The Jekyll & Hyde Club is moving out of its five-story building at 1409 Avenue of the Americas between 57th and 58th streets later this year and its landlord has put the building up for sale for $19.5 million, according to an article today at therealdeal.com by Sarabeth Sanders.
The building is notable for its ornate facade decorated with horror-movie characters and mummies and topped by a realistic crashed World War I fight plane.
The building is owned by Sam Domb, who owns both the Travel Inn and the Belvedere hotel in Midtown and the Lucerne hotel on the Upper West Side, according to the article. "Jekyll & Hyde currently occupies the entirety of its roughly 12,000 square feet, which is also being marketed for lease to single-tenant users for $600,000 per year by Newmark Knight Frank" plus $180,000 in yearly taxes, the article said.
"Jekyll & Hyde is in the process of relocating to Times Square's former New York Times building at 229 West 44th Street and will by fully moved out of the Sixth Avenue building by the fourth quarter, Newmark's Benjamin Birnbaum, who is co-listing the chain's current space, confirmed. Last month, reports surfaced that a company with ties to Jekyll & Hyde Entertainment Group had leased 23,452 square feet in the building, where landlord Africa Israel USA has already brought in Bowlmor Lanes, the Times Square Discovery Center and Daffy's. It's still unclear whether this would be a new restaurant concept or an additional outpost for Jekyll & Hyde, but the latter now seems more likely," the article said.
The Jekyll & Hyde group also "operates Jekyll & Hyde of Greenwich Village at 91 Seventh Avenue, the Slaughtered Lamb Pub at 182 West 4th Street and Oliver's Bar & Grill at 190 West 4th Street, according to its website," the article said.
The building is notable for its ornate facade decorated with horror-movie characters and mummies and topped by a realistic crashed World War I fight plane.
The building is owned by Sam Domb, who owns both the Travel Inn and the Belvedere hotel in Midtown and the Lucerne hotel on the Upper West Side, according to the article. "Jekyll & Hyde currently occupies the entirety of its roughly 12,000 square feet, which is also being marketed for lease to single-tenant users for $600,000 per year by Newmark Knight Frank" plus $180,000 in yearly taxes, the article said.
"Jekyll & Hyde is in the process of relocating to Times Square's former New York Times building at 229 West 44th Street and will by fully moved out of the Sixth Avenue building by the fourth quarter, Newmark's Benjamin Birnbaum, who is co-listing the chain's current space, confirmed. Last month, reports surfaced that a company with ties to Jekyll & Hyde Entertainment Group had leased 23,452 square feet in the building, where landlord Africa Israel USA has already brought in Bowlmor Lanes, the Times Square Discovery Center and Daffy's. It's still unclear whether this would be a new restaurant concept or an additional outpost for Jekyll & Hyde, but the latter now seems more likely," the article said.
The Jekyll & Hyde group also "operates Jekyll & Hyde of Greenwich Village at 91 Seventh Avenue, the Slaughtered Lamb Pub at 182 West 4th Street and Oliver's Bar & Grill at 190 West 4th Street, according to its website," the article said.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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