury brands,” said Ed Hogan, director of leasing for Brookfield Properties. “We are going to have luxury retail, we will have contemporary fashion, and we will have other like-kind brands.”
“We are going to have a nice big fitness center, day care, valet parking and are negotiating for a culinary school,” revealed Melissa Coley, a spokeswoman for Brookfield.
The second-level dining terrace will have 14 concepts and water-view seating for 600 people, while a 23,000-square-foot market area on the ground floor, run by Peter Poulakakos, will offer takeout or indoor and outdoor dining.
“We’ve already signed SkinnyPizza in the dining terrace and are bringing many of our exclusive, high-end clients [here],” said Kim Mogull, CEO of Mogull Realty, who is representing tenants in several deals at Brookfield Place.
Brookfield Place is being connected to the World Trade Center site across West Street with an upcoming at-grade crossing and a unique underground East-West Corridor that will connect to the PATH, subways and Oculus area. The current bridge will soon be closed.
