Steve Cuozzo
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NYC's Le Bernardin nabs No. 1 spot on list of world's best 1,000 restaurants
La Liste’s recognition of Le Bernardin followed the Michelin Guide’s recent renewal of the restaurant’s coveted three-star rating.
Shades chain to open Manhattan flagship at shuttered Dylan's Candy Bar site near Bloomingdale's
The owner said in April that he’d signed a new lease at 1535 Third Ave. across the street.
Property mogul's downfall 'grounds' Chrysler Building lease talks
Aby Rosen's RFR had been making progress on stalled talks to restructure the Chrysler Building's long-term ground lease but now needs to find a new partner.
Landmark Lever House boasts Park Ave. views, modern design after $100M redevelopment
Lever House, the 390 Park Ave. masterpiece that first brought curtain-wall design to commercial New York in 1952, is back in business after a two-year closure and $100 million redevelopment....
Why can't the NYT just let NYC's rich be rich?
New York, or the dream of it, has always been about excess.
NYC's $34 steakhouse is back — and still the best deal in town
Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecôte has reopened in Midtown Manhattan after two years of closure and the menu, which has only entrée — sirloin steak with fries and a salad — is...
Good riddance scooters — but e-bikes in NYC are about to get even worse
Thousands of more Citi e-bikes are set to hit city streets by the end of next year.
Empire State Building office occupancy rate tops 90% to buck NYC's woes
When you’re a huge, publicly-traded company with more than eight million square feet of offices in a struggling market, it helps to have a world-famous Observatory on top of your...
Famed NYC French restaurant La Grenouille reopens after gas leak
They’re breaking out the Dom Perignon at 3 E. 52nd Street. La Grenouille, the romantic, last surviving outpost of the city’s old-school French-cuisine era, reopened on Friday following a four-and-a-half...
New luxury tower ushers in 'Halcyon' days on Brooklyn riverfront
It’s hard to keep up with riverfront residential development in Brooklyn and Queens. The latest project to make a splash is Halcyon Management’s West Wharf on a seven-acre site in...
Manhattan's stalled office leasing market poised for late-year boom
Despite 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.
Cushman tapped to bring new life to ex-Tunnel nightclub home after $1B fix-up
Cushman & Wakefield snared one of the year’s biggest plum office-agency assignments -- for Terminal Warehouse, where 1.1 million square feet of offices and 93,000 square feet of retail space...
Boston Properties lands finance firm at Park Avenue South tower after $100M revamp
Iconiq Capital recently signed a hush-hush, long-term lease for 70,000 square feet at the 440,000 square-foot 1913-vintage building, which Boston acquired in July 2021.
Weill Cornell to expand Midtown footprint at Lexington Avenue tower
It’s what the doctor ordered at 575 Lexington Ave. Weill Cornell Medicine just signed an expansion lease to add state-of-the-art clinical care to its Midtown location by 2025. The research...
Diners are being forced to tip more — but service has never been worse
If you want some ketchup or another drink ... good luck!
NYC ranks below 18 cities in economic, real estate prospects: study
The Big Apple ranks behind 18 other US cities -- including such second-tier markets as Boston, Seattle and even lowly Boise, Idaho -- in a “forensic analysis” of the towns’ economic and...
'Brand new' 511 Fifth Ave. office tower hits leasing market after redesign
The 18-story building was until two years ago home to a single tenant, Israel Discount Bank, for more than 50 years.
Restaurants in NYC are now noisier than ever
Public groups are working to reduce outdoor restaurant noise — they should focus their attention on the noise inside.
Famous chef's new eatery is NYC's most bizarre dining experience
There's a mushroom ramen that's very steampunk.