{"id":59943,"date":"2026-06-21T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/59943\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:06:08","slug":"k-pop-company-dearu-to-open-flagship-store-in-union-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/59943\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop company DearU to open flagship store in Union Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DearU, a global K-Pop \u00a0company, will bring its US flagship and its first permanent brick-and-mortar store, to 24 Union Square East. Newmark\u2019s Jeffrey Roseman and Drew Weiss are the exclusive leasing agents for the property\u2019s owners, the S. Klein Family LLC.<\/p>\n<p>The 9,932 square-foot store, to be called Bubble House New York, \u00a0will fill the building\u2019s ground floor. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39746472\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AAScreenshot-2026-06-21-at-93643-AM-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"24 Union Sq E NY,NY\" class=\"wp-image-39746472\"  \/>DearU is opening it\u2019s first permanent brick-and-mortar store to 24 Union Square East. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>DearU is a South Korea-based global entertainment technology company that helps fans connect with K-Pop artists. The new store\u2019s \u201cexperiential concept\u201d \u00a0will blend merchandise, exclusive activations and fan engagement experiences, to connect artists and fans in a \u00a0physical setting.<\/p>\n<p>Roseman commented, \u201cDear U\u2019s first permanent retail location reflects the neighborhood\u2019s appeal to experiential concepts and international brands looking to engage consumers in new ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Its arrival comes as the Union Square area is enjoying a frenzy of retail leasing that has gobbled up previously dark storefronts.<\/p>\n<p>The DearU space was previously leased to Raymour &amp; Flanigan. Tae Moon and Jin Kim of KORINY INC represented Dear U in lease negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DearU, a global K-Pop \u00a0company, will bring its US flagship and its first permanent brick-and-mortar store, to 24&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[78,1161,195,1164,33754,33755],"class_list":["post-59943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-business","tag-commercial-real-estate","tag-k-pop","tag-real-estate","tag-realty-check","tag-union-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}