••• “Four companies are in advanced talks for Brookfield Place (the former World Financial Center) and Brookfield’s One Liberty Plaza [….] The big surprise among them is Hudson’s Bay Co., the retail giant that owns Lord & Taylor and Saks, and now makes its New York headquarters at 12 E. 49th St. Time Inc., Bank of New York Mellon and Experion Design Group are also in different stages of advanced talks with Brookfield.” —New York Post

••• You know that big parking lot at the corner of Canal and Greene? “The developers plan to construct a seven-story building with retail on the ground floor and lower level, and 30 rental units on floors two through six, as well as a partial mezzanine on the seventh floor.” Pictured: a mural that used to be there. —The Real Deal

••• “It’s last call for Suspenders, popular FiDi pub and restaurant. Owners plea for three more months to bring on investors and move to new space Downtown.” —Tribeca Trib

••• “Is Racines NYC’s best new wine bar?”All I know is that if you’re in the mood to splurge, go have the appetizer of morels with burrata. It’s heaven. —Village Voice