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MINISO SETS FOOT IN NEW YORK’S

MOST EXPENSIVE BOROUGH FITNESS FLAGSHIP LAUNCHED
Orangetheory Fitness’s new flagship comes with
an added offering. Atlanta-based Honors Holdings,
Lifestyle retailer MINISO is now officially the world’s largest franchisee of Orangetheory
welcoming customers at the prime location Fitness studios, has opened a flagship in Manhattan.
in SoHo, New York City, bringing its The two-storey, 6,800sq ft space, which is twice
signature vibrant, fun, and quality products the size of a typical Orangetheory studio, is the
to residents of the Big Apple. brand’s largest studio in the world.
The brand’s 7,974sq ft $10 N’ Under
store is situated at 490 Broadway within a
heritage-listed building which once housed THEME PARK TO ADD SECTION
a high-end homeware emporium that Six Flags Great America has teamed up with
counted the country’s First Lady Mary Todd Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment and DC on
Lincoln among its clientele. Packed with the new DC Universe area which opens on the
more than 3,000 products designed to bring 15th of this month. It will feature three reimagined
joy to every shopper, 95 per cent of the attractions - The Flash: Vertical Velocity, Aquaman
items are priced at $10 and under. Over 100 Splashdown and DC Super-Villains.
kinds of MINISO’s iconic plush toys are now
available instore, as well as a wide selection
of licensed products from Disney, Marvel, SIMON MALL ADDS CONCEPT
and MINISO’s very own MINI Family An automated “restaurant in miniature”
NEW RETAIL PLAZA TAKES SHAPE is serving up hamburgers at the Newport
Centre, a Simon mall in Jersey City, New
NEAR RADIO CITY IN NEW YORK Jersey. RoboBurger operates like an automated
vending machine and cooks restaurant-quality,
freshly grilled burgers from scratch.
The 115ft long plaza that distances what whole,” commented New York City Mayor
once was the McGraw-Hill Building from Eric Adams in a press release outlining the
the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan is under-construction project due to open WENDYS EXPANDS IN MEXICO
being converted into a meeting place that before the end of the year. Fast-food chain Wendy’s plans to further
will feature 65,000sq ft of retail space. No tenants have been signed to occupy expand its reach in Mexico, aiming to operate
The Rockefeller Group - which built and the retail space on the concourse that hundreds of restaurants across the country. The
owns the property across the street from was once occupied by the McGraw-Hill business currently has 28 outlets, which are
Radio City Music Hall-retained the Milan- bookstore and the New York Experience located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Monterrey
based architectural firm Antonio Citterio Theatre. But Eric Gelber, the CBRE and Mexico City.
Patricia Viel to transform what it considered Executive who’s leading the leasing effort,
underutilised space into an inviting traffic- expects much interest.
builder. The street level will be connected to “It’s hard to imagine a comparable retail NEW EXHIBITION LAUNCHED
the concourse level with a large staircase, opportunity in North America that offers Imagine Exhibitions has provided details of
and stadium seating is being installed to such a strong backdrop to display a brand its bespoke Harry Potter: The Exhibition
invite tourists and lunching office workers on the world’s stage,” Gelber said. “The installation which opened its doors recently
to relax there. building attracts a wide range of populations, in Philadelphia. The new site is a celebration of
“Reimagining our central business districts from daytime office workers to locals the memorable characters and settings seen in
will be an all-hands-on-deck effort, one that and tourists. It’s a saturated cross-section the films and stories of Harry Potter, Fantastic
will require investments not just in the difficult to find anywhere else in New Beasts and the expanded Wizarding World.
buildings but also in the neighbourhood as a York City.”

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