Meridian Capital Group

James Famularo

President of Retail Leasing

James Famularo is widely regarded as one of New York City’s top retail leasing brokers. As president of Meridian’s Retail Leasing team, Famularo leads the city’s most active leasing divisions which he’s expanded to over 50 brokers since he started it in 2018.

Famularo has leased over 1 million square feet of retail space, throughout his career, negotiating over 1,000 leases for top food and beverage related establishments. His vast network of contacts enables him to quickly and efficiently identify optimal tenants and close deals with well-known restaurateurs and Michel-starred chefs.

In recognition of his successful track record, Co Star has named Famularo a Top Retail Leasing Broker and his team as a Top Retail Leasing division in the New York City market every year since 2015.

Some of Famularo’s recent deals include the 20,000 square foot restaurant space he leased to Fushimi Group at 311 West 43rd Street, steps away from Times Square. He also negotiated a 14,500 square foot lease in Hell’s Kitchen to Urban Pathways, a government-funded homeless shelter, at 771 Ninth Avenue. Famularo transacted deals for many other noteworthy tenants such as Brooklyn Chop House, Hunt & Fish Club Steakhouse, 1Oak, and Goldbar.

Mr. Famularo plays a big role in the industry, serving as a board member on REBNY’s Retail Committee, and continuing to be an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

 

Awards

Media

One Quality a Broker Must Have to Stay Successful – creativity – James Famularo

November 18, 2024 |New York Real Estate Journal

Fashion Brand Takes 2K SF at 17 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg

July 30, 2024 |Commercial Observer

Notable Real Estate Leaders 2024 | James Famularo

July 30, 2024 |Crain's New York Business

NYC Retail Market Wakes Up in a Daze After Smoke Shop Day of Reckoning

June 10, 2024 |Commercial Observer

Meridian Retail Leasing Closes First Quarter with a Bang

May 14, 2024 |New York Real Estate Journal

Meridian Arranges Asian Fusion Lease in East Village

March 18, 2024 |Connect Media

Top Leases in December Highlight Diverse Retail Landscape

January 16, 2024 |Other

Fast-growing omakase sushi spots are appetizing for retail industry

December 01, 2023 |Crain's New York Business

Meridian Closed 75 Retail Leases Over Summer  

September 27, 2023 |Connect Media

Amish Market Renews Lease at 731 Ninth Avenue

September 26, 2023 |Commercial Observer

Active listings

560 Remsen Avenue

Brooklyn, East Flatbush
Approximate Size: 1,200 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,500

2238 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard

Harlem, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 775 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,500

62 Thomas Street

Manhattan, TriBeCa
Ground Floor: 5,688 Square Feet
Lower Level: 11,217 Square Feet
Total: 16,905 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $60,000

349 West 37th Street

Garment District, Manhattan
Asking Rent: $34.5 PSF
3rd Floor: 4000 Square Feet
4th Floor: 4000 Square Feet
5th Floor: 4000 Square Feet

243 East 18th Street

Gramercy, Manhattan
Lower Level: 1,000 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $6,000

208 East 6th Street – Laundromat

East Village, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 500 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,000

315 West 55th Street

Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 1,400 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $7,500

116 Elizabeth Street

Manhattan, Nolita
Second Floor: 2,300 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $8,300
Key-Money: $70,000

238 East 60th Street

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Approximate Size: 1,400 Square Feet + Basement
Monthly Rent: $9,350

28 West 27th Street

Manhattan, NoMad
Ground Floor: 6,000 Square Feet
Basement: 5,500 Square Feet
Total: 11,500 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 110 PSF

206 Thompson Street

Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Approximate Size : 1,800 Square Feet + Basement
Monthly Rent: $25,000

41-43 Division Street

Chinatown, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 3,250 Square Feet
Lower Level: 3,250 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $25,000

645 Union Street

Brooklyn, Gowanus
Lower Level : 6,537 Square Feet
Rooftop: 2,500 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $23,500

101 West 23rd Street

Chelsea, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 500 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $8,000

121 Elizabeth Street

Manhattan, Nolita
Approximate Size: 600 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $7,000

716 Montauk Highway – Space B

Long Island, Montauk
Approximate Size: 3,100 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 95 PSF

716 Montauk Highway – Space A

Montauk
Approximate Size: 850 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $8,000

514 Third Avenue

Manhattan, Murray Hill
Ground Floor: 1,550 Square Feet
Basement: 1,400 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $25,000

279 Church Street

Manhattan, TriBeCa
Ground Floor: 1,875 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,875 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $23,000

30 East 14th Street

Manhattan, Union Square
Ground Floor: 2,500 Square Feet
Lower Level: 2,500 Square Feet
Asking Rent: Upon Request

304 East 8th Street

East Village, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 650 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,000

1156 Second Avenue

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Ground Floor : 1,400 Square Feet
Lower Level: 800 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $14,000

81 Worth Street

Manhattan, TriBeCa
Lower Level: 2,250 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $11,500

208 East 6th Street – Hair Salon

East Village, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 500 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,000

61 West 62nd Street

Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Entrance: 150 Square Feet
Cellar: 9,246 Square Feet
Sub-Cellar: 9,857 Square Feet
Asking Rent: Upon Request

2500 Barker Avenue

Allerton, Bronx
Second Floor: 9,328 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 35 PSF

605 West 137th Street

Harlem, Manhattan
Lower Level Space A: 116 Square Feet
Lower Level Space B: 211 Square Feet
Lower Level Space C: 594 Square Feet
Lower Level Space D: 603 Square Feet
Lower Level Space E: 659 Square Feet
Lower Level Space F: 701 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 35 PSF

1735 York Avenue

Manhattan, Yorkville
Approximate Size: 450 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $1,800

541 Sixth Avenue

Flatiron, Manhattan
3rd Floor: 3,500 Square Feet
4th Floor: 3,500 Square Feet
3rd Floor Monthly Rent: $13,000
4th Floor Monthly Rent: $13,000

266 Canal Street

Soho, TriBeCa
Ground Floor: 2,100 Square Feet
Full Basement:
Monthly Rent: $35,000

110 First Avenue

East Village, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 1,100 Square Feet + Full Basement
Monthly Rent: $15,000

422 West Broadway

Manhattan, Soho
Ground Floor: 1,500 Square Feet
Basement: 1,200 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 250 PSF

114 West 27th Street

Chelsea, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 3,000 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,800 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $29,900

336 West 23rd Street

Chelsea, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 2,400 Square Feet
Second Floor: 1,800 Square Feet + 600 Square Foot Terrace
Lowe Level: 2,400 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 47 PSF
Monthly Rent: $27,500

6 West 48th Street

Manhattan, Midtown
4th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
5th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
6th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
7th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
8th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
10th Floor: 5,500 Square Feet
Asking Rent : 50 PSF

945 Columbus Avenue

Manhattan, Upper West Side
Approximate Size: 300 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $3,500

1031 Third Avenue

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Ground Floor: 900 Square Feet
Second Floor: 900 Square Feet
Ground Floor Monthly Rent: $20,000
Second Floor Monthly Rent: $6,500

535 Clinton Avenue

Brooklyn, Clinton Hill
Approximate Size: 12,000 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $40,000

958 Lexington Avenue

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Ground Floor: 300 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $6,500

79 Clinton Street

Lower East Side, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 1,200 Square Feet
Basement: 1,200 Square Feet
Asking Rent: Upon Request

199 Chrystie Street

Lower East Side, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 3,246 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $19,995

57 West 86th Street

Manhattan, Upper West Side
Space A Ground Floor: 2,200 Square Feet
Space A Lower Level: 1,750 Square Feet
Space B Ground Floor: 2,200 Square Feet
Space B Lower Level: 1,750 Square Feet
Monthly Rent : $38,000

212 East 14th Street

East Village, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 2,200 Square Feet
Selling Lower Level: 1,800 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $40,000

738 Broadway

Manhattan, Noho
Ground Floor: 1,927 Square Feet
Mezzanine : 207 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,716 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $29,995

504 Greenwich Street

Manhattan, Soho
Ground Floor: 1,200 Square Feet
Lower Level : 2,400 Square Feet
Monthly Rent : $11,000

57 North Ninth Street

Brooklyn, Williamsburg
Ground Floor: 5,000 Square Feet
Second Floor: 2,500 Square Feet + 2,500 Square Foot Outdoor Terrace
Third Floor: 2,500 Square Feet + 2,500 Square Foot Rooftop
Ground Floor Monthly Rent: $42,000
Second Floor Monthly Rent : $20,000
Third Floor Monthly Rent : $15,000

1516 Park Avenue

East Harlem, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 5,775 Square Feet
Mezzanine: 1,925 Square Feet
Lower Level: 3,016 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $23,500

103-105 MacDougal Street

Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 7,000 Square Feet
Lower Level: 5,000 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 125 PSF

141 East 55th Street

Manhattan, Midtown East
Ground Floor: 1,300 Square Feet
No Basement:
Monthly Rent: $15,000

196 Stanton Street

Lower East Side, Manhattan
Lower Level: 2,000 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $5,250

336 East 59th Street

Manhattan, Midtown East
First Floor: 1,500 Square Feet
Ground Floor: 1,500 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,500 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $16,875

1150 Second Avenue

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Approximate Size: 1,400 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $12,000

1134 First Avenue

Manhattan, Upper East Side
Ground Floor: 1,900 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,000 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $22,500

128 East 28th Street

Manhattan, NoMad
Ground Floor: 3,207 Square Feet
Lower Level: 1,604 Square Feet
Asking Rent: Upon Request

249 Ninth Avenue

Chelsea, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 2,000 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $14,499

1674 Park Avenue

East Harlem, Manhattan
Corner (Space A) : 1,100 Square Feet
Motnhly Rent: $4,750

800 Riverside Drive

Manhattan, Washington Heights
Ground Floor: 1,800 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $6,500

268 East 7th Street

East Village, Manhattan
Approximate Size: 1,309 Square Feet
Monthly Rent: $3,995

122 West 146th Street

Harlem, Manhattan
Third Floor: 19,368 Square Feet
Lower Level: 18,729 Square Feet
Asking Rent: Upon Request

One Wall Street Court

Financial District, Manhattan
Upper Level: 7,500 Square Feet
Lower Level : 5,000 Square Feet
Upper Level Monthly Rent: $55,000
Lower Level Monthly Rent: $35,000

31 West 21st Street

Flatiron, Manhattan
Ground Floor: 4,500 Square Feet
Lower Level: 4,500 Square Feet
Asking Rent: 115 PSF