
645 Madison Avenue (credit: PropertyShark.com)
Milan-based line Dodo has signed a lease for a 817-square-foot store, its first New York City location, at 645 Madison Avenue, in the heart of the “gold coast,” according to a statement from landlord TF Cornerstone.
The jeweler hopes to open this spring, according to the statement. While the forthcoming location, between 59th and 60th streets, is Dodo’s first Manhattan store, the company already plies its wares through high-end retailers such as Bloomingdale’s and Bergdorf Goodman. Their other retail outposts in the states are in Short Hills, N.J. and Los Angeles, a spokesperson for TF Cornerstone said. [more]

The Meatpacking District is seeing the beginnings of an influx of high-end retailers with mass appeal, the Wall Street Journal reported, in the wake of the departure of ultra-exclusive designers like Stella McCartney from the neighborhood. Sephora, Levi's, Intermix and Tory Burch are all entering the district, while brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chanel have also eyed potential locations in the area, runs roughly from West 14th Street south to Gansevoort Street, and from the Hudson River east to Hudson Street and has a total of 200,000 square feet of vacant retail space. 



