Eater has a story saying that Major Food Group, which has Carbone, Torrisi and Parm among others, along with hoteliers Ira Drukier and Richard Born (The Greenwich on North Moore, Hotel Chelsea, The Bowery), might sign a lease for the Tribeca Grill space. That commercial unit in 375 Greenwich was purchased by Drew Nieporent, Robert De Niro and several other investors somewhere around 1990, when they opened the restaurant.

The story said they might keep the name: “We are in the process of trying to finalize the lease, and we would like to try to keep the name,” Drukier told Eater, adding that the culinary vision would stay largely intact. “It would be the same theme — a grill for people to eat in on a regular basis.” The decor will likely change. “The style that was popular at the time looks a little dated now, so we would bring it up to a modern look.”

(Keep the center bar!)

Tribeca Grill closed a year ago on March 1 after 35 years in the space. They recently auctioned off a ton of equipment, furniture, paraphernalia and decor — including the iconic chandeliers designed by David Rockwell.

NB: The family behind Beefbar is also working on Paper Moon Giardino, a franchise out of Milan, for the former Sarabeth’s space just down the block. They retained the Rockwell Group to design the restaurant, so that is the second David Rockewell reference in this story.

In February last year there were rumors that Jean-Georges Vongerichten would take over the space, adding to his massive portfolio (he has 14 restaurants in the city and about 60 across the planet). But that never came to be. He recently closed the Tin Building, his two-story food emporium at the Seaport.