RXR’s 75 Rockefeller Plaza, its workplace flooring almost 100% leased, landed a giant and juicy retail tenant — Jack D’s Steakhouse, an open-flame eatery of almost 9,000 sq. ft.
More than just another restaurant lease, the deal marks another step ahead for the 627,000-square-foot tower, which went through several debt restructurings before RXR head Scott Rechler introduced California-based hedge fund Farallon Capital Management in as a 49% companion earlier this 12 months.
The 210-seat steakhouse is owned by Christopher Dorrian, son of famed Upper East Side tavern proprietor Jack Dorrian, and Craig Pogson, a former companion in French boite La Goulue.
RXR’s 75 Rockefeller Plaza has landed Jack D’s Steakhouse, an open-flame eatery of almost 9,000 sq. ft. RXR
Jack D’s will open with an Art Deco design in late 2026 on 75 Rock’s West 52nd Street aspect.
The at present vacant space is next door to American Girl Place.
The deal displays the Big Apple’s seemingly inexhaustible urge for food for pink meat, a phenomenon that has seen one giant steakhouse after another open and thrive despite the food media’s preoccupation with vegan menus.
Jack D’s will open with an Art Deco design in late 2026 on 75 Rock’s West 52nd Street aspect. Ventana
The 15-year lease covers 8,619 sq. ft on the ground ground and 3,175 sq. ft on a mezzanine. RXR was repped in the transaction by Cushman & Wakefield’s Michael O’Neill, Jason Greenstone and Taylor Reynolds and by Daniel Birney, Walter Rooney, and Heidi Steinegger in-house.
The tenant repped itself.
RXR managing director Bill Elder said the restaurant “will bring energy” to the property. He famous that “premier properties in world-class locations like 75 Rock, which is now nearly fully leased, continue to outperform” the market.
Although some older leases at 75 Rock are for below-market values, lately signed ones had asking rents above $100 per sq. foot.
Major tenants embrace Macrae, BasePoint and Guidehous.