{"id":261963,"date":"2026-06-10T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/261963\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:05:27","slug":"frances-junk-smash-burgers-enters-u-s-with-new-store-in-soho-commercial-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/261963\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Junk Smash Burgers Enters U.S. With New Store in SoHo \u2013 Commercial Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A French burger concept is opening up its first U.S. location in New York City\u2019s SoHo neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/junk-smash-burgers\/\" title=\"Junk Smash Burgers\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Junk Smash Burgers<\/a>, which launched in 2021 and has already spread across Paris and elsewhere in Western Europe, has signed a 10-year lease for 2,150 square feet at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/thor-equities\/\" title=\"Thor Equities\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thor Equities<\/a>\u2019 452 West Broadway, according to the landlord.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/06\/the-malin-lease-gfp-10-astor-place\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coworking Firm the Malin Signs 19K-SF Lease at 10 Astor Place<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thor did not disclose the asking rent, but the average asking rent in the retail corridor along Broadway from Houston to Broome streets was $622 per square foot in the first quarter of 2026, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbre.com\/insights\/figures\/manhattan-retail-figures-q1-2026\">report<\/a> from CBRE.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/company\/ksr\/\" title=\"KSR\" class=\"company-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSR<\/a>\u2018s Sam Sabin and Jack Hanon brokered the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoHo continues to attract some of the most exciting international brands entering the U.S. market, and Junk Smash Burgers\u2019 selection of 452 West Broadway for its first American location is a meaningful endorsement of both the property and the corridor,\u201d Melissa Gliatta, chief operating officer of Thor Equities, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Junk Smash Burgers will open its new retail space at 452 West Broadway, between Prince and West Houston streets.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear when Thor originally acquired the SoHo building, as the most recent deed filing in city records dates back to 1980 under a shell corporation, 16 Crosby Street Owners.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Hallum can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/commercialobserver.com\/2026\/06\/junk-smash-burgers-lease-452-broadway\/mailto:mhallum@commercialobserver.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mhallum@commercialobserver.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A French burger concept is opening up its first U.S. location in New York City\u2019s SoHo neighborhood. Junk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101700,2361,101701,9,11,10,5943],"class_list":["post-261963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-452-west-broadway","tag-leases","tag-melissa-gliatta-channel","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261963","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=261963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}