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FOR THE RECORD ABOUT THIS SECTION FOR THE RECORD is a weekly listing of information from the public record that Filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on July 16. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $0 to $50,000. 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. ● DVF Accessories Shop 440 W. 14th St., Manhattan The retail store opened in the meatpacking district. It is the first dedicated accessories shop for luxury designer Diane von Furstenberg. ● Luksus 615 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn The restaurant opened in Greenpoint. The 26-seat tasting-menu restaurant is attached to beer house and restaurant Torst. Filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on July 23. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $100,001 to $500,000 and estimated assets of $100,001 to $500,000. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Basis Holdings, owed $131,228.09; Good Food to You, owed $44,506.77; and Feather Ridge Farm, owed $21,150.10. ● Mi Casa Es Su Casa Restaurant Lounge Inc. 140-142 Orchard St., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 30. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $0 to $50,000 and estimated assets of $0 to $50,000. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Orchard Street Holdings, owed $41,690; Manhattan Beer Distributors, owed $744.55; and T. Edward Wines Ltd., owed $480. ● Mara’s Bakery & Cafe 88 Livingston St., Brooklyn The eatery opened in Brooklyn Heights. The restaurant serves coffee, sandwiches and sweets. ● Sleep Studio 73 Wooster St., Manhattan The sleep-focused retail shop opened in SoHo. It offers bedding and specialty items from tea to fragrances. ● Strangeways 87 St. Nicholas Ave., Brooklyn The café opened in Bushwick. It serves coffee from Oslo Roasters and baked goods from Dough. 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. ● NMP-Group 172-179 Madison Ave., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 10. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $50,000,001 to $100 million and estimated assets of $50,000,001 to $100 million. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are SLCE Architects, owed $169,578.18; Yates Restoration Group Ltd., owed $117,272.75; and HRH Construction, owed $100,000. ● NY Affordable Housing Albany Associates 600 Third Ave., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 26. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $1,000,001 to $10 million. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are 87-3044 LLC, owed $1,102,406.61; New York City Department of Finance, owed $44,379; and Goldberg & Rimberg, owed $17,526.25. ● The Little Glass Slipper 200 Franklin St., Brooklyn The floral shop opened in Greenpoint. It is the first stand-alone retail boutique for the company, which relocated from a studio in the Pencil Factory at 61 Greenpoint Ave. 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. Queen Elizabeth Realty Corp. 157 Hester St., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 17. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $10,000,001 to $50 million and estimated assets of $10,000,001 to $50 million. GOODS AND SERVICES ● Department of Citywide Administrative Services Seeks competitive sealed bids by 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 26 for a nucleic acid amplification testing system. To obtain copies of the bid or to make inquiries, contact Jeanette Cheung at (212) 386-0465 or jcheung@dcas .nyc.gov. ● Department of Housing Preservation and Development Seeks competitive sealed proposals by Sept. 10 for one or more qualified vendors to provide eviction prevention services to Section 8 tenants in Brooklyn, the South Bronx and northern Manhattan. To obtain copies of the bid or to make inquiries, contact Jay Bernstein at (212) 863-6657 or jb1@hpd.nyc.gov. ● Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Seeks competitive sealed proposals by 2 p.m. on Oct. 21 for multiple contractors to provide a comprehensive set of services, including voice, data, mobile wireless services, satellite and managed telecommunications services. To obtain copies of the bid or to make inquiries, contact Vito Pulito at (212) 788-6285 or vpulito@doitt.nyc.gov. ● Economic Development Corp. Requests proposals by 4 p.m. on Aug. 28 for a consultant or consultant team to develop, customize, implement and integrate modules for Web-based corporation-wide software applications. To make inquiries or to obtain bid documents, contact Maryann Catalano at (212) 312-3969 or bisappsservcs@ nycedc.com. ● Health and Hospitals Corp. Requests proposals by 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 for specialized legal services. To obtain copies of the bid or to make inquiries, contact Salvatore J. Russo at (212) 788-3300 or salvatore.russo@ nychhc.org. ● R4 Vascular Inc. 1270 Sixth Ave., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 24. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $1,000,001 to $10 million. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Health Line International, owed $78,037; Jay Sturm, owed $39,199.50; and Medical Device Evaluation Center, owed $12,160. Companies that would like to have details of their recent transactions appear in these listings should email descriptions following this format to NDholakia@crainsnewyork .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. ● COMMERCIAL Bronx Shepherds Restoration Corp. 1932 Washington Ave., Bronx Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 12. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $1,000,001 to $10 million. Solera Holdings 216 E. 53rd St., Manhattan Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 23. The filing cites estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million and estimated assets of $0 to $50,000. The creditors with the largest unsecured claims are Lawrence Morrison, owed $35,000; William Paradiso & Associates Inc., owed $3,800; and Clarkson Air, owed $2,537.78. ● ● ● 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. ● ● Pig ’N’ Whistle 497 Third Ave., Manhattan The Irish Pub opened in Murray Hill. It is the fifth location for the New Yorkbased chain. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES REAL ESTATE DEALS Welocalize signed a lease for 8,500 square feet at 15 W. 37th St. The language-services firm will take the eighth floor in the building. The tenant was represented by Nick Bates and Joel Weinberg of DTZ. The landlord, Kamber Management, was represented in-house by Steve Levy. The asking rent was undisclosed. ● All Nippon Airways signed a 10.5year lease for 8,450 square feet at 630 Third Ave. The airline, Japan’s largest, will ● Farm to Chef 420 W. 14th St., Manhattan West Glen Communications Inc. 1430 Broadway, Manhattan 20 | Crain’s New York Business | August 12, 2013 relocate from its former offices at 1251 Sixth Ave. The tenant was represented by Junji Miyake and Mariyon Robertson of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, ATCO Properties & Management, was represented by Hunter Berman and Arthur Draznin of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The asking rent was $52 per square foot. The Greater New York Hospital Association signed a lease for 7,300 square feet at 555 W. 57th St. The New York-based health care trade association expanded its lease on the 12th floor of the 20-story building. The tenant was represented by Josh Kuriloff and Jodi Roberts of Cushman & Wakefield. The landlord, SL Green Realty Corp., was represented in-house by Elaine Anazagasty and Steven Durels. The asking rent was undisclosed. ● STOCK TRANSACTIONS 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. ● JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Marianne Lake, chief financial officer and executive vice president, exercised options on 202,033 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $19.49 to $46.79 between July 16 and July 23, in a transaction worth $7,804,521. She sold 8,940 shares of common stock at $55.13 on July 16, in a transaction worth $492,891. She now directly holds 1,785 shares. ● RETAIL Urban Outfitters signed a lease for 56,700 square feet at 1333 Broadway. The retailer will take three floors. The tenant was represented by Keith Fencl and Wade McDevitt of the McDevitt Co. The landlord, W&H Properties, was represented by Matt Chmielecki and Andrew Goldberg of CBRE Group Inc. The asking rent was undisclosed. ● ● CVS Pharmacy signed a 15-year lease for 10,400 square feet at 42-56 E. Houston St. The pharmacy will move into its ground-floor space this summer. The tenant was represented by Jason Pruger of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The landlord, 298 Mulberry St. Corp., was represented by Michael Kadosh and Jedd Nero of CBRE Group Inc. The asking rent was $250 per square foot. MasterCard Inc. (MA) MasterCard Foundation sold 12,822 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $589.70 to $600.26 between July 17 and July 24, in a transaction worth $7,643,853. It now directly holds 12,140,200 shares. ● Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) Michael S. Sherwood, co-chief executive and vice chairman, sold 19,338 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $160.05 to $161.82 on July 17, in a transaction worth $3,115,076. He now directly holds 340,518 shares. ● Blackrock Kelso Capital Corp. (BKCC) Virginia Retirement Systems et al. sold 229,867 shares of common stock at prices ranging from $10.07 to $10.18 between July 25 and July 26, in a transaction worth $2,317,011. It now directly holds 6,040,950 shares. Ⅲ DEALS ROUNDUP SELLER/TARGET TRANSACTION SIZE (IN MILLIONS) BUYERS/INVESTORS TRANSACTION TYPE Prairie Capital, Concentric Equity Partners, Second Curve Capital (Manhattan), Lanigan Holdings/Taylor Capital Group Inc. $680.0 MB Financial Inc. SB M&A Quest Diagnostics Inc./ Quest Diagnostics Inc., Ibrutinib royalty rights $485.0 RP Management (Manhattan) SB M&A Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. SB M&A FB M&A Warburg Pincus $232.9 (Manhattan), OrbiMed Advisors (Manhattan), Iroquois Capital (Manhattan), Perceptive Advisors (Manhattan), Deerfield Management Co. (Manhattan), Quogue Capital (Manhattan), Straus Capital Management (Manhattan), Deerfield Capital (Manhattan), UBS Eucalyptus Management (Manhattan), BAM Management (Manhattan)/Talon Therapeutics Inc. CBS Corp. (Manhattan)/ CBS Outdoor Ltd. $225.0 Platinum Equity Not disclosed/ Focus Financial Partners $216.0 Centerbridge Partners (Manhattan) Dahaam e-Tec Co. Ltd., Abacus Capital Group (Manhattan), Active USA Inc., Imedra #841 Family Limited Partnership, Dong Soo Han MD Inc., DS Han Family Partnership, Maple Drive Investments/ Saehan Bancorp $105.5 Wilshire Bancorp Inc. SB M&A Tiger Global Management (Manhattan)/AlloCiné SA $87.9 F. Marc de Lacharrière (Fimalac) Société Anonyme (98%) SB M&A Invesco Real Estate Ltd./Logistics Center $85.0 W.P. Carey Inc. (Manhattan) SB M&A GCI Selected deals announced for the week ended July 20 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://www.nyc.gov/selltonyc http://www.nyc.gov/cityrecord http://www.nyc.gov http://www.crainsnewyork.com/submitadeal

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - August 12, 2013

IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
THE INSIDER
SMALL BUSINESS
BUSINESS PEOPLE
OPINION
STEVE HINDY
GREG DAVID
REAL ESTATE DEALS
REPORT: SPORTS BUSINESS
FOR THE RECORD
CLASSIFIEDS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SOURCE LUNCH
OUT AND ABOUT
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