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Developer gives first look at planned skyscraper near Grand Central Terminal -- but lacks key piece to make it a reality
November 17, 2024 | 2:12pmIt’s build-or-bolt time for BXP on Madison Avenue. The developer is itching to build a skyscraper at 343 Madison between East 44th and 45th streets, which is currently a block-long,...
Mikimoto x Chrome Hearts collab, Remedy Place in Soho, more NYC events
November 8, 2024 | 11:18amEach week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC.
How jewelry company FoundRae bucked the obvious trends — and became a quiet luxury obsession
November 7, 2024 | 6:00amBeth Hutchens has aimed to create designs that feel personal, rather than perfunctory markers of wealth.
NYC's famed retail row sees boost in luxe homes, retail in post-pandemic boom
October 28, 2024 | 7:00amNew luxury residential real estate and dining projects are pumping life into the world-famous shopping district that is Madison Avenue.
Jacquemus opens up in Soho, Barbie at MAD, more NYC events this week
October 25, 2024 | 1:18pmEach week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC.
Sixty-hour pork broth, MoMA's latest collaboration, and more NYC events
October 18, 2024 | 7:43amEach week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC.
Alvin Ailey at the Whitney, Boucheron on Madison Avenue and more NYC events
September 27, 2024 | 7:15amWhat’s making our luxury list this week? Boucheron makes its Manhattan debut, goop drops a collection of furniture and an Alvin Ailey exhibition opens at the Whitney.
Denzel Washington on Broadway, Madonna's guitars on auction, more NYC events
September 24, 2024 | 7:35amWhat’s making our luxury list this week? Toteme’s second NYC outpost, Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal share a stage, and Madonna’s guitars hit the auction block.
A 1950s tower on Madison Avenue in Manhattan is slated for demolition
August 22, 2024 | 3:42pmWilliams Equities is gearing up to demolish its 24-story office tower at 655 Madison Ave.
Aging NYC office building shows how to succeed despite trend toward shiny new towers
August 11, 2024 | 10:34amLet's say you own a 60-year-old, near-900,000 square-foot Midtown office building. Demand for space in Midcentury buildings is weak. A half-billion-dollar mortgage payment is coming up. Do you: Scramble to refinance...
22 Vanderbilt draws in 5 new leases with major amenity upgrades, Grand Central access
May 12, 2024 | 1:40pmIn the realm of repositioned “Cinderalla” buildings, Milstein Properties’ 22 Vanderbilt – once known as 335 Madison Ave. – stands with the most elite. The Madison Avenue tower between East...
Famed NYC office tower lures Michelin-starred chef amid Midtown food boom
March 11, 2024 | 1:15pmThe restaurants will offer “transportive, immersive and never-before-seen dining experiences” and the “out-of the-box approaches will set the stage for the future of hospitality,” Simon Kim told The Post.
Baccarat signs branding deal with owners of 545 Madison
December 17, 2023 | 2:00pmThe French luxury crystal line is moving its US office headquarters from 635 Madison Avenue, where it has an elegant store, to Marx Realty’s 545 Madison Ave. -- which would make...
NYC developer banks on big-name restaurants to feed office building empire
December 12, 2023 | 5:33pmDuring its annual investment call, SL Green served up unreported, tasty bits about its investment in the city’s culinary scene.
Manhattan's stalled office leasing market poised for late-year boom
October 30, 2023 | 7:25pmDespite commercial real estate’s well-known woes, the deals might augur even larger transactions -- of up to 1 million square feet each -- in 2024, sources said.
Luxury brands lead NYC retail leasing boom, rents ramp up
October 27, 2023 | 8:57amRents on upper Madison Avenue had fallen into the $600s per foot — now, a bevy of 75 transactions have pushed rents back towards $1,000 per foot.
Bullish: Developers gamble on city's future with massive new office towers
October 27, 2023 | 8:52amNew office skyscrapers are trying to woo the numerous large tenants that make decisions years before their current leases end.
Giorgio Armani buying apartment inside namesake NYC building
September 27, 2023 | 1:01pmPerched above his 760 Madison Ave. boutique, The Giorgio Armani Residences has five of its 10 units already in contract, we hear.
Out-of-work NYC doorman living off Twinkies begs for job outside Tiffany's
September 21, 2023 | 3:48pmUnemployed doorman Alfred Carpenter, 67, stands outside Tiffany & Co. in Manhattan and wears a sandwich board advertising himself as available for work.
Raunchy sex-in-NYC stories the focus of new exhibit that says 'f—k you' to art world
September 9, 2023 | 9:17amAn exhibit at the Spring/Break Art Show in Midtown this week features raunchy sex stories from callers who responded to ads posted throughout the city.