The Church of Shopping

Such is the hype surrounding Limelight Marketplace, a 25,000 square foot facility housed in a 163-year-old Episcopal church most famous for being the raucous Limelight nightclub in the late '80s/early '90s.

Offering a turnkey solution designed to attract established and up-and-coming boutique brands, Limelight, scheduled to open in March, can't run far enough away from the tag "shopping mall." Conceptualized by veteran Manhattan retailer Jack Menashe, Limelight offers its tenants the opportunity to break into brick-and-mortar retail without all the up-front costs.