A QUARTER OF OFFICES ARE VACANT
Crain’s reports that 25 percent of the office space in the Financial District is vacant, according to a report by Savills Research released last week. From Crain’s” “More than a quarter of offices were available to rent, compared to just 17% a year ago. That jump was largely due to a pair of large buildings being redeveloped, including the former Deutsche Bank headquarters at 60 Wall St., Savills said…The average rent in the Financial District was $57.60 a square foot, compared to $83.70 in Midtown, according to Savills.”

THE JENNI KAYNE RANCH
Architectural Digest features the second home of designer Jenni Kayne, who has the clothing store on Harrison and opened a Jenni Kayne Home in Soho last year. The house has a few custom made pieces that will be added to her line soon. The house was created as a place where “invited friends of the brand could escape to ride horses, pet baby goats, dine on farm-to-table alfresco meals, practice yoga, taste wine, indulge in facials and massages, and visit local lavender farms.”

H.R. GIGER AT LOMEX
The New Yorker has a feature on the unpublicized show of H.R. Giger at Lomex Gallery: A retrospective for the artist known for designing the creature in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” pairs a metal concert with tentacle-porn adjacent works. 86 Walker.

A LIQUOR STORE WATCH
Todd Snyder, who has a shop at the Liquor Store at 2 White, has designed a Timex watch — The Timex Liquor Store After Dark — an updated version of the Marlin dedicated to Snyder’s favorite slice of lower Manhattan real estate. From GQ: “The designer says it was inspired by the Liquor Store itself—or more specifically, the customers who frequented it in its Mad Men-era heyday. It’s not hard to picture its gold numbers and black dial gracing the wrist of a bright-eyed young ad exec headed to a job interview—or the local watering hole for a three-martini lunch.”