NEW YORK CITY-Retail brokerage Winick Realty GroupLLC has been selected by SL Green RealtyCorp. and the Moinian Group to market36,000 square feet of retail space at 3 Columbus Circle on anexclusive basis, GlobeSt.com has confirmed. Winick’s CEOJeff Winick and EVP Lori Shabtai,along with associate directors Kelly Gedinsky andMichael Gleicher, will work on behalf of the jointventure partners to market the space, which boasts frontage on both57^th Street and Eighth Avenue.

Steven Durels, director of leasing and realproperty at SL Green, tells GlobeSt.com in an e-mail that the JVchose Winick for its expertise in the retail business. “We havegreat respect for Winick Realty Group's marketing creativity andlook forward to their high energy as we present the single bestretail opportunity available in today’s market,” he says.

The retail assignment comes several months after Moinian and SLGreen announced a joint partnership upon a $250 million recapitalization ofthe office tower in January 2011. Moinian, an owner/developer of 20million square feet of commercial office, residential and hotelproperties nationwide, planned to reposition the vacant property atBroadway and Eighth Avenue between 57th and 58th streets as class Aoffice space nearly seven years ago. Since then, the building hasreceived a multi-million dollar facelift, including newinfrastructure, a glass fa