Where real estate meets operations.
Tamis Co. is a licensed brokerage firm that advises owners, developers, and established brands across hospitality and retail — structuring and executing deals that work commercially, operationally, and physically.
Start a conversation →The Approach
The structures can look creative; the underwriting never is.
The discipline, borrowed from the kitchen, begins with mise en place — every number run, every contingency known, every responsibility clear before a deal reaches the table. Once prepared, the forces of a deal must be balanced: an owner's underwriting against the operator's P&L, leasing terms against construction realities, capital and infrastructure against brand and operations. The firm's job is to reconcile these, working each deal through a fine sieve — the tamis the name refers to — until what remains is sound and workable. Preparation, then refinement, applied until a deal comes together.
Services
Three ways we work.
Landlord representation, tenant representation, and an advisory and consulting practice for the work that goes beyond a transaction — all delivered with institutional discipline and operator fluency, from strategy through signature.
Landlord Representation
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Landlord Representation
For institutional owners, independent developers, and hoteliers — on ground-up construction, redevelopment, or repositioning. The right F&B and retail program lifts an asset for a decade. We shape the program from the ground up: concept and tenancy strategy, feasibility and underwriting, anchor procurement, RFP design, and the sourcing and vetting of operators. Whether new construction, mixed-use, street retail, amenity, or hotel, the goal is not just a signed tenant, but the right one, in the right place, unlocking the full potential of the space. And when a straight lease won't do, the firm structures the alternative — management agreements, joint ventures, and hybrid deals.
Selected transactions
HinesAltamarea Group secured as restaurant tenant53 West 53rd Street▾
Secured Altamarea Group as the restaurant tenant at 53 West 53rd — initial pre-construction design to optimize operational flow, test fit, and work with MEP to set the standards for the landlord's work letter.
HinesUSHG secured as anchor restaurant tenant7 Bryant Park▾
Represented Hines at 7 Bryant Park, securing Union Square Hospitality Group as the anchor restaurant tenant for the building. When the building was sold after the deal completed, the restaurant did not open, and a buyout was negotiated to resolve the position.
AFI-USAFormer Times Building229 West 43rd Street▾
Worked with the architect and MEP to define the divisions of the 115,000 SF retail opportunity at the former Times Building, optimizing for a blend of F&B, retail, and experiential uses, and securing tenants across all three uses.
Union Square Hospitality GroupTabla Restaurant · assignment of lease11 Madison Avenue▾
Handled the assignment of lease for USHG's Tabla Restaurant, at the base of the Clocktower Building — valued the leasehold and assets to determine value. A complicated deal: a sharing agreement covering all the mechanicals had to be negotiated with the owners of the 11 Madison Park restaurant.
El-AdOak Room · landlord representationPlaza Hotel, Fifth Avenue at Central Park▾
Landlord representation for the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel — a complex assignment involving a negotiated buyout of employees under the Local 100 union, coordination with the Landmarks Preservation Commission on a space landmarked inside and out, and a demanding work letter driven by the room's constraints.
IGI-USAExclusive landlord representation · ground-up developmentVarious, New York▾
Exclusive landlord representation on ground-up developments at 310 East 86th Street and 525 Avenue of the Americas, and the historic Cass Gilbert–building at 90 West Street — leasing the retail and experiential programming across the portfolio, including experiential retail concepts such as BodyRok and Formula by Meredith.
Tenant Representation
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Tenant Representation
For funded emerging brands and established restaurant and retail groups — entering New York or pursuing larger, more complex locations. We lead the search for the right location and the right deal to occupy it: market-entry strategy, site selection built on brand DNA rather than availability, competitive analysis, and a hard look at whether the space can physically support the concept before a lease is ever signed. Then we negotiate the terms that sustain the operating model — rent, delivery conditions, tenant allowance, abatements, percentage sharing, work letters, and the business points that surface long after signing. We know these deals from the operator's side, so we negotiate for the day you open your doors, not just the day the lease is signed. And when a straight lease won't do, the firm structures the alternative — management agreements, joint ventures, and hybrid deals.
Selected transactions
Hampton Chutney Co.Return to Manhattan2 Astor Place▾
Represented Hampton Chutney Co. on its return to Manhattan in NoHo — advised on layout and design, venting, gas installation, and general construction.
MamoItalian restaurant · the Lipstick Building885 Third Avenue▾
A relationship that goes back to Mamo's first New York location in SoHo — and, after a successful decade, to the brand's expansion to 885 Third Avenue at the Lipstick Building.
Sant AmbroeusBrookfield Place · 7,000 SF, 15-year lease200 Vesey Street▾
Negotiated Sant Ambroeus's roughly 7,000-square-foot, 15-year lease at Brookfield Place, and was instrumental in working through the operational design issues that made the space function.
David Chang — FukuBrookfield Eats food hallBrookfield Place▾
Brought David Chang's Fuku fast-casual concept into the food hall at Brookfield Place.
Del Frisco'sBrookfield Place250 Vesey Street▾
Represented Del Frisco's on a two-story location at the entrance to Brookfield Place, one of the complex's most visible positions.
Gabriel KreutherThe Grace Building · 14,000 SF41 West 42nd Street at Bryant Park▾
Represented chef Gabriel Kreuther on his roughly 14,000 SF restaurant at the Grace Building — an exceptionally complex deal in a historic landmark building. The former bank space required entirely new restaurant infrastructure, including a vent that meant removing thirteen stories of limestone. The structure was equally creative: a portion of the tenant's buildout was secured by the landlord through a guaranteed note structured as additional rent.
Morandi — Keith McNallyRenegotiation & extension · 6,000 SF211 Waverly Place, West Village▾
Handled the renegotiation and extension of Keith McNally's Morandi, roughly 6,000 SF on Waverly Place — working with the executive team to analyze the business pro forma and justify the renewal.
Mr. ChowAsset purchase agreement & assignment of lease · 18,000 SF121 Hudson Street, Tribeca▾
Structured an asset purchase agreement and assignment of lease for the roughly 18,000-square-foot Mr. Chow at 121 Hudson Street, Tribeca.
Vera BradleyFlagship store411 West Broadway, SoHo▾
Represented Vera Bradley on its SoHo flagship at 411 West Broadway, working closely with the head of Stores on the store's positioning.
Magnolia BakeryRockefeller Center flagship1240 Avenue of the Americas▾
Represented Magnolia Bakery on its flagship at the Rockefeller Center Townhouse.
Sarabeth'sTenant representation40 Central Park South▾
Tenant representation for Sarabeth's, establishing the 6,000 SF restaurant in the Plaza District.
Advisory & Consulting
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Advisory & Consulting
Advisory and consulting is for owners and operators whose projects need more than a transaction. The work is physical and operational: sitting with architects, designers, MEP engineers, and development teams to optimize floorplans, work letters, operational efficiency, and market mix — the decisions made long before a lease that determine whether a space can perform. It also spans feasibility studies, concept and program strategy, operator sourcing and evaluation, and the repositioning of underperforming space. Complex projects demand more expertise than any one broker carries, so rather than the overhead of a large platform, the firm assembles a bespoke team around each engagement — specialists in finance, design, construction, and operations, engaged when the work calls for them — and stays accountable for how the pieces come together, from the first conversation to opening day.
Selected transactions
Howard HughesHospitality & retail advisory · placed David Chang, NoHo Hospitality, Jean-GeorgesSouth Street Seaport, NY▾
Advised the Seaport's hospitality and retail program — establishing landlord work letters, advising on deal structures, and placing David Chang, NoHo Hospitality, and Jean-Georges among the operators that defined the redevelopment.
The Walt Disney CompanyCorporate headquarters · F&B advisoryHudson Square▾
F&B advisory for Disney's Hudson Square corporate headquarters — advising C-suite leadership on operational design and flow for a 13,000 SF experiential food hall, sourcing and evaluating more than thirty operators, and analyzing pro-formas. When ownership's preferred operator failed to meet the established criteria, the firm flagged it, secured approval to reopen the search, and identified a qualified replacement.
Chestlen DevelopmentW / Element · 78,000 SF F&B program · LDV Hospitality placed as managerPhiladelphia▾
Designed and led a twelve-candidate RFP for a 78,000-square-foot food-and-beverage program at the W / Element Philadelphia, resulting in the developer's selection of LDV Hospitality under a management agreement — a structure in which the developer funded construction, pre-opening costs, and working capital.
Masterworks DevelopmentPark Terrace Hotel · hospitality advisoryNew York▾
Hospitality advisory for the Park Terrace Hotel — initial pre-construction design to optimize operational flow, test fit, and work with MEP to set the standards for the landlord's work letter.
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Tell us what you're working on — an asset that needs the right fit, a brand looking for its next room, or a deal that needs a second set of operator's eyes.
Fees are structured to the engagement — advisory, success-weighted, or blended — rather than just a fixed commission schedule.