Orange Leaf, Lee’s Henry Goldfarb

Add another name to ever-expanding roster of self-serve frozen yogurt slingers to take on Manhattan. Orange Leaf, one of the nation’s fast-growing franchises, has two local stores, plans for three more in the borough, and an additional eight to 12 locations planned to get up and running across the city by the end of next year. [more]

Rendering of Union Square Yooglers yogurt shop

One company is not ashamed of its frozen assets. A new frozen yogurt shop has inked a lease to open up a Greenwich Village outpost — its first in the U.S. — The Real Deal has learned.

Yooglers Frozen Yogurt, a Spanish dessert outfit, will take approximately 1,500 at 791 Broadway, at East 10th Street, for a flagship store — and that is just the beginning of a planned expansion into the New York City market, CEO Manuel Fernandez told The Real Deal. “New York is probably a capital of the world, and is definitely a capital of my heart,” Fernandez said. [more]

From left: Zach Winkler of RKF and 248 West 23rd Street and 4 West 14th Street, where Off the Wall Frozen Yogurt secured spaces (credit: PropertyShark)

In this health-conscious city, there’s been a recent uptick of yogurt eateries looking for retail space, Real Estate Weekly reported.

“Off the Wall Frozen Yogurt … wanted to build its presence in Manhattan, where premium frozen yogurt has become popular among gourmets, health-nuts and families alike,” Zach Winkler, a director at RKF who represented the Long Island-based yogurt chain in its two most recent New York City locations, told Real Estate Weekly. [more]