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If Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn shutter, we could very well have a Midtown East home goods crisis on our hands. The 32,000 square feet of space that these two stores occupy is being listed by the retail division of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and can be available in the early part of 2015. "Being able to assemble 32,000 square feet across from Bloomingdale's is pretty significant," the listing agent remarked—especially since the asking rent per square foot is less than half of what other tenants in the area are paying. [NYP]