{"id":171446,"date":"2026-03-22T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171446\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:55:32","slug":"midtowns-42-below-sees-retail-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171446\/","title":{"rendered":"Midtown’s ’42 Below’ Sees Retail Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to a report by New York Real Estate Journal, the area of Midtown Manhattan known as ’42 Below’ has seen retail occupancy grow 65% faster than Manhattan overall. The district, roughly bounded by Sixth and Eighth avenues and by West 30th and West 42nd streets, has seen a 19% drop in storefront vacancies over the past two years, with new food and fitness concepts moving in.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

The growth in ’42 Below’ reflects a broader revitalization of the area below Times Square, which has historically struggled with high vacancy rates. The influx of new businesses and lower vacancy rates suggest the district is becoming a more vibrant, people-friendly environment for shopping, dining, and entertainment.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

According to the report by Live XYZ, a mapping and analytics firm, some of the notable new arrivals in ’42 Below’ include Sora, a complex of eight Japanese and Chinese food concepts in a 20,000 square foot space, and Kaza, a new Japanese restaurant. Fitness and personal care businesses also saw significant growth, increasing from 22 to 33 storefronts in the area.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, storefront vacancies in ’42 Below’ fell by 19%.<\/p>\n

The players<\/p>\n

Live XYZ<\/p>\n

A mapping and analytics firm that tracks more than 160,000 storefronts across New York City.<\/p>\n

Sora<\/p>\n

A new 20,000 square foot complex in ’42 Below’ featuring eight Japanese and Chinese food concepts.<\/p>\n

Kaza<\/p>\n

A new Japanese restaurant that has opened in the ’42 Below’ district.<\/p>\n

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The takeaway<\/p>\n

The growth in ’42 Below’ reflects a broader revitalization of the area below Times Square, which has historically struggled with high vacancy rates. The influx of new businesses and lower vacancy rates suggest the district is becoming a more vibrant, people-friendly environment for shopping, dining, and entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a According to a report by New York Real Estate Journal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-171446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}