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FOR THE RECORD ABOUT THIS SECTION FOR THE RECORD is a weekly listing of information from the public record that can help businesspeople in the New York area find opportunities, potential new clients and updates on competitors. To ask questions or get more information on this section, contact Crain’s research department at cnyb-research@crainsnewyork.com. NEW IN TOWN Companies that would like to have details of openings published should submit descriptions following this format to ELaermer@crainsnewyork.com, with “New in Town” in the subject line. ● Binder & Schwartz 28 W. 44th St., Manhattan The law firm opened in Rockefeller Center. It focuses on capital markets and financial services litigation, and regulatory and internal investigations. ● e.l.f. 741 Broadway, Manhattan The makeup and cosmetics line opened a store in Greenwich Village. It is the first dedicated retail storefront for the brand. protection on April 30. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $50,001 to $100,000. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are E&G Realty, owed $1,374,600; Consolidated Edison of New York, owed $14,000; and Chase Visa Cardmember Services, owed $14,000. ● Taste Wine & Spirits Inc. 4038 Broadway, Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 25. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $500,001 to $1 million and estimated assets of $50,001 to $100,000. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Absolute Wine & Spirits Co., owed $83,000; Woodrow Court Inc., owed $76,513.59; and Kore Consulting Real Estate Broker, owed $33,000. ● Maiden Lane 343 E. 10th St., Manhattan The restaurant opened in the East Village at the former location of Life Café. It offers a full menu of locally sourced food. COMPANY MOVES Companies that would like to have details of recent moves published should submit descriptions following this format to ELaermer@crainsnewyork.com, with “Company Moves” in the subject line. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES Following are selected contract opportunities recently announced by New York City agencies. To learn how to sell goods and services to city government, visit www.nyc.gov/selltonyc. For a searchable database of current procurement notices, visit www.nyc.gov/cityrecord. Listings are alphabetical by category and department. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ● ● Bareburger 145 Court St., Brooklyn The sustainable, organic burger chain opened in Cobble Hill. It is the 11th location for the brand. ● Dolce & Gabbana 715 Fifth Ave., Manhattan The Italian luxury fashion brand opened a flagship store in the Plaza district. It is the second retail shop for the company. Its first is located at 825 Madison Ave. ● Maje 1070 Madison Ave., Manhattan The French apparel company opened on the Upper East Side. It is the fourth Manhattan location for the brand. BANKRUPTCIES The following listings are selected from the most recent available filings by companies seeking bankruptcy protection in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Information was obtained from U.S. Bankruptcy Court records available on Public Access to Court Electronic Records. Listings are in alphabetical order. ● KIT Digital Inc. 26 W. 17th St., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 25. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $10,000,001 to $50 million and estimated assets of $10,000,001 to $50 million. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Jones Day, owed $1,582,542.02; CTPartners, owed $570,445.36; and Akamai Technologies Inc., owed $362,492.82. ● LKS Concepts 62 Laight St., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy City University of New York Seeks competitive sealed bids by noon on June 18 for an HVAC system, BMS controls and fume hoods. Bid documents can be downloaded at http://cuny.sciame.com. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. on June 18 at the City University of New York, 555 W. 57th St., 10th-floor conference room. For more information, contact Melissa Steeves at (212) 232-2200 or msteeves@sciame.com. ● Department of Design and Construction Seeks competitive sealed proposals by 11 a.m. on June 4 for the construction of sanitary and storm sewers on Amboy Road, between Satterlee Street and the U.S. bulkhead, etc., on Staten Island. Bid documents are available for a fee of $35, payable only by company check or money order, and can be downloaded at www.nyc.gov/buildnyc. For more information, contact Ben Perrone at (718) 391-2200. ● Fire Department of New York Seeks competitive sealed proposals by 4 p.m. on June 14 for construction management of infrastructure upgrades, repairs, renovation and rehabilitation of projects at various FDNY facilities citywide. There will be a nonmandatory preproposal conference on May 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Fire Department headquarters, 9 MetroTech Center, room 4S-15, in Brooklyn. To make inquiries or to obtain bid documents, contact Tetyana Reilly at (718) 9992333 or contracts@fdny.nyc.gov. http://a856-internet.nyc.gov/nycvendor online/home.asp, or can be obtained by contacting vendor relations via email at dcasdmssbids@dcas.nyc.gov, or by phone at (212) 669-8610. To make inquiries, contact Joseph Vacirca at (212) 669-8616 or jvacirca@dcas.nyc.gov. ● Department of Corrections Seeks competitive sealed proposals by noon on July 18 for an inmate phone system. Bid documents are available at www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/contracting /contracting.shtml. To make inquiries, contact Shaneza Shinath at (718) 5460684 or shaneza.shinath@doc.nyc.gov. Department of Citywide Administrative Services Seeks competitive sealed bids by 10:30 a.m. on June 3 for a six-post, mobiletype lift system for the Department of Sanitation. Bid documents can be downloaded from City Record Online at 22 | Crain’s New York Business | May 27, 2013 Kings Thai Boxing signed a lease for 2,000 square feet at 35 W. 36th St. The boxing center will occupy the space for 10 years. The tenant was represented by Dominique Alexander of City Realty Services. The landlord, 3536 Associates, was represented by Steven Hidary of Hidrock Realty. The asking rent was $65 per square foot. ● STOCK TRANSACTIONS Economic Development Corp. Requests proposals by 4 p.m. on June 3 for mitigation banking and construction management services. To make inquiries or to obtain bid documents, contact Maryann Catalano at (212) 312-3969 or mitigationbanking@nycedc.com. Following are recent insider transactions at New York’s largest publicly held companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by executives and major shareholders. Listings are in order of transaction value. The information was obtained from Thomson Reuters. ● Housing Authority Seeks competitive sealed bids beginning at 10 a.m. on June 13 for an emergency contract for tree removal, stump removal and pruning in all five boroughs. Vendors electing to submit a nonelectronic bid will be subject to a $25 nonrefundable fee, payable only by USPS money order or certified check made out to NYCHA. Remit payment to NYCHA Finance, 90 Church St., sixth floor. To make inquiries or to obtain bid documents, contact Erneste Pierre-Louis at (212) 306-3609 or erneste.pierre-louis@nycha.nyc.gov. between April 19 and April 22, in a transaction worth $20,525,126. He now indirectly holds 8,937,300 shares. Frank Bisignano, co-chief operating officer, exercised options on 276,519 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $35.61 to $46.79 between April 23 and April 24, in a transaction worth $12,470,275. On April 22, he sold 40,000 shares of common stock at $47.38, in a transaction worth $1,895,176. He now directly holds 296,874 shares. ● ● ● Bioscrip Inc. (BIOS) Kohlberg Management sold 3,968,750 shares of common stock at $11.40 on April 24, in a transaction worth $45,243,752. It now indirectly holds 8,684,420 shares. ● JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) James S. Crown, director, purchased 436,859 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $46.98 to $46.99 MSC Industrial Direct Co. (MSM) Mitchell L. Jacobson, chairman, sold 75,000 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $77.56 to $78.98 between April 19 and April 25, in a transaction worth $5,863,950. He now holds 356,765 shares. ● Tiffany & Co. (TIF) Jon M. King, executive vice president, exercised options on 21,000 shares of common stock at $37.65 on April 19, in a transaction worth $790,545. On the same day, he sold 21,000 shares of common stock at $70.19, in a transaction worth $1,473,938. He now directly holds 38,501 shares. Michael J. Kowalski, chief executive and chairman, sold 20,457 shares of common stock at $70.36 on April 17, in a transaction worth $1,439,355. He now indirectly holds 234,409 shares. Ⅲ DEALS ROUNDUP REAL ESTATE DEALS TRANSACTION SIZE (IN MILLIONS) Companies that would like to have details of their recent transactions appear in these listings should email descriptions following this format to ELaermer@crains newyork.com, with “Real estate transaction” in the subject line, or enter them online at crainsnewyork.com/ submitadeal. Deals are listed in order of square footage. SELLER/TARGET Snow Capital Management/True Religion Apparel Inc. COMMERCIAL Lloyds Banking Group/ Lloyds Banking Group, Project Thames U.K. commercial property loan portfolio Madison Logic signed a lease for 24,600 square feet at 257 Park Ave. South. The technology company’s lease is an expansion of its existing space in the building. The tenant was represented by Marc Ellman of Ellman Realty Advisors. The landlord, the Feil Organization, was represented in-house by Brian Feil and Robert Fisher. The asking rent was undisclosed. ● Document Technologies signed an eight-year lease for an additional 7,900 square feet at 64 W. 48th St. The firm will expand to take the 17-story building’s ninth floor, bringing its total occupancy in the building to 17,000 square feet. The tenant did not have representation. The landlord, Muss Development, was represented by Brian Given and Lou Prisco of Colliers International. The asking rent ranged from the low- to mid$40s per square foot. ● Mobotix Corp. signed a seven-year lease for 7,800 square feet at 80 Broad St. The video security software company will take space on the seventh floor. The tenant was represented by Scott Sloves and David Young of CBRE Group Inc. The landlord, Savanna, was represented by Adam Leshowitz, Hal Stein and Todd Stracci of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The asking rent was $35 per square foot. ● GOODS AND SERVICES ● of J.W. Burke & Co. The landlord, the Estate of Sol Goldman, was represented in-house by Brett Weinblatt. The asking rent was undisclosed. RETAIL Tiger Schulmann’s Mixed Martial Arts signed a lease for 4,500 square feet at 28 E. 23rd St. The martial-arts training center will take the second and third floors of the building. The tenant was represented by Jonathan W. Burke ● Delaware Management $8,376.8 Business Trust, Dodge & Cox, Elliott Management Corp. (Manhattan)/BMC Software Inc. BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE Bain Capital Private Equity, GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd.; Golden Gate Private Equity Inc., Insight Venture Partners (Manhattan) FB M&A $822.0 TowerBrook Capital Partners (Manhattan) FB M&A $506.5 Cerberus Capital Management (Manhattan) FB M&A China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. (27%) SB M&A CDH Investments, Kohlberg $409.5 Kravis Roberts & Co. (Manhattan)/China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. Not disclosed/ Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Ltd. $375.0 Cartesian Capital Group (Manhattan), MSD Capital (Manhattan), Soros Fund Management (Manhattan) Venture Investors, Charter Life Sciences, Bio*One Capital Pte. Ltd., Phillip Private Equity/ Inviragen Inc. $250.0 Takeda America Holdings Inc. (Manhattan) SB M&A Primus Telecommunications $126.0 Group Inc., Primus Telecommunications Holding Inc., Primus Telecommunications International Inc./ North American retail telecommunications operations York Capital Management (Manhattan) SB M&A FB M&A GCP Capital Partners (Manhattan), LLR Partners Inc., Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc. (Manhattan)/Healthcare Finance Group $110.0 Fifth Street Capital Not disclosed/ DEN Networks Ltd. $108.5 Goldman Sachs Group merchant banking division (Manhattan) Renaissance Technologies Corp. (Manhattan)/ Theragenics Corp. $88.4 Beachwold Residential $54.2 (Manhattan)/Vintage at the Parke apartment complex in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and the Club at Danforth in Jacksonville, Fla. GCI GCI Juniper Investment Co. SB M&A Carroll Organization Inc., NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (Manhattan) SB M&A Selected deals announced for the week ended May 11 involving companies in metro New York. FB M&A: Financial buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company with the participation of a financial buyer. GCI: Growth capital investment represents new money invested in a company for a minority stake. SB M&A: Strategic buyer M&A represents a minority or majority acquisition of existing shares of a company without the participation of a financial buyer. source: capitaliq http://a856-internet.nyc.gov/nycvendoronline/home.asp http://a856-internet.nyc.gov/nycvendoronline/home.asp http://www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/contracting/contracting.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/html/doc/html/contracting/contracting.shtml http://www.nyc.gov/selltonyc http://www.nyc.gov/cityrecord http://www.crainsnewyork.com/ http://cuny.sciame.com http://www.nyc.gov/buildnyc

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - May 27, 2013

In the Boroughs
In the Markets
Small Business
The Insider
Business People
Opinion
Alair Townsend
Greg David
Steve Hindy
Report: Largest Companies
The List
Classifieds
For the Record
Real Estate Deals
New York, New York
Source Lunch
Out and About
Snaps

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