Billionaire Reuben Brothers Make NYC Push With Bet on Retail

  • U.K. investors said to acquire space in midtown Manhattan
  • Puma is a tenant at the site owned by landlord SL Green
Simon and David ReubenPhotographer: David M. Benett/Getty Images
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Billionaire U.K. real estate investors David and Simon Reuben are buying Manhattan retail space in a significant push into New York City, according to people familiar with the matter.

The brothers, major London property investors, bought a retail condo at 609 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan from SL Green Realty Corp. for about $170 million, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is private.