Time Out
Stunning new art, epic museum openings, unmissable events: these are the coolest things happening anywhere on earth this year
Time Out
Stunning new art, epic museum openings, unmissable events: these are the coolest things happening anywhere on earth this year
New York Post
We’ll finally get the sky-high restaurant we’ve yearned for since we lost Windows on the World on 9/11.
Forbes
Impeachment, presidential politics, tariffs and trade, the Fed, Hong Kong demonstrations, Iran’s misbehaving mullahs and North Korean missiles dominate the headlines, but as stocks go up, so does the quality—and the number—of the Big Apple’s best places to dine. Never in the city’s history has there been such gastronomical creativity and innovation. Our stellar team of discerning tasters—Forbes’ Chief Content Officer Randall Lane, Forbes contributor Richard Nalley and preeminent media maven Monie Begley, as well as brothers Bob, Kip and Tim—herewith unveil their list of where you can enjoy the city’s most savory comestibles.
Interior Design
Open to the public—be it an outdoor space, a cool hotel lobby or bar, an office atrium, or a lounge on a cutting-edge cruise ship—these projects Interior Design covered in 2019 welcome everyone to enjoy their designers’ creative vision.
Architectural Digest
From the birth of Instagram to the death of Zaha Hadid, these moments shaped the design landscape of the past decade
The Real Deal New York
After months of rumors and speculation over where Apple and Facebook would plant their flags in New York, Mark Zuckerberg’s firm showed its hand.
The New York Times
Pete Wells names his favorites among the new food halls, tasting counters, pasta joints, dim sum parlors and taco trucks he visited this year.
abc7ny
HUDSON YARDS, New York (WABC) — The Hudson Yards neighborhood transformed itself this holiday season with a spectacular light show special called “Shine On.”
CNBC
CURBED NEW YORK
Edge at Hudson Yards juts 80 feet off of the supertall skyscraper 1,131 feet above the ground
CNBC
CBSNewYork
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Manhattan’s newest neighborhood has become firmly entrenched as a major shopping and dining destination.
Forbes
Every revolution has its landmarks. For example, Russia had the Winter Palace, France had the Bastille and the Americans had Bunker Hill. Every revolution has its heroes, who invariably are honored with a chestful of beribboned medals. So it is not surprising that in 2019 when we have witnessed well-established luxury retailers fall into the abyss, that a new leader rises from the ashes and claims territory while setting off the triumphant alarm like horns of battle.
The New York Times
The first hotel from the luxury fitness brand has plenty of opportunities to work out, but the company says it really wants you to sleep.
ForbesLife
On Thursday, June 27, Equinox Fitness opened its 100th fitness club in the brand’s hometown of New York City at 32 Hudson Yards. The brand says that this centennial club is the truest realization of its ‘holistic lifestyle promise’, with ‘with ample opportunity across the Equinox at Hudson Yards footprint for training, working, regenerating, socializing, community building, eating and more,’ according to a press release announcing this milestone opening.
W
Hudson Yards may have officially opened back in March, but festivities of the new New York mecca are still underway.
NBC New York
Food influencer @jennerous_eats for a tour through Hudson Yards’ new restaurants.
Newsday
On May 24, we had the opportunity to tour the new Hudson Yards located on the west side of Manhattan by the Hudson River.
CBC
Hudson Yards development has dedicated an entire floor to digital brands making their brick and mortar debut
Vogue
At 15 Hudson Yards, Ryan Murphy and Janet Mock, his Pose collaborator, hosted a riotous romp following the Met Gala.
The National
Ten years ago, New York’s riverfront between West 30th Street and West 43rd Street was simply rail yards and wasteland.
TODAY
Jenna Bush Hager and Meredith Vieira crossed town to climb New York City’s new urban landmark, the Vessel at Hudson Yards, and raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the deserving children the organization helps.
Forbes
Since the recent opening of New York’s Hudson Yards, all of the discussion of this purpose built, high rise neighborhood near Javits Center on the West Side of town has been on the coppery, upside down honeycomb climbing structure the Vessel and the luxe mall of restaurants and shops.
NY1
Singing, drilling, rehearsing, everyone is getting ready for the grand opening of The Shed, located in Hudson Yards, on Friday. But in many ways every night will be opening night.
Commercial Observer
Eleven years of toil, 28 acres, 18 million square feet of space, seven levels of retail, and a culture shed that slides open. There’s a lot resting on Jeff Blau’s shoulders.
Architectural Digest
It’s the centerpiece of the largest and most expensive private real estate development in American history.
Vogue
With a guest list rumored to have climbed past 10,000 attendees, the celebration marking the opening of Hudson Yards, on Manhattan’s West Side, may not have been the most exclusive ticket in town, but it was certainly where everyone wanted to be.
Fast Company
Hudson Yards, a “city within a city” on the far west side of Manhattan, opens Friday.
Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas TV Shows
Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau talks about the Hudson Yards project which is about to open on the West side of Manhattan. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.”
Commercial Observer
When Related Companies began searching for tenants to fill its first, 1.8-million-square-foot office tower at Hudson Yards in 2011, its leasing brokers had to convince companies to move to a neighborhood that was still a hole in the ground.
Forbes
The project was financed in the wake of the financial crisis and built through a luxury condo boom. The public portion of the $25 billion development includes 100 stores, 28 restaurants and a $200 million art installation, opening March 15.
The Wall Street Journal
The city-within-a-city features accessible office towers, apartments, retail and green spaces—but is designed like a fortress
The New York Times
New Yorkers have new reasons to make reservations on the West Side, with the arrival of a huge dining complex at Hudson Yards.
Crains New York
The first time Jay Cross visited the West Side rail yard was in the spring of 2000, when he flew up from Miami to meet Woody Johnson and complete the deal to become president of the New York Jets
WWD
Hudson Yards, the largest private development in the U.S., launches its much anticipated, meticulously merchandised mix of shops and restaurants on March 15.
The New York Times
More than a decade after the train yards were first leased to Related Companies for development, $5 million luxury apartments come on the market.
Business Insider
On a recent winter afternoon, I visited 15 Hudson Yards, an 88-story superluxury tower in New York City.
The Wall Street Journal
The $25 billion mixed-use complex will be home to more than 20 dining and drinking spots
Forbes Travel Guide
For a destination to officially be having “a moment,” it needs more going for it than mere festivals or a few restaurant openings.
New York Magazine
How Stephen Ross outmaneuvered, outspent, out-leveraged, and out-sweet-talked his way into the Hudson Yards deal.
Bloomberg
Billionaire Stephen Ross didn’t hire an adviser to select artists for the nation’s largest private development. He made the call himself.
The Wall Street Journal
Hudson Yards is betting that a developer can counter the rise of internet shopping
New York Post
With the grand opening of Hudson Yards’ Shops & Restaurants mega-complex just two months away, many of the half-dozen major eateries are still shrouded in secrecy, but not Hudson Yards Grill — Michael Lomonaco’s something-for-everyone brasserie.
Bloomberg
The world’s top architects fill us in on their most anticipated 2019 projects.
The New York Times
The Shed — one of the most significant additions to New York City’s cultural landscape in decades — finally has an opening date.
CNN
Last year was a remarkable one for architecture, but 2019 is also set to impress. From New York to Beijing, these are the most anticipated structures set to complete or open in 2019.
VOGUE
Doesn’t 2019 sound like the perfect year for an adventure? Across the world this year, a countless number of exciting properties are popping up in cities, beaches, mountains, and even in an airport. Read on for the 9 properties to keep your eye on as the year unfolds.
Architectural Digest
The city’s skyline, with the salient silhouettes of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, needs no introduction. But there are many welcome additions to the staple of noteworthy attractions in 2019.
Artnet News
The “Snark Park” is coming to New York’s Hudson Yards, the multi-billion-dollar mega-development on New York’s far west side.
Business Insider
High-end residential buildings in New York City are offering luxury amenities just for kids, including elaborate playrooms, video game rooms, music studios, study rooms, teen lounges, separate pools, and even an “imagination center.”
WWD
Cartier is taking a walk on the West Side. As part of a shifting distribution strategy, the luxury jeweler on Dec. 24 will close its two-year-old temporary location at 767 Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, in anticipation of opening a 4,669-square-foot unit at the Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards.
Elite Traveler
New York’s prestigious development, Fifteen Hudson Yards, has just revealed the latest addition to its enviable offering of residents’ amenities – the highest outdoor residential space in the city.
Today
TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were invited for an exclusive tour with Thomas Heatherwick.
Elle Decor
Neiman Marcus’s Fashion Director designs a model apartment for the luxe 15 Hudson Yards building.
Business Insider
The $25 billion Hudson Yards complex is a masterpiece in urban design that developers have envisioned for decades.
Bloomberg
More details are emerging about the dining roster at the $25 billion Hudson Yards project, and as a food editor who also happens to be a native New Yorker, I can say that it’s time to get very excited.
Designboom
Images have been revealed of a 92-story skyscraper currently under construction as part of New York’s Hudson Yards development.
Wbur
Located on the West Side of midtown Manhattan, the finished project will include a mix of skyscrapers, public space and other amenities.
6sqft
In addition to its sheer size, the most notable feature of the supertall is its 1,100-foot outdoor observation deck, the highest of its kind in the city and fifth highest in the world.
New York Post
Forget Seamless. These days, residents of New York’s most luxurious buildings can get meals from top chefs delivered by calling the restaurant downstairs.
Bloomberg
The 35,000-square-foot space will open next spring and celebrate Spain with restaurants, retail, and a new product from Andrés.
Press Release
Related EB-5 is pleased to announce that the I-924 project exemplar application for Hudson Residences A1 LLC, Hudson Residences A2 LLC and Hudson Residences A3 LLC has been approved by USCIS on May 24, 2018.
Eater New York
Dan Doherty will open an all-day restaurant in the massive development next spring.
6 Sq Ft
This set shows how the steel and glass sections–each of which weigh between 35,000 to 102,000 pounds–made their journey via barge from Italy and ultimately up the 1,296-foot tower.
New York YIMBY
It’s been over five years since groundbreaking occurred for the Hudson Yards mega-development. Today, phase one appears all but complete, and is increasingly hard to miss on the overall Manhattan skyline.
The Real Deal
The financial firms left for Midtown in the ’70s, now they’re on the move again
Bloomberg
From the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, historian Ingo Walter can point to Wall Street’s past, present and future—first facing south, then north, now west.
The Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Bank will move into One Columbus Circle, which offers more than one million square feet of office space with spectacular views of Central Park.
Business Insider
A construction crew began installing the 765,000-pound, steel deck on Tuesday. When complete, it will jut out from the tower 1,100 feet in the air.
Curbed New York
The sky-high observation deck that will occupy the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards is officially under way.
Curbed New York
In the decade-plus since the 2005 rezoning that created the Hudson Yards Special District, the area within its borders has become a neighborhood transformed.
Mansion Global
Commercial anchor tenants arrived in 2016, but the first people to call Hudson Yards home will be moving in by the end of this year.
CNBC
The headquarters of L’Oreal USA lies in a private real estate development on the West Side of Manhattan.
AP News
The city’s bid to host the 2012 Games in a rebuilt neighborhood of rail yards and industrial buildings never came to fruition, but the massive Hudson Yards project rising there now isn’t suffering from a lack of Olympic-size ambition.
The New York Times
Climbing walls. Saltwater pools. Greenhouses. And now, health care. As apartment buildings across the city race to outdo one another with the extra-special perks known as amenities, the Hudson Yards mega-project on the Far West Side has come up with an unusual offering.
The Real Deal
The Related Urban CEO is feverishly curating a retail smorgasbord at the firm’s legacy-defining project, but this time there’s no “doughnut hole”
Curbed New York
More than five years after Hudson Yards got its groundbreaking, the megaproject has reached another milestone: According to developers Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group, 15 Hudson Yards, the complex’s first residential building, has topped out.
The New Yorker
The Vessel, in Hudson Yards, has a hundred and fifty-four staircases and eighty landings.
The Real Deal
One look at the Far West Side in Manhattan, and it’s pretty clear which developers are the city’s most active.
Town And Country
The real estate giant has grand plans for an Eiffel Tower on the Hudson.
Fast Company
Related Companies has been named one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.
New York Post
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners is the latest private fund to follow the financial herd to Hudson Yards.
Business of Fashion
Launching in March 2019, the luxury multi-brand boutique’s sixth outpost is a testament to the retailer’s ambition to scale beyond secondary and tertiary American cities.
Fortune
More high rises are being added to New York City’s skyline thanks to a project that’s considered the largest real estate development in U.S. history.
The Wall Street Journal
Tenants in finance, insurance and property sectors signed 13 relocation or expansion deals over 100,000 square feet last year—the most in a decade
Commercial Property Executive
The 1.8 million-square-foot office tower at Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group’s $20 billion Hudson Yards mixed-use development becomes the first commercial office building in New York to achieve the coveted Platinum rating since USGBC’s launch of the LEED v2009 rating system.
Hudson Yards New York
Three investment companies will be heading to 55 Hudson Yards.
New York Post
A sky-high pleasure palace is joining the food-and-fun scene at Hudson Yards.
Surface Magazine
The Related Companies founder and chairman discusses building sustainable cities and his massive ambitions for Hudson Yards.
The Wall Street Journal
With four major projects under construction in New York alone, and more across the globe, the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has gone from downtown phenomenon to international powerhouse.
Hudson Yards New York
The largest private development in U.S. history isn’t just about new skyscrapers.
Hudson Yards New York
BlackRock, KKR, Silver Lake, Boston Consulting Group, and the exodus west from corner offices to the millennial paradise of Hudson Yards.
The Wall Street Journal
A Unit at the Related Companies’ Fifteen Hudson Yards—the First Condominium Building to go on Sale in the 28-acre Development—Comes to Market.
WWD
Biggest private development in U.S. achieves financing needs to complete phase one.
Robb Report
From private wine vaults to luxe tasting rooms, these amenities will appeal to oenophiles the world over.
Designboom
The masterplan aims to expand the midtown Manhattan business district westward towards the Hudson River.
Business Insider
When the New York-based staff of The Boston Consulting Group decided to leave the midtown office that had been their home since 2002, they knew they wanted to create a more comfortable, welcoming space.
Commercial Observer
Intersection moved into its new digs on the Far West Side in September last year.
The New York Times
Starting in late 2018, at least 25 places serving food and beverages will open throughout the complex.
Mansion Global
Homes above—and next to—iconic cultural institutions appeal to wealthy buyers.
WWD
Construction on the Vessel, the 150-foot tall centerpiece of Hudson Yards, began Tuesday.
Hudson Yards
How the real estate developer is creating a futuristic new neighborhood from scratch on New York’s West Side.
Gotham Magazine
Hudson Yards emerges on the West Side of the city as the hottest new place to be!
The Telegraph
With the new year imminent, the time is right to make travel plans afresh – six cities are set to offer particularly attractive travel opportunities in 2017.
The Real Deal
Firm will lease 49K sf in neighborhood as it waits for new building to be completed.
Dezeen
The next piece to be unveiled as part of the vast Hudson Yards development in New York is a glass office tower by architecture firm Foster + Partners.
The New York Times
BlackRock reached an agreement on Wednesday to move from a prestigious Park Avenue address to a neighborhood on the Far West Side of Manhattan.
Curbed New York
Buyers for 15 Hudson Yards are sold on the megaproject to be, not just the building.
WWD
The mega real estate development aims to be as cutting edge in the tech world as it hopes to be in the physical one.
Vanity Fair
The 46-year-old Briton’s latest projects—whether London’s Garden Bridge, New York’s Pier 55, or Google’s new headquarters—are making him the most talked about designer in the world. Paul Goldberger explores how he’s pushed the limits of possibility, and created unconventional and controversial results in the process.
Bloomberg
A seller of luxury Swiss watch brands will open its first U.S. shop at Hudson Yards, joining stores including Coach, Zara and H&M at the development.
Mansion Global
Hudson Yards sits on 28 acres of land at the western edge of Manhattan and includes 1 million square feet of retail, including 100 shops and 16 restaurants.
The Commercial Observer
Spector Group’s main desire was to have places where people could congregate and collaborate in the midst of over 450 desks on a floor and a half.
The Times
It’s the biggest private development America has ever seen: over the next nine years, Hudson Yards will transform 28 acres of Manhattan, with 4,000 flats and prices from $2m.
New York Post
A gorgeous apartment in the sky isn’t enough to cut it in today’s cutthroat luxury real estate market. So how about tricked-out building amenities to match?
CBS New York
CBS2’s Kristine Johnson reports. Real estate developer, Stephen Ross believes this area will soon replace Rockefeller Center as the heart of New York City.
Vanity Fair
The most ambitious real estate project in Manhattan will come with a captivating centerpiece.
Fortune
Developer Stephen Ross unveils his “transformational” Hudson Yards centerpiece.
New York Post
Related Companies’ Hudson Yards juggernaut has snatched another big financial tenant from Midtown.
Commercial Observer
The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI) led a $1.2 billion debt financing for the completion of the 1.1 million SF tower.
Commercial Observer
Billionaire Steven Cohen’s firm Point72 signed on for 6 floors of the 51-story tower.
Real Estate Weekly
After nearly 60 years in Midtown Manhattan, L’Oréal USA officially moved into their new U.S. headquarters at 10 Hudson Yards.
Wall Street Journal
Project’s first building debuts with Coach Inc. on board as developers’ bets begin to pay off.
New York Post
The new neighborhood came to life Tuesday with the ribbon-cutting on 10 Hudson Yards.
Chicago Tribune
They will develop a neighborhood linking South Loop and Chinatown.
Bloomberg Law
The firm plans in 2018 to move into a 51-story tower at 55 Hudson Yards.
The National
Ken Himmel knows how to build malls, and can re-energize the urban landscape around them.
WWD
Hudson Yards will be sprawling and soaring, with super-tall office towers altering Manhattan’s skyline.
Conde Nast Traveler
The upscale gym giant unveiled plans to open a luxury hotel in New York City.
Wall Street Journal
Related Fund Management will start raising a closed-end debt fund that could be as large as $2B.
Financial Times
Stephen Ross has made his first venture into affordable housing in the UK.
Inside Housing
Related has taken a 50% share in a London-based affordable homes company.
Commercial Property Executive
10 Hudson Yards is now fully committed, with Intersection and Sidewalk Labs’ purchase of the last big block of space.
The New York Times
The powerful former deputy mayor who pushed to add glittering offices and apartments to industrial areas in New York is moving to Hudson Yards.
Globe and Mail
“I have a passion for sports, though it’s a lot harder to be successful in sports than it is in business”.
Wall Street Journal
Related, Oxford reach package for centerpiece of 28-acre project on Manhattan’s West Side.
Wall Street Journal
Related, Oxford reach package for centerpiece of 28-acre project on Manhattan’s West Side.
Wall Street Journal
José Andrés and Costas Spiliadis will helm restaurants at Shops & Restaurants.
Fortune Magazine
The consulting firm is adding a new dimension to avant-garde office design.
Commercial Observer
It’s a daunting task to dole out the red and the black ink of any project—from a single building to an entire portfolio.
Tech Insider
Real estate heavyweights Related Companies and Oxford Properties are teaming up to create Hudson Yards.
New York Business Journal
Hudson Yards is poised to be home to young, cutting edge tech companies.
The Real Deal
With Related furiously locking in tenants, a look at who’s signed and how much space is left in the megaproject.
Politico New York
10 Hudson Yards, scheduled to open early next year, has tenants signed up to fill 85 percent of its space.
The Wall Street Journal
NY 1
The extension of the 7 train has been powering a makeover of a neighborhood that once wasn’t all that open to transit or business.
Curbed
For a project that is as fantastical as Hudson Yards sounds, things are getting real over there around Tenth Avenue and 33rd Street.
New York Post
Hudson Yards will have the tallest outdoor observation deck in New York.
The New York Times
Though the 4.5-acre Public Square will look like a garden when it is finished in late 2018 (according to the current timetable), it will actually be the roof of a working rail yard.
New York Post
It’s not often that you build a park on top of a rail yard. Unique solutions ensure that the public space will thrive.
Curbed
The 1 million-square-foot retail and restaurant pavilion, designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, is going vertical.
Business Insider
Two major projects have kicked off in New York City and Chicago to create “smart cities.”
Yahoo Finance
Most of the project is being built on a platform above an existing and fully operational train yard.
Real Estate Capital
Including three mezzanine loans on residential development projects in three US cities.
Bloomberg
Kenneth Himmel, chief executive officer at Related Urban, Stephen Ross, chairman at Related Companies, and Thomas Keller, chef and owner of French Laundry, Bouchon and Per Se, talk with Betty Liu about plans for a new type of dining experience being developed at Hudson Yards, targeted at the millennial generation.
The Wall Street Journal
Chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller is teaming up with the developers of Hudson Yards to select as many as a dozen restaurants for the massive retail complex planned for the West Side.
China Daily
Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau said the Hudson Yards project in New York is designed to mix with the flow of the city and will essentially become another neighborhood.
Commercial Observer
Related Companies Chief Executive Officer Jeff T. Blau is building a city—on a platform.
Commercial Observer
Stephen Winter is unabashedly, unequivocally, obsessed with real estate. As a vice president of commercial leasing at Related Companies, Mr. Winter has spent countless hours helping to fill all of the office space at Hudson Yards, the 17-million-square-foot, 28-acre mixed-used development emerging on the West Side of Manhattan.
NY Daily News
Hudson Yards, Pacific Park and Essex Crossing are just a few of the big scale redevelopments happening in the five boroughs.
PIX 11 News
At a glance, the work happening at the Hudson Rail Yard may look like any other construction site in the city. But the workers there are making history — and a brand new neighborhood.
CBS News
Next year should be a busy one for one of the largest construction projects in the city. As WCBS 880’s Peter Haskell reported, over the course of next year, a transformation will take place at Hudson Yards.
Forbes Life
Hudson Yards is transforming into one of the premiere destinations in New York City – and just might reinvigorate the city’s brick and mortar retail ecosystem in the process.
NY Daily News
Real estate giant the Related Companies is getting started on the first of its skyline-altering residential towers at Hudson Yards, even as rumblings about a potential glut in the high-end condo market reach fever pitch.
Crain's New York Business
Fortune
The biggest real estate development in U.S. history will not be built on land, but float above the streets of Manhattan on a technically advanced network of steel beams, concrete, and tunnels.
The Wall Street Journal
Related Cos.’ search for a fresh face to design its latest skyscraper on Manhattan’s far West Side spurred collaboration between two veteran giants of the city’s architectural world.
Commercial Observer
Time Warner Inc. was rumored to be eyeing space at Hudson Yards as early as last spring, but only this month did the company confirm it would anchor Related Companies’ 30 Hudson Yards, an 80-story tower on the Far West Side.
The New York Times
Time Warner Inc. announced on Thursday that it plans to move its headquarters from Columbus Circle to a new, 80-story skyscraper on the Far West Side of Manhattan, ensuring the development of a vast neighborhood made up of office towers, residential buildings, a shopping mall and a park, all built over a 13-acre railyard.
Newsday
A $2.4 billion subway extension of the No. 7 line will soon be stopping at Manhattan’s 34th Street West Side, giving birth to a new neighborhood for families, office workers and shoppers, officials said Friday.
Crain's New York Business
At an elevation of 1,080 feet, Related Cos.’s observation deck at Hudson Yards will rank as the highest open-air observatory in the city.
Crain's New York Business
Sometime in the next 12 weeks, Michael Bloomberg is expected to go where no mayor has gone before: to the new terminus of the No. 7 train just west of 10th Avenue near West 34th Street.
Fortune
With the $20 billion Hudson Yards development, billionaire developer Stephen Ross is set to reinvent a huge swath of New York City.