November 9, 2026 People, Real Estate, Restaurant/Bar News
IS TRIBECA FOURTH CHOICE?
The Times has a story about the shifting definition of “primary home,” focusing on Tribecans Noa Santos and Ross Matsubara, who have an apartment here plus a Hamptons house, a Nassau County house and a home in Hawaii. From The Times: “Do they go to their penthouse in TriBeCa, amid the hubbub of the city? Or do they head to their Greek Revival home in East Hampton, where they live next door to their best friend? Or perhaps they spend time in their minimalist modern home in Old Westbury, where they can relax in nature and use the sauna and steam room? Sometimes, they even fly to Hawaii, where they both grew up, and where they are a renovating a floor of Mr. Matsubara childhood home.”
DIWALI SPECIALTIES OF THE HOUSE
PIX11 hosted Avtar Walia, the owner and founder of Tamarind Tribeca, to demonstrate the dishes the restaurant is highlighting for Diwali as well as the Indian spin on tiramisu. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, runs through the 11th. Tamarind has been open for 16 years!
WINNER OF A DATE AT HOLYWATER
The Times has a Vows column explaining how Clayton Francis Curran deleted Hinge after a night with his now-bride at Holywater. “I knew that it might come on too strong,” Curran said, “but I also couldn’t help myself.”
CELEBRATING ARITZIA ON HUDSON
Nylon has a society piece on a party for Aritzia at designer Athena Calderone’s apartment at 110 Hudson. The night included gift-giving, “perfectly realized” light bites and live caricature drawings. “There is no modern host in New York that can bring together uptown, downtown, and out-of-towners quite like Athena Calderone,” they wrote.
A NEW TENANT FOR 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
I was happy to see in the Commercial Observer — because I like that building and want it to succeed — that Modal Labs, an artificial intelligence-based cloud infrastructure company, has signed a 156,763-square-foot lease at 32 Avenue of the Americas. From the Commercial Observer: “Modal Labs’ website lists 233 Spring Street in Hudson Square as its current New York City headquarters. The AI firm plans to relocate from its Spring Street spot in mid-2027.”