NEW YORK CITY—JLL is bringing 115 Seventh Ave. to market, mostlikely as a potential residential and retail condominiumdevelopment opportunity, supporting up to 71,036 square feet as ofright. EVPs Glenn Tolchin and Yoav Oelsner, along with vicechairman Scott Latham, will lead the firm's capital markets team onthis offering.

The site, located at the southeast corner of 17thstreet, was the original location of the Barneys flagshipdepartment store. Last December, Barneys announced it would returnto the Chelsea area next year with a 57,000-square foot store;taking over space that had been occupied by Loehmann's. Now ownedby the neighboring Rubin Museum of Art, the building has severalpossibilities, Tolchin tells GlobeSt.com.

“We believe that the highest and best use for the property is aresidential and retail condominium project but it is possible thatthe property could become a commercial/user redevelopmentopportunity, whereby a technology or media company may want tooccupy its own office building, particularly because this locationsits in a tech hub.”

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.