March News Roundup
Apr 4, 2022
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
- La Brasserie, Carrot Express, and The Standard Dose Latte Bar were featured in ‘7 Exciting New Restaurants to Try This Weekend in NYC’ (via Thrillist).
- Hand Hospitality opened new Japanese restaurant Towa on March 22nd in NoMad (via Time Out New York).
- The rooftop Serra by Birreria at Eataly Flatiron has transformed for Spring (via amNew York).
- Noda and Sugarfish were featured in ’32 Top-Tier Sushi Restaurants in NYC’ (via Eater NY).
- BLACKBARN was named ‘NYC’s Best Spot for Farm-to-Table Dining’ (via Life & Style).
District Businesses
- The footwear brand Allbirds opened their largest store with 7,100 sq/ft at 120 Fifth Avenue (via Footwear News).
- Emerging Artists Theatre kicked off its 29th season at TADA! Youth Theater (via Outtake).
- The Ritz-Carlton New York NoMad was featured in ’11 Exciting Hotel Openings to Look Forward to This Year’ (via USA Today).
- Radish Health, the Flatiron-based health startup has raised $4 million in seed funding to expand (via Crain’s New York).
- Executive Director & CEO of MoMath Cindy Lawrence strives to help people see the magic behind Math (via Crain’s New York Business).
Real Estate
- The optical studio Heywear signed a ground-floor lease at 176 Fifth Avenue (via New York Business Journal).
- IBM has signed a 16-year lease for 328,000 sq/ft at SL Green’s One Madison Avenue (via The Real Deal).
- Construction is complete on the hotel Le Meridien at 292 Fifth Avenue in NoMad (via New York YIMBY).
- Work is nearing completion on 295 Fifth Avenue’s two-story penthouse addition (via New York YIMBY).
- Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is listing two condos at New York’s One Madison for $78 million (via Crain’s New York).
Around the Neighborhood
- Author Christiane Bird’s new book A Block in Time captures New York City history at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street (via WNYC).
- Hugh Hayden’s art installation “Brier Patch” is on view in Madison Square Park until May 1 (via Tribeca Citizen).
Header Photo Credit: Serra by Birreria.
Thumbnail Photo Credit: Allbirds.
