The retail space at
Arabella 101, the rental building that sits atop the new Lower Eastside Girls Club on Avenue D between Seventh Street and Eighth Street, remains empty.
However, word is that The Dermot Company, developer and manager of the 12-story residential building, is in discussions to bring 7-Eleven to one of the available spaces.
According to a retail listing at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, there is 5,000 square feet available.
The listing shows that "ideal uses" include "quick-serve restaurants, discount retailers, medical, pharmacy, laundromats and salons."
We hear that the Girls Club and some members of the Avenue D community are concerned — they thought that they had a solid agreement with the Dermot Company
not to bring fast-food and chain stores into the building.
Meanwhile, at East 11th Street and Avenue A, members of the community and the
No 7-Eleven group continue to hold weekly "No 7-Eleven"
rallies outside the store that opened last October.
Arabella 101 began
leasing in July 2012.
Updated 12:10 p.m.
A representative for The Dermot Company contacted us, stating
"the deal is not moving forward with 7-Eleven."
Also, according to the Dermont spokesperson, the condo documents prevent them from leasing to national fast-food chains ... (other types of chain retain are apparently OK) ... The spokesperson also acknowledged the restriction that they are not permitted to seek stores/retailers who sell alcohol for off-site consumption.