The 7,000 square-foot expansion project to the shopping center at 1900 Northern Boulevard that houses Manhasset’s Apple Store is expected to be completed near the end of summer, with new tenants expected to open their doors before the end of the year, the project’s builder and property owner said.
Kris Torkan, founder of the Great Neck-based Villadom Corporation, said his company’s three-part construction project to expand and renovate both the interior and exterior of the shopping center, as well as its back parking lot, began late last fall but work slowed due to weather delays.
Torkan said he did not recall the effects of Hurricane Sandy impacting the construction, though he added that trees had fallen on the adjacent property and the area suffered a long power outage.
Torkan said the reconstruction of the exterior shell of the building is near completion, and the two vacant storefronts have been leased to an undisclosed financial institution and a Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams luxury furniture store, which will take much of the shopping center’s expanded area.
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams spokeswoman Eloise Goldman confirmed the store’s opening but declined to comment further, saying the company would issue a formal press release closer to the store’s opening.
On May 21, Gold posted a photo to the company’s Facebook page with Torkan and Villadom partner Arthur Anderman, the property’s owners, announcing Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams’ addition to the Miracle Mile shopping district.
Torkan said his company is in the process of finding a third tenant to fill the vacant space left by Daffy’s clothing store, which closed in 2011 shortly after reopening following a 2010 fire.
“We’re looking to replace Daffy’s with a new tenant,” Torkan said. “It’s in the works as we speak. We anticipate having the space leased within the month.”
Workers are in the process of reconstructing areas of the parking lot, redeveloping the area with approximately 90 new spots, lighting, landscaping and surveillance, Torkan said.
The lot should be finished within the next few weeks and will increase in size by 25 percent, Torkan said.
In addition, Torkan said workers also rebuilt much of the building’s interior and are installing lighting, carpeting and furniture, as well as connecting the property’s pre-existing plumbing and drainage systems.
