Sizzling burger chain to open in Pelham Manor
Smashburger, a fast-growing Denver-based restaurant chain, in early September will open its second fast casual eatery in Westchester County at Post Road Plaza in Pelham Manor.
A Smashburger franchise operator has leased an approximately 2,300-square-foot site formerly occupied by Off-Track Betting, said a spokesperson for Levin Management, exclusive leasing and managing agent for the 267,627-square-foot shopping center. The tenant was represented by Peter Levine, broker at the Westport, Conn., office of Charter Realty & Development Corp.
Developed and owned by Consumer Capital Partners, a private equity firm, Smashburger has opened 160 restaurants in the U.S., including one in Mamaroneck, since its launch in Denver in 2007. In 2011, it was named America”™s Most Promising Company by Forbes magazine.
The Smashburger debut at Post Road Plaza will be followed in October by the opening of a Lane Bryant store there. The women”™s fashion apparel retailer recently signed a lease for 5,487 square feet of space in the Fairway Market-anchored shopping center.
The Post Road Plaza manager said a 7,500-square-foot retail space formerly occupied by Mandee has been converted into an Annie sez discount store for women”™s designer-label apparel and lingerie. Both Mandee and Anne sez are owned by Big M Inc., a family-owned women”™s fashions and accessories retailer.
Law firm opens in White Plains
Cuddy Law Firm P.C., a central New York firm that provides legal services to families of people with disabilities, has opened a downstate office at 50 Main St. in White Plains.
The Auburn firm said Adrienne Arkontaky will lead its White Plains office as managing partner.
A Hawthorne resident, she is a trustee of the John A. Coleman School, which serves children with multiple disabilities on its White Plains and New York City campuses.
New image for regional Realtors
The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) has a new logo that symbolizes the regional market and connections created by the merger of three former Realtor associations into HGAR.
The logo, which also will represent HGAR”™s subsidiary, the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, was designed by Meadow Art & Design of Fair Lawn, N.J.
Headquartered in White Plains, HGAR represents more than 9,000 real estate professionals in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties.
