{"id":252378,"date":"2026-06-02T16:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252378\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T16:47:39","slug":"sandbox-vr-leases-11k-sf-nyc-flagship-at-delshahs-761-777-seventh-avenue-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/252378\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandbox VR Leases 11K-SF NYC Flagship at Delshah\u2019s 761-777 Seventh Avenue \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual reality experience <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/sandbox-vr\/\" title=\"Sandbox VR\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandbox VR<\/a> has selected <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/delshah-capital\/\" title=\"DelShah Capital\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DelShah Capital<\/a>\u2018s 761-777 Seventh Avenue in Midtown for its first New York City location, Commercial Observer has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company signed a 10-year lease at the building just north of Times Square between West 50th and West 51st streets. Sandbox VR\u2019s new space spans a total of 10,600 square feet, including 600 square feet on the ground floor and 10,000 square feet on the lower level. The annual asking rent was $750,000, according to sources familiar with the deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/06\/epilepsy-foundation-lease-gfp-322-eighth-avenue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Epilepsy Foundation Takes 4K SF at GFP\u2019s 322 Eighth Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSandbox VR represents exactly the kind of experiential retail concept that continues to drive traffic and engagement in today\u2019s market,\u201d Michael Shah, CEO of Delshah, said in a statement to CO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident it will be a tremendous addition to Times Square and New York City\u2019s entertainment and retail landscape,\u201d Shah added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sandbox VR lists more than 35 global retail and franchise locations on its website, but the Seventh Avenue site will mark its entry into New York\u2019s growing virtual reality retail market. Indoor virtual reality simulator SkiPod recently inked a 3,790-square-foot deal for its first storefront 572 11th Avenue, <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/05\/skipod-572-11th-avenue-lease\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CO reported last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sandbox VR hosts in-house interactive games through the use of motion-capture cameras, haptic suits and other tech. Groups of up to six can choose from a variety of experiences, including a prehistoric expedition, Netflix\u2019s \u201cSquid Games,\u201d and zombie battles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/newmark\/\" title=\"Newmark\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newmark<\/a>\u2019s Jeffrey Roseman and Drew Weiss represented Delshah in the new lease. Delshah-linked entity DS 761 Seventh Avenue took over the building\u2019s 22,450-square-foot, three-story commercial condominium unit when it was vacant in 2021, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delshah.com\/projects\/777-7th-avenue\">according to its website<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/cushman-wakefield\/\" title=\"Cushman &amp; Wakefield\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cushman &amp; Wakefield<\/a>\u2019s Michael Azarian and James Ariola represented Sandbox VR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have helped secure Sandbox VR\u2019s NYC flagship location, and believe they will be incredibly well received in the Times Square market,\u201d Ariola said in a statement to CO.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Newmark declined to comment on the transaction. Sandbox VR did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Davis can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/06\/sandbox-vr-lease-delshah-761-777-seventh-avenue\/mailto:edavis@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edavis@commercialobserver.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virtual reality experience Sandbox VR has selected DelShah Capital\u2018s 761-777 Seventh Avenue in Midtown for its first New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98514,98,100,99,98515,98516,98517,2361,98518,98519,9,24,63,5943],"class_list":["post-252378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-761-777-seventh-avenue","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-drew-weiss","tag-james-ariola","tag-jeffrey-roseman","tag-leases","tag-michael-azarian","tag-michael-shah-channel","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}