The Brazilian hotel company is taking over an existing property, with renovations expected to be completed in 2021.
Plus: A coworking chain is taking over most of the Saks Fifth Avenue store; rental bouquets at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau; Don Wagyu starts dinner service. / 2 comments
Plus: Opening forecasts for Los Tacos No. 1's Tribeca restaurant and Luv Michael's granola kitchen/shop; more of 91 Leonard revealed; Downtown Express is posting online elsewhere.
Plus: The sorry state of City Hall Park; how to recycle your Christmas tree; renovation of the little building on Walker Street; what's up with Breads Bakery at the World Trade Center mall? / 7 comments
Plus: Two Chambers Street restaurants are getting remodeled; Playday is looking to open in Tribeca; prominent building under construction on Church; useless arrow. / 4 comments
Plus: Praise for Cortlandt Way; Bouley Botanical is still an event space; checking in on Cast Iron House's sidewalk; great photo looking up. / 1 comment
Plus: The facade of 21 Park Place is being demolished; five unidentified dead restaurants; storefront for lease on Franklin; new locksmith. / 4 comments
Plus: Sidewalk alongside 3 World Trade Center is just about done; no sign of progress at Hudson Square brewpub; paint store dresses up a sidewalk shed; catering advice for a bridal shower? / 5 comments
Plus: Something called Wheelhouse appears to have taken over the former Consort space; Elevator to the Noir mystery at 60 Hudson; opening date for Brooklyn Game Lab; Philly Pretzel Factory said to still be happening. / 1 comment
Plus: The Dead Rabbit's expansion will debut next week; the history of a Varick Street building; Downtown Express is only partially dead.
Plus: Were the holiday decorations at the 30 Park Place plaza installed correctly?; the Jeff Koons sculpture outside 7 World Trade Center is still gone; Design For Progress Garage Sale at Canal Street Market; "Law & Order: SVU" shoot; sassy cake. / 7 comments
Plus: This Is Gyro is open; work is underway at Max's future home on W. Broadway; local organization looking for help; pedestrian breakthrough on the Church Street side of the World Trade Center. / 3 comments
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