Tag: closings

Betsey Johnson is liquidating its full stock as it prepares to close for good, and the sale is picking up steam. Clothes are now up to 60% off, and now the company is in the process of selling fixtures and mannequins too. Even the artwork's for sale, Racked notes. Fans ...

Maybe it's a coincidence, but landlords have been renting space to banks in a hurry in the past few months ahead of new rules that will limit the size of banks on the Upper West Side. Some of the banks are gobbling up space that used to hold multiple smaller ...

An iconic space meant to represent all the good things on the Upper West Side that have been demolished by corporate greed has a new owner who will gladly starch your shirts for you. The exterior of the store at 106 West 69th Street was the set for "The Shop ...

Columbus Avenue commercial real estate is hot -- so hot in fact that there isn't a single vacant space on the entire stretch from 67th to 82nd Street, according to the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District. We have already reported on many of the restaurants and retail spaces that are ...

Down & Quilt Shop, the bedding store that has been on Columbus Avenue and 85th Street for 28 years, is closing, and they're liquidating much of their inventory. But the good news is that the owner has found a new space nearby, at 527 Amsterdam Avenue (between 85th and 86th), ...

Associated Supermarket, a big glassy market in the Columbus Square development on 99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue that opened just a couple of years ago, appears to be closing soon. The store is already being cleared out, with many items being sold at discount prices, from 10% to 50% off. ...

It looks like Georgia's Cafe & Bakery on 89th Street and Broadway won't be reopening after a fire last year that injured three people, at least not anytime soon. We've heard in the last day from two readers who said that the restaurant has auctioned off its equipment and furniture. ...

We've gotten quite a few tips about openings and closings in the low 70's in the past week, but didn't get a chance to post. Here are four recent closings and an opening: Red Velvet bakery on 72nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam closed a week or so ago, after ...

The new year has brought lots of new stores and restaurants to the Upper West Side, as well as news about what could come in the next few months. New indulgences abound, including grilled cheese, chocolate, a trendy coffee spot, and an upcoming vegan-juice bar for you healthy people. Check ...

Edgar's Cafe, at 255 West 84th Street, paid homage to Edgar Allan Poe, who lived in a farmhouse on West 84th Street in the 1840's. Poe wrote The Raven in that house in 1844. The Mediterranean restaurant had a large portrait of the famous author in the dining room. It ...

Trattoria Di Vino, an Italian wine bar and restaurant on Broadway between 89th Street and 90th Street, has closed to make way for a new vegetarian place. The spot has seen a lot of turnover in the last few years. Docks Oyster Bar, a neighbrohood staple since the late 80's ...

There may be a lot of boutiques, wine shops and candy bodegas on the Upper West Side, but people have their favorites, and it's a bummer when the stores close. Some well-loved  local shops have closed recently. Nonetheless, lots of new stores are either open or on the brink of ...

The Gap on the corner of 86th Street and Broadway is two weeks away from closing for good, creating another big vacancy on a prominent corner in the neighborhood. The Gap corporation said last year that it will be closing 189 stores, and the 86th Street was one of the ...

Therapie, the "luxury lifestyle emporium" on Columbus Avenue between 74th Street and 75th Street that sells everything from makeup to toys and gifts, is closing by the end of February. The owner's assistant told me that the lease was up and the landlord wanted to raise the rent. The store ...

Commercial rents around 96th Street have boomed in the past year or so, and many local businesses in the area have shut their doors. Store owners tell us that rents have been rocketing higher in the past year, and they hold their breath every time they have to sign a ...

As we scan the Upper West Side for signs of life, it's clear that the preppies are still alive and well, as J. Crew opened a new high-end men's shop in the Time Warner Center and Brooks Brothers is getting ready to open a new store on 87th. For those ...

Do you think our neighborhood is simply becoming more and more homogenized, a kind of suburban strip mall of corporate chains without any hint of its former distinctiveness? Well, just wait! Here comes another 7-Eleven.

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about a mystery: someone was placing stickers that said things like "This is Neighborhood Decay" on the windows of empty storefronts between 78th and 79th Street on Amsterdam Avenue. We implored the "sticker bandit," as we called the person, to come forward and ...

Good Enough to Eat, the cozy home-cooking restaurant on 83rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, is not being invited to renew its lease. This is definitely sad, but it's not yet clear that it's fatal: the lease isn't officially up until 2013 and owner/chef Carrie Levin is looking for new spots ...

The Gap store on the corner of 86th Street and Broadway won't be renewing its lease, according to the realtors now advertising the 12,300-square-foot space for rent. That means it could close anytime between now and February, when the lease runs out. Gap has one other location in the neighborhood, ...