New York City — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Colicchio Consulting, a strategic management firm with a focus on food hall planning and development, restaurant curation and music and event programming.
Phil Colicchio and Trip Schenk, co-founders and principals of Colicchio Consulting, will lead Cushman & Wakefield’s food, beverage and entertainment procurement for its retail services platform. Colicchio and Schenk will guide clients in the strategic evaluation, selection and engagement of elevated food, beverage and entertainment options for projects ranging from food halls to signature restaurants and performance spaces. Colicchio Consulting is behind some of the largest food, beverage and entertainment projects and food halls over the past decade. The group has collaborated with more than 75 world-class hotels and over 50 James Beard Foundation Award-winning chefs, restaurateurs, beverage professionals, service professionals and restaurant designers.