Hand & Stone featured in Newsday

Hand & Stone was recently featured in Newsday in an article titled, "Hand & Stone spa to open in Levittown." The article features Todd Leff and franchisee Paul Mahler and discusses the 70^th location of Hand & Stone opening in the Nassau Mall in Levittown at the end of March. Paul, the owner of Hand & Stone Levittown, discusses why he decided to transition from his law job at Malen & Associates to owning his own massage business. In addition, Todd shared the development goals for Long Island, with 10 outlets planned to be open in the next two years. Click here to view the entire article.

Hand & Stone spa to open in Levittown
By: James Bernstein
Hands-on businesses are growing on Long Island these days,especially the massage business.

Two companies -- Hand & Stone and Massage Envy -- are opening franchise operations, one after another, their executives say.

The newest to come to town is a Hand & Stone spa that will open at the end of this month at the Nassau Mall in Levittown. Paul Mahler, 40, an attorney and Melville volunteer firefighter, paid $39,000 for the franchise, which will operate in a 2,250- square-foot space and employ 17 people, including eight massage therapists. Mahler gave up a law job at the Westbury firm Malen & Associates, where he had worked 11 years.

Did he have butterflies?

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