New York & Tri-State + Outer | December 1, 2020

Celebrity Chef Establishes Fort Greene Outpost

Helmsley Spear brokered a new, 6,700-square-foot lease for The Simpson, headed by celebrity Chef Patrick Simpson, at 673 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. The property is located directly across the street from the Barclay Center.

Rene Hamilton, managing director of Helmsley Spear, represented the tenant. TerraCRG agents Peter Schubert and Bill Strassman represented the landlord, the Fifth Avenue Committee, a nonprofit community organization. The 10-year lease is for the entire ground-floor retail space.

“We are thrilled that Helmsley Spear is establishing itself as a leasing broker in the thriving Brooklyn market,” said Helmsley Spear president Kent Swig. “We expect to see additional leasing activity in Downtown Brooklyn and the surrounding neighborhoods, as the economy rebounds from the difficulties of this past year.”

Simpson is a culinary ambassador with the TV show “Cooking with Love,” and formerly an executive chef at BB King’s Blues Club.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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