Steve Cuozzo
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Vornado reels in Blue Ribbon for Penn 1 mega-project in former dining wasteland
Market watchers attribute much of the success to food options that would have been unthinkable there just a few years ago.
Fashion giant Ralph Lauren renews lease at upgraded Starrett-Lehigh Building
If work-from-home spells the inevitable future, somebody forgot to tell Ralph Lauren. The fashion giant just renewed its lease on a long-term basis for 250,000 square feet of offices at...
'Boutique' tower on Billionaires' Row provides new home for Calvary Baptist Church
Like a gift from heaven, the shiny new church-and-office building on Billionaires’ Row that we first told you about two years ago is finally on the rise. The “boutique” tower at...
NYC's best new restaurant is a 186-year-old steakhouse
Hope you're hungry for a ribeye and a Caesar salad.
Fitness brand Equinox becomes first signed lease at former Domino Sugar Refinery
The Domino Sugar plant, where workmen once toiled over molasses-drenched pipes and vats, will soon generate a healthier brand of sweat. Developer Two Trees has teamed up with pre-eminent luxury...
'Ferrari building' continues leasing surge by adding private equity firm TriPost Capital
As long as the Manhattan office market mostly stinks — despite cheering upticks in renewals and slightly reduced sublease availability — market-watchers are taking solace in modest success stories...
Capital of the world? Why London is cleaning New York's clock
The Big Apple is being clobbered by its rival's willingness to build developments and gleaming transit lines.
Apple Bank ditching old digs for contemporary, 14-story apartment tower in Chelsea
Apple Bank will leave its atmospheric but dated, long-time home at 250 W. 23rd St. for contemporary digs at 278 Eighth Ave., a handsome, 14-story rental apartment tower nearing completion on the...
Brooklyn is now home to the weirdest $150M workplace in the world -- and it's totally enchanting
The stunning offices beat any work-from-home setup.
Recent NYC retail leasing scene fuels skepticism despite luxury retail leasing boom
The retail leasing scene not including restaurants is such a mixed picture that it’s hard to make easy generalizations. To brokers’ and analysts’ frequent annoyance, this column is skeptical of...
Restaurant boom leads to 'observably livelier' streets in Downtown and Midtown: survey
Scores of new restaurant leases are “restoring vibrancy” to midtown and downtown, according to a new CBRE survey. Citing “observably livelier” streets over the summer, the study argued that over 100 recently-signed...
Mar-a-Lago judge's developer-hating past is a big win for Donald Trump
State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron undervalued Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago at a measly $18 million drawing incredulous howls from property professionals who assessed it at $300 million.
Target's Harlem store closure should be 'wakeup call' — as plans for nearby outpost delayed: sources
Target's decision to shutter its first Manhattan location amid rampant shoplifting should serve as a "wakeup call to city officials," an industry expert said.
Famed NYC French restaurant La Grenouille has been shut down mysteriously for 3 months
Regulars are buzzing that there’s more to the prolonged closure than a gas glitch.
More workers returning to NYC office buildings than previously reported: study
There are lots more employees in Big Apple offices than the most often-cited “barometer” of attendance would have you believe.
Gagosian, two more sign leases at historic Chelsea building
The historic (circa 1897), six-story building at 555 W. 25th St. in the thriving Chelsea gallery district has landed three new tenants. In the deal with the most marquee value,...
Manhattan’s swankiest Duane Reade — located in Trump Building — to shutter after shoplifting, vandalism issues
“It costs a lot of money to keep a big store like this open and the streets are dead with a lot of mom and pop stores nearby closing.”
NYC sees some sanity as outdoor furniture encouraging drug use and vagrancy is put on ice
For what may have been only a fleeting interlude of sanity, Broadway in the Garment District enjoyed a respite this month from colonization by drug addicts and predatory vagrants.
Marc Jacobs in talks to open new flagship store at 645 Fifth Ave as Midtown continues comeback
The luxury brand recently closed its Madison Avenue store at 655 Madison Ave., where a sign says only that it would soon relocate to Fifth Avenue.
Citadel presses pause on 280 Park Avenue despite hiring spree
Citadel’s quest for 400,000 square feet of space at 280 Park Avenue has hit the “pause” button. Crain’s reported in June that Ken Griffin’s monster hedge fund was in negotiations with...