The theater district is getting a Shake Shack.
The hamburger and crinkly fries outfit will open on the West 53rd Street side of 1700 Broadway at the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue. The space is down the block and across Broadway from Stephen Colbert’s show at the Ed Sullivan Theater.
The restaurant’s 3,268- square-foot lease includes 2,009 square feet on the ground floor adjacent to an outdoor dining area with 152 seats that will activate the now-sleepy plaza. It has a 588-square- foot mezzanine and a 671-square-foot basement. Oceana Poke, Pret A Manger and Starbucks also have locations at the office building. The architectural firm, Gensler, is the largest tenant, with 125,000 square feet.
Matthew Chmielecki and Preston Cannon of CBRE represented the popular chain.
Cushman & Wakefield’s Steven Soutendijk, Kenji Ota and Neil Seth represented the Rockpoint Group ownership in the 15-year lease. The asking rent was $300 per square foot for the space.
