Eldon Scott of UrbanSpace on Modernizing the Communal Food Hall
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Eldon Scott, president of UrbanSpace, a company specializing in creating artisan food halls and holiday gift venues. UrbanSpace was founded in 1972 in the U.K., where it developed more than 50 sites. The New York arm was established in 1993, and has flourished by creating food halls and gift fairs in locations such as Times Square, Madison Square and Columbus Circle. The firm is in the early stages of U.S expansion, looking at Chicago and the West Coast.
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| 1:02.2 | This is Masters in Business with Barry Rittoltz on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 1:09.7 | This week on the podcast, I have a special guest. |
| 1:12.5 | His name is Eldon Scott, and he is president of Urban Space, which is the New York branch |
| 1:21.0 | of a fascinating company that began life in London, England. |
| 1:24.8 | If you have gone to any of the new and very hip food courts around New York City, I'm |
| 1:31.8 | partial to the one on Vanderbilt and 46, but they're all over Manhattan. |
| 1:37.0 | You will have experienced some of urban spaces work. |
| 1:41.2 | They are just really, really good at totally recreating the concept of a food court. |
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