The Daily Dirt: A vacant Brooklyn office building and Soho House for families

It’s a mantra often repeated to the parents of young children. The phrase is especially true if you’re living in a cramped New York City apartment in the dead of winter with restless toddlers. Michael Schoen and Chris de Koos are hoping to capitalize on that. Their company, Little Big Hospitality, inked a 15-year, 45,000-square-foot lease this summer at CIM Group’s long-vacant office building at 50 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn Heights. The firm plans to use the space to open The Beginning Clubhouse, a private family-oriented club that will offer curated programming and classes for children, childcare, food and beverage […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.