New spa to open in Garment District in 2011

519 Eighth Avenue, and Steven Kaufman and Barbara Raskob of the Kaufman OrganizationA new spa is coming to 519 Eighth Avenue in the Garment District in early 2011. F.Y. Health & Beauty Spa, a company specializing in spa treatments in the New York area, signed a 10-year, 1,200 square-foot lease in a deal negotiated by the Kaufman Organization. Although terms of the lease were undisclosed, the asking rent for space in the 26-story, 349,000-square-foot building was in the low $60s per square foot. The new location, which will be called the Forever Young Health & Beauty Spa, will be the company’s second spa in the city. The company’s other location, Green Tea NYC at 141 West 35th Street, is also housed in a Kaufman building. Steven Kaufman and Barbara Raskob of the Kaufman Organization represented the landlord. Yvonne Chang, also of the Kaufman Organization, represented the tenant. The building counts New York City Transit Authority, Teach for America, New York Elevator Company and Amici 36 among its other tenants. TRD