By Lorn Weiss via TheRealDeal.com on May 21, 2018
An important Midtown East location — the connected 761 Lexington Ave. and One Beacon Court, former home to Le Cirque — is getting a major new tenant. Aqua Restaurant Group is opening its first North American restaurant there: Hutong, which serves northern Chinese cuisine. Paul Berkman of JLL represented London-based Aqua. Berkman, along with colleagues Michael Hirschfeld and his son, Brian, pursued the off-market space for their client with building owner Vornado. Its chairman, Steve Roth, then collaborated with Aqua on a dramatic design worthy of both the restaurant and the building.
https://nypost.com/2018/05/21/these-nyc-retail-deals-are-vying-to-be-the-citys-best/