NEW YORK CITY — Petco and Santander Bank have signed long-term leases at Jackson Heights Shopping Center in Queens. Petco signed a new lease for 13,500 square feet, which includes 11,000 square feet on the ground floor and 2,500 square feet in the basement of the stand-alone building within the shopping center. Santander Bank, formerly known as Sovereign Bank, will relocate from the ground-floor location it has occupied for the last 20 years to the opposite end-cap retail unit, taking approximately 4,000 square feet. Bill Bergman of Muss Development LLC represented the building’s owner in the Petco transaction. Brian Schuster of Ripco represented the tenant. Bergman and Stan Markowitz of Muss represented the building’s owner in the Santander Bank transaction. Dean Rosenzweig and Jeremy Scholder of CBRE represented the tenant. The 130,267-square-foot Jackson Heights Shopping Center features 24 retail stores and nine offices and is located at 31st Avenue.
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