About Us

230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM

The 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM is managed by Newmark Knight Frank, one of the largest independent full service real estate firms in the United States.

Newmark has managed the 230 Fifth Avenue building as of July 15, 1958. Before being acquired by Newmark, the 230 Fifth Avenue building was known as the "Lighting Building" and it is now home to over 200 showrooms with product categories ranging from home textiles to gifts, kitchen, tabletop, furniture, toys, seasonal and general merchandise.

This 20 story building is located in the landmarked Madison Square Park District on Fifth Avenue, between 26th and 27th Street, and is just steps away from the historic Flatiron District.

Jane Gural-Senders

Executive Director

As of mid-March 2004, Jane Gural-Senders has come aboard at 230 Fifth Avenue as the Executive Director of the building. She has brought with her many years of experience in real estate that will, in turn, place the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM into an even stronger position in the home industry.

Under Mrs. Sender's guidance, a major multimillion dollar renovation campaign has been commenced in the building. This renovation hopes to bring a turnaround for the aesthetic appeal of the building. It includes the refurbishment of the elevator cabs, the modernization of the corridors, and the installation of new tiles, sinks and accessories in the bathrooms.

Jane Gural-Senders is looking forward to another great year for the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM maintaining a strong presence in the gift and home textile market. She will take part in revitalizing the building and introducing more buying and selling activities for the showrooms as well as for the buyers that come visit the building.

Jane can be contacted at: (212) 689-6307 or by e-mail at: jsenders@230fifthave.com

Harvey Richer

Director of Leasing

Harvey has been a Commercial Real Estate Broker since 1967. Presently he is responsible for overseeing the leasing of the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM.

Mr. Richer has had quite a few accomplishments during his career in real estate. He created the New York Merchandise Mart at 41 Madison Avenue in 1970 and leased 500,000 square feet at that address, creating a new showroom center for the home furnishing and tabletop industries. Other accomplishments include being appointed in 1977 as the exclusive agent to re-lease the New York Furniture Exchange building at 200 Lexington Avenue, a 485,000 square foot building. Today, it is fully occupied by top quality exhibitors from the decorator and designer trades that had been formerly concentrated exclusively in the Bloomingdale's area.

In the early 1990's, Mr. Richer converted the former "Lighting Building", which is known today as the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM, into a showroom building for the home industry. Today, 230 Fifth Avenue is successfully leased and is positioned in the market as a building housing home textiles, gifts, kitchen, tabletop, furniture, toy and the general merchandise industries.

Today, Harvey Richer is regarded as one of the premier showroom leasing agents in the industry.

Harvey can be contacted at: (212) 689-6305 or by e-mail at: hricher@newmarkkf.com

Wendy Lee

Assistant Building Manager

In April 2004, Wendy Lee became a part of the 230 Fifth Avenue Newmark Executive Office personnel as the Assistant Building Manager. She has been working for Newmark for over 13 years.

Wendy Lee contributes her knowledge of real estate as well as her strong skills and abilities in tenant relations and follow up. As the Assistant Building Manager, Ms. Lee assists Jane Gural-Senders and Harvey Richer with all building operations, leases, and building-related issues at the 230 Fifth Avenue building.

Wendy Lee is excited to have come aboard here at 230 Fifth Avenue, where she along with the rest of the building personnel can work together to build up the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM into an even better place for all who visit and work there.

Wendy can be contacted at: (212) 689-5634 or by e-mail at: wlee@230fifthave.com

Lucy Zhune

Creative Marketing Director

As of July 2004, Lucy Zhune joined the 230 Fifth Avenue Newmark Executive Office Personnel as the Creative Marketing Director. Lucy comes to Newmark from the 225 Fifth Avenue Gift Building with 2 years of experience working in the wholesale showroom environment and with several years of experience handling visual display and graphic design.

At the 230 Fifth Avenue New York MarketCenter^TM, Lucy coordinates any advertising opportunities and events for the building as well as keeping the tenants informed about upcoming shows, events, and services that the building can offer the showrooms and their buyers. Lucy also handles the design and information for promotional materials for the 230 building such as press releases and its quarterly newsletter, among other things.

Lucy Zhune looks forward to building strong relationships with the showroom tenants at 230 Fifth Avenue as well as assisting them and their buyers with their inquiries and promotional needs.

Lucy can be contacted at: (212) 545-5226 or by e-mail at: lzhune@230fifthave.com