MKDA to renovate common areas for Bloomingdale Properties

Leading interiors firm, MKDA, has been tapped by Bloomingdale Properties to assist in repositioning 1385 Broadway, an important asset in the growing Times Square South office market. The design firm is creating a new entrance and lobby, and will upgrade the building's elevator cabs, tenant corridors and restrooms. "Located at West 38th St., Bloomingdale Properties is modernizing its asset in order to benefit the building's existing and new tenants," said MKDA president Michael Kleinberg. "The fact that we have leased over 150,000 s/f of office space in a few short months is a testament to the quality of the building and the ownership. In addition, the building will be undergoing a major capital improvement program designed by MKDA," said Cushman & Wakefield executive vice president Jonathan Serko, who is exclusively marketing the building along with Cushman & Wakefield executive vice president Gary Greenspan. MKDA is updating the entrance with new glass and stainless steel revolving doors that enhance the building's dark granite façade and allow the interior lobby to glow to the exterior of the building. The design firm is using Jet Mist granite flooring at the entrance and neutral-toned Courtaud Limestone oversized tiles throughout the remainder of the space, as well as for the base of the concierge desk. The concierge desk is topped with Mayan Sunset marble - a beautifully patterned stone with burnt orange and gold accents - and sharply angled to create flow throughout the space. Cove lighting adds scallops of accent light down the base of the desk. Large polished Massa Gold marble panels line the lobby walls, while an accent wall features a mosaic of square tiles covered with a thin plate of brushed stainless steel and a large light-emitting translucent polymer panel from SensiTile, which may be programmed to reflect an array of dynamic light patterns. Other light features include warm cove lighting throughout the space and a single backlit panel that runs the length of the lobby. In addition, MKDA is cladding portions of the existing elevator cab doors in stainless steel; the interiors are being outfitted to reflect the limestone, granite and glass patterns of the lobby - all fused in a stainless steel shell.