March News Roundup

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.