October News Roundup
Oct 28, 2021
October news highlights include restaurant openings and announcements, new office tenants, and hotel construction progress. Stay in the know with the latest Flatiron News.
Restaurants & Bars
- Latin American restaurant Comodo opened at The Freehand New York Hotel (via Eater NY).
- Jua is featured in ‘The 38 Essential Restaurants in New York City’ (via Eater NY).
- Eataly Flatiron’s rooftop restaurant transformed for the fall season as SERRA by Birreria (via Time Out New York).
- Hill Country Barbecue Market was featured in the new TV show Home Plate with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson (via New York Post).
- Anita Gelato is expected to open at 1141 Broadway “in a couple months” (via Eater NY).
District Businesses
- CBD Kratom opened its third New York City location at 168 Fifth Avenue (via Branson Tri-Lakes News).
- INNSIDE by Meliá Hotel partnered with Vampire Pizza for a Halloween-themed experience (via FSR Magazine).
- MiNK Therapeutics, a Flatiron District-based biotech company closed a $40 million initial public offering (via Crain’s New York Business).
- The Ritz-Carlton is arriving in NoMad early 2022 to welcome locals and traveling guests (via Haute Living).
- Tech company Modern Age announced $27 million in Series A funding and will be opening its flagship clinic in the Flatiron District early 2022 (via TechCrunch).
Real Estate
- Construction on The Virgin Hotel in NoMad is nearly complete at 1225 Broadway (via New York YIMBY).
- Real estate investment group The Hope Capital signed a 5,508 sq/ft lease at 56 West 22nd Street (via Real Estate Weekly).
- SL Green announced that Chelsea Piers Fitness has signed a 55,780 sq/ft, 20-year lease at the tower development, One Madison Avenue (via Yahoo).
- Luxury spa Bathhouse announced a new long-term lease for 34,828 sq/ft at 7 West 21st Street (via Real Estate Weekly).
- Identity provider Okta, Inc. released plans to create an Experience Center, and has signed a lease for a premier retail space at 920 Broadway (via Businesswire).
Around the Neighborhood
- AAPI fashion designers and personalites attended A Taste of Asia in Madison Square Park curated by COTE Korean Steakhouse (via Forbes).
- Fitness trainer and heart attack survivor Bob Harper showcased his Survivors Have Heart portrait exhibit in the Flatiron Public Plaza (via amNY).
Header Photo Credit: Bathhouse via Dezeen.
Main Page Photo Credit: Survivors Have Heart via amNY
