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June News Roundup

Jun 23, 2021

June news highlights include restaurant openings and annoucnements, new office tenants, new hotel construction’s making progress. Stay in the know with the latest Flatiron News.

Restaurants & Bars

Restaurants Zaytinya and The Bazaar by José Andrés are planned to open on the ground floor of the upcomin Ritz-Carlton New York hotel in NoMad (via Totalfood).
Planta Queen opened its doors at 15 West 27th Street (via New York Business Journal).
Hill Country Barbecue Market is featured in New York City’s Essential Barbecue Restaurants (via Eater NY).
Mark’s Off Madison and Milu are highlighted in The Return of Restaurants (via Grub Street).
Tortazo restaurant by Rick Bayless is set to open in September at 1123 Broadway (via Restaurant Hospitality).
A new Korean restaurant Little Mad opened this June at 110 Madison Avenue between 29th and 30th Street (via Eater NY).
Eleven Madison Park reopened June 10th with its fully vegan menu (via Bloomberg).
Thyme Bar’s The Thyme Bar Experience — Euphoria is featured in These Beloved Restaurants in NYC Are Officially Open Again (via Eat This, Not That).
Sona released their new brunch menu featuring pastrami naan sandwhiches (via Eater NY).
Junoon, a fine dining Indian restaurant, reopened at 19 West 24th Street (via Eater NY).
Bambu, a Vietnamese-inspired beverage chain, opened at 38 East 23rd Street (via QSR).

District Businesses

Harry Potter NYC flagship Store opened June 3rd at 935 Broadway with two floors of exclusive Harry Potter merchandise, wands, and Butterbeer (via Forbes).
Harklinikken, a Scandinavian hair-health clinic, is featured in COVID-related hair loss is a real thing — but these treatments can help (via NY Post).
A photography space for creatives called Swift Studios located on 1239 Broadway on the 13th Floor opened up this month (via Interior Design).
The Fifth Avenue Hotel adds a 24-story new tower at West 28th Street and Fifth Avenue. Additionally the Ritz-Carlton NoMad located on 1185 Broadway is set to open this fall (via NY Post).
INNSiDE by Meliá New York NoMad creates a “Day Stay” package for guests to use a guest room as workspaces (via Hotels Magazine).
CycleBar studio opened this month in the former Flywheel location at 420 Park Ave South (via Club Industry).
The Cure, a sciences lab space, located at 345 Park Avenue South plans to fully open by end of year (via Commercial Observer).

Real Estate

A 12-story 65,000 square foot office building located at 260 Fifth Avenue between 28th and 29th Street was sold for $52.5 million to Brax Realty (via Real Estate Business).
Owners of the Flatiron Building continue renovations to upgrade the building to modern-day offices (via Commercial Observer).
Timothy Oulton leased the ground floor and lower level of 901 Broadway for its East Coast flagship store (via New York Times).
Construction on Madison House, an 805-foot-tall residential skyscraper at 126 Madison Avenue, is almost completed. The 62-story tower is designed by Handel Architects will have 199 condominiums and a 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space (via New York YIMBY).
FlateRate Moving opened its “The Box Store” at 936 Broadway in mid-June (via Commerical Observer).
Ogilvy, a global advertising firm, consolidates brands at Grey Group Inc.’s office at 200 Fifth Avenue (via Commerical Observer).
Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, the Ritz Carlton‘s facade at 1185 Broadway is almost complete and set to open late 2021 (via New York YIMBY).
CetraRuddy Architecture designed the Rose Hill residential skyscraper at 30 East 29th Street, and its facade is almost finished (via New York YIMBY).
Facade work on an office building on 1245 Broadway designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill is nearing completion (via New York YIMBY).
Designed by Stantec, the Virgin Hotel’s facade on 1225 Broadway is almost completed (via New York YIMBY).
Two Trees Management leases 50 West 23rd Street 4th Floor to Flexport, a logistics tech firm, for the next three years (via Crain’s New York).

Around the Neighborhood

Daily foot traffic in the Flatiron District has recovered to 92% of pre-pandemic averages as of May 8th (via Crain’s New York)
The artist and architect Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest exibition is on view now in Madison Square Park (via New York Times).
WATG reimagines tha Flatiron District with renderings of paradise and greenery on the streets and buildings (via Yahoo News!).
Madison Square Park Conservancy accounced a “Music on the Green” program with free performances curated by Carnegie Hall and inspired by Lin’s Ghost Forests (via Broadway World).
Pride Parade 2021 ran down Fifth Avenue past Madison Square Park, and ending at the West Village Stonewall Inn on June 27th (via Gothamist)