The Russians are coming — but hopefully they won’t interfere with our election.
The KGB Spy Museum has leased a 4,000-square-foot space at 245 W. 14th St. in Greenwich Village, in the base of the 3-year-old condo apartment tower on the north side of the street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
The museum and its extensive collection of Cold War spying gear and artifacts will also have a small, lower-level office.
Anita Grossberg of Douglas Elliman Commercial represented the museum in the 10-year lease,, which includes a five-year option. The rent of $400,000 per year is the equivalent of around $100 per square foot.
The building developer, Hundred Horizons (a division of Alfa Management), was represented by RKF’s Andrew Connolly and Justin Fantasia.
Located at the junction of Chelsea and Greenwich Village, it is also a few blocks from the High Line in the Meatpacking District.
“They own the KGB Atomic Bunker in [Kaunas] Lithuania and have partners here in the US,” said Grossberg. “They wanted to be near good transportation in the Village, and this location made sense.”
The building’s three-bedroom duplex penthouse, with tons of outdoor space, is currently for rent for $27,500 per month.
The former retail occupant, Gallery 151, is sponsored by Alfa and helps support emerging artists and curators.
It will be nomadic and pop-up as part of the artists network Wallplay’s new project, On Canal, where it has taken over 20 storefronts on Canal Street for the next year.
