REINVENTING RACINES
The Times’ Pete Wells has a rave review for the reinvention of Racines, aka Chambers: “Has any restaurant in the city pulled off a pandemic reset to better effect than Chambers? It’s built from the earthly remains of Racines NY, a clubhouse for wine nerds that ran on Chambers Street in TriBeCa for about seven years before closing in 2021…

JAMES FUENTES GALLERY COMING TO TRIBECA
ArtNEWS reports that a veteran gallery of the Lower East Side is joining the exodus to Tribeca — James Fuentes Gallery will soon open at 52 White — the jeweler Ted Muehling’s old space. (He moved to 104 Franklin.) Fuentes will also open an L.A. location and is expanding its roster.

JAY-Z’S REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO
AD does a round-up of the long list of properties belonging to Jay-Z and Beyonce and note that his apartment on Hudson — the first he ever purchased, in the early 2000s — is still owned by the couple.

DISPUTE ENDS AT 465 WASHINGTON
The Real Deal reports that the long-running legal fight between an owner at 465 Washington and the developer “has traded hands. Gallery owner Valerie Dillon sold her condo at 465 Washington Street for $4.5 million to buyers Patrick Egeonu and Olaolu Aganga, according to city property records filed Tuesday…Dillon and developer Arthur Becker spent years in court battling over the property, as he sought to convert the building into an eight-unit boutique condo project with a projected sellout of $52.5 million.”