Leases ARE the news amid frenzy for space in Manhattan
A reader emailed us, “Why does your column run so many lease stories? Isn’t there other news?”Well, right…
Status of Roosevelt Hotel murkier than ever as $1.4M contract hangs in the balance
Nobody, Realty Check included, has any idea what’s going on at the empty Roosevelt Hotel. Allow us to…
One Vanderbilt dethrones Empire State Building as king of NYC’s observation decks
Look out, King Kong! By at least one major metric, One Vanderbilt’s Summit has overtaken the Empire State…
Popular NJ Indian restaurant to open at The Ellery tower
The Ellery, a luxury residential tower at 312 W. 43rd St., signed a tasty tenant. Popular Franklin Park,…
NYC’s Union Square seeing frenzy for office, retail
The planned opening of DearU’s Bubble House New York at 24 Union Square East — a nearly 10,000…
Neko Health Scan opening first US clinic in NYC in September
Neko Health is bringing its proprietary health-monitoring technology to New York for the first time. The Swedish-launched company will…
Iconic Fireman Hospitality files for bankruptcy — spurring NYC’s biggest restaurant-empire crisis since 2020
The COVID pandemic’s long shadow threatens the future of Fireman Hospitality Group, which runs some of Manhattan’s most…
Spectacular NYC Morgan Stanley display lights up Times Square
Morgan Stanley is so deep into cryptocurrency, it launched its own Bitcoin Trust (MSBT). So it’s no surprise…
MUJI opening another NYC location as Downtown Brooklyn keeps booming
Popular Japanese retail and lifestyle brand MUJI will open its second Brooklyn location at 100 Flatbush Ave., part…
House of Spells brings fresh magic to the Deuce decades after NYC block’s porn-and-crime nadir
The Deuce was losing its juice — but a giant new fun-and-fantasy store from England is the latest…
United Talent Agency taking its talents to the Empire State Building
Los Angeles-based United Talent Agency, whose clients include A-list entertainers and is also a partner in representing LeBron…
Uptown Second Avenue retail booming
One of Manhattan’s remarkable, media-blind transformations is happening — make that raging — on uptown Second Avenue. The…