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title: "Whole Foods Signs 8K-SF Lease to Open Daily Shop at 1524 Second Avenue"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7c92dc80-04ba-45a4-9379-3b1687766336
source: "Commercial Observer"
original_url: https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/whole-foods-market-daily-shop-lease-1524-second-avenue/
author: "Mark Hallum"
category: "Signs"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Signs"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2026-07-28T19:31:41.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:17:03.173Z
image: https://commercialobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/Jeffrey-Roseman-Drew-Weiss-Whole-Foods-bags-credit-Getty-Images.jpg?quality=80&resize=1200%2C630&strip=
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# Whole Foods Signs 8K-SF Lease to Open Daily Shop at 1524 Second Avenue

**TL;DR:** Whole Foods Market has signed an 8,121-square-foot lease to open a Daily Shop concept on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The store will focus on prepared foods in a convenient setting.

*By Mark Hallum, originally published in Commercial Observer on 2026-07-28. [Read the original](https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/whole-foods-market-daily-shop-lease-1524-second-avenue/).*

## Story

**Whole Foods Market** has signed a lease on the Upper East Side to open its version of a mini-mart.

The **Amazon**-owned grocery chain closed an 8,121-square-foot deal for one of its small-scale concepts on the ground floor of **ConTowers Associates LP**’s **1524 Second Avenue**, also known as the **Continental Towers**, according to landlord broker **Newmark**.

While the brokers did not define what kind of concept the store will be, the focus will be on prepared foods in a convenient setting. It will likely be part of the grocer’s **Whole Foods Market Daily Shop** concept, which launched in March 2024.

Newmark did not disclose the length of the lease, but said the asking rent was $250 per square foot.

“This transaction presented a unique opportunity to secure a highly visible corner location in one of Manhattan’s most established neighborhood retail corridors,” Newmark’s **Jeffrey Roseman**, who represented the landlord alongside **Drew** **Weiss**, said in a statement. “The combination of the property’s location, visibility and surrounding residential density made it an excellent fit for Whole Foods Market’s neighborhood store format.”

**Chase Welles** and **Jacqueline Klinger** of **TSCG** negotiated on behalf of Whole Foods, but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Whole Foods has been expanding its daily shop presence in New York City lately, signing a ​​15-year, 10,000-square-foot lease at **1224 Flushing Avenue** in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in June for the bodega-branded concept.

In January, however, the e-commerce giant announced it would close all of its **Amazon Go** and **Amazon Fresh** locations in an effort to focus on Whole Foods as a brand and on its online grocery delivery services.

Keywords: 1524 Second Avenue, Chase Welles, Continental Towers, Drew Weiss, Jacqueline Klinger, Jeffrey Roseman, Amazon, ConTowers Associates LP, Newmark, The Shopping Center Group, Whole Foods Market

## Entities

- Retail (sector)
- Amazon (company)
- Commercial Observer (publication)
- store expansion (topic)
- lease agreement (topic)
- Mark Hallum (person)
- Newmark (company)
- Whole Foods Markets (company)
- grocery market (topic)
- retail concept (topic)
- Jeffrey Roseman (person)
- Chase Welles (person)

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Originally reported by Mark Hallum, Commercial Observer (https://commercialobserver.com/2026/07/whole-foods-market-daily-shop-lease-1524-second-avenue/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7c92dc80-04ba-45a4-9379-3b1687766336).