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Whole Foods’ whopping 71,000-square-foot new supermarket opened last week on the Bowery at Hou  read more »

The 10 Most Expensive Buildings in New York City If every New York City office building went up for sale, which ones would sell for the highest price? The Observer asked the denizens of the real estate world--the people who buy the buildings and the ones who trade them--which towers they thought would close with the biggest price tags. Go to story by John Koblin. The Crisis of the Upper-Middle Class: Big Pay Is Piddling in New York Pity upper-middle class Manhattanites. The average sales price of apartments here has spiked so extremely--tripling in the last decade to a record $1,295,445, according to a recent Prudential Douglas Elliman report--that only the most excessively well-heeled can become local owners. Go to story by Max Abelson. City Mean to Developers Being Green? Despite the hype about green roofs; despite the rampant branding of luxury residences with names like The Solaire and Tribeca Green; despite the cachet that once-repulsive ideas have now garnered (waterless urinals! recycled rainwater!); technologies that allow buildings to generate at least a portion of their own power in a clean, efficient way are having trouble catching on in Manhttan. Go to story by Matthew Schuerman. Another for Broadway Partners! Busy Firm Buys 280 Park for $1.2 B. The most ferocious investment firm of the last six months, Broadway Partners, is in contract to purchase 280 Park Avenue from Istithmar for a little more than $1.2 billion, a source said. Murray Hill Properties Nabs 1180 Avenue of the Americas for $300 M. One of the city's most active landlords, Murray Hill Properties, is in contract to purchase 1180 Avenue of the Americas for at least $300 million, a source said. Go to Commercial Breaks by John Koblin. New Whole Foods Seeks 21st Amendment Whole Foods' whopping 71,000-square-foot new supermarket opened last week on the Bowery at Houston Street, boasting perhaps the most extensive selection of groceries in Manhattan--though not a drop of alcohol. No organic Oregonian red wines. No earthy Vermont microbrews. Not even any gluten-free sorghum beers. Humble Ping-Pong Racket Merely a (Store)front for Entreprenuerial Brothers Barely one and a half weeks into existence, the tiny table-tennis club on Norfolk Street, which features only one ping-pong table, was already experiencing supply problems. Not that the owners' livelihood depends on it. Go to Counter Espionage by Chris Shott. No Contract for $59 M. Guccione Mansion, But 'The Conservative American Loves It' The brashest mansion in Manhattan, a nearly 20,000-square-foot Beaux-Arts townhouse that belonged to porn magnate Bob Guccione before his money woes, has entered its 13th month on the market. N.F.L. Commish, FOX News Anchor Hike 7-Room Co-Op for $2.72 M. Heartbreakingly, the Upper East Side has lost one of its all-American families: Roger Goodell, the new commissioner of the National Football League, and wife Jane Skinner, a brunette Fox News daytime anchoress (plus their twin daughters). The pedigree family sold its seven-room co-op at 180 East End Avenue late last month for $2.725 million. Go to Manhattan Transfers by Max Abelson. Mixing Legal and Liquor Join Noreen Healy, the only commissioner from the city on the State Liquor Authority, for a crawl through Manhattan's nightlife scene. She'll have an Amstel Light. Go to The Sit-Down by Chris Shott. Quarterly Figures Defy Dour Predictions "Dropped" remains a relative term in a Manhattan housing market that has apparently started 2007 with a bang, with just about every other sales-market barometer even more favorable to apartment sellers (and their brokers). Go to The Lab by Tom Acitelli. Buh-bye, Beige! Spring is here, sigh, a leaf trembles. If you're going to throw everything out the window and repaint top to bottom--which New Yorkers often do because they have so much time on their hands--what color is the color of the moment? Go to Interiors by Toni Schlesinger. The Times Machine Nobody at The New York Times seems to be able to talk about the paper's new building without talking about the future of the newspaper--or rather, the future of the news organization. Go to Off The Record by Michael Calderone. A Week in New York Real Estate Madonna's coming back! The Queen of Pop will be touring 179 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side next week where she hopes to develop a three-floor kabbalah center. Go to Deeds and Deals.

Chirping birds, the gentle whirr of passing cars, the distant beeping of a truck a few blocks south backing up....

At 10 a.m. on Friday, the corner of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Brooklyn seemed so serene compared to the hustle and bustle of forthcoming construction and the massive commercial traffic soon to follow.

After celebrating its long-awaited, hugely hyped grand opening of a ginormous new supermarket on Houston Street and the Bowery this week, expansive national organic grocerer Whole Foods now turns its attention to three other local sites under development, including this controversial and contaminated tract near the Gowanus Canal.

Nothing "organic" comes to mind when currently surveying the scene.

The vast expanse of green boards and shrouded chain-link set up along the perimeter conceals a field of rubble, trash bags, weeds, and toxic-looking cesspools, visible only at various gaps in the fencing.

By this time next year, Whole Foods plans to have a whopping 58,000-square-foot supermarket and 430-car parking garage built on the desolate site. Yet, with no sign of any clean-up or construction efforts at present, it's hard to imagine such a massive transformation ever meeting that aggressive timeline.

A company spokesperson, probably still busy with the publicity orgy ongoing on the Bowery, did not immediately return phone calls for comment.

- Chris Shott

• Oh me, oh my, how the Bowery has changed! The place you used to avoid at all costs, even in broad sunshine-y daylight like today, will welcome a Whole Foods in March. The fancy-pants grocer is supposed to open its doors at Bowery and Houston on Mar. 29.
[Curbed]
• Residential marketing in New York has always had that certain something--a sense of pizzaz, a sense of adventure. Now, it also has MySpace. Entire buildings are getting their own MySpace pages, complete with sexual orientations and favorite films and TV shows. At least one is trying "to meet serious thrill seekers. Someone who looks for the entertainment in life. Someone who wants to play, for the sake of winning. A heavy need for quality films and that can play pool."
[Gowanus Lounge]
• Brooklyn Heights used to have a much different promenade (see above). Before demolition in 1946, "to make way for the expressway, this arched viaduct, greenhouse and buttressed wall were accessible by the stone stairways that led down from the mansions above to the ferry landing below."
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• CNN/Money lists the 10 Richest Americans Ever (whitest list ever!). Though a few people listed have New York City connections (Astor, Vanderbilt, Rensselear), none made his fortune in real estate. Brokers, take note: Railroads and merchant banking--that's where the money is, apparently.
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A Hummer ran over a four-year-old last week on the same stretch of Third Avenue in Brooklyn where, Streetsblog reports, a pair of fifth-graders had perished in February 2004 under the wheels of a truck--and both times the children had the light. It is also where Whole Foods is about to open. Um, maybe you don't need that quart of Horizon reduced fat HTST organic milk after all. - Matthew Schuerman

Brooklyn politicos, including borough beep Marty Markowitz, broke out the spades on Wednesday at a groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the construction of a huge parking lot in Gowanus that comes with the added bonus of a Whole Foods Market -- the borough's first.

In addition to parking, the 68,000-square-foot store at the corner of Third Avenue and 3rd Street will feature "unique Brooklyn touches like egg-cream and gelato stations," according to a press release.

Thankfully, the national organic and natural foods retailer has not announced plans to include some cheesy Dominos-esque "Brooklyn Style Pizza" stand.  read more »

Read the full press release after the jump.

- Chris Shott

Ariella "Scoop" Cohen at The Brooklyn Papers reports that the 68,000-square-food Whole Foods gigantiplex due to open in Park Slope at Third Avenue and Third Street in spring 2008 will have a three-story 430-car parking garage.

Cohen quotes a traffic engineer as saying that as many as 1,800 cars could use the facility per hour.
It seems oxymoronic that a healthy-lifestyle brand such as Whole Foods would promote driving in a neighborhood such as Park Slope/Gowanus; but it's never been said that a little environmentalism gets in the way of capitalism in our Mayor's city.
Prepare for "health conscious" mamas eating from bags of Pirate's Booty while gunning their S.U.V.'s down Third Avenue.  read more »

-Matthew Grace

• Carolyne Roehm, a veteran of 740 Park and 1 Sutton Place South, was shocked--completely shocked--when she went apartment hunting. "How can you live on Fifth Avenue and have wire hangers," she asked. Listen, Mommy Dearest, why were you looking in strangers' closets in the first place? (NY Times)
• David "Pied Piper of DUMBO" Walentas is offering a free decade of rent to any theater group that will hole up at his new 110 Livingston condo. What does his son say? "It can't be three kids out of NYU." (D.I./New York Magazine)
• Banks are headed to the outer boroughs, because Manhattan has officially been super-saturated. Hoorah! (Crain's Premium)
• Also in Crain's: Whole Foods is headed to Park West Village. Finally, the Upper West Side has a hip supermarket. (CP)
• The $1.7 billion Javits Center expansion is breaking ground today. And that's really bad news because the new and improved building "will be a tempting terrorist target." Or maybe everything will be fine--as long as those 18-wheel tractor-trailers are screened. (NY Post)
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While one-quarter of The Real Estate was down south swigging mescal and speaking pidgin Spanglish, the lords of landmarking, the L.P.C., did not rest. So we're a little late in announcing these designations, but hold strong .... We'd feel remiss if we just let them pass by without comment.

P.S. 64, at 605 East Ninth Street, was built in 1906 by Charles B.J. Snyder, and it's an example of the H-plan building that was a popular design for public schools in the last 100 years. This particular building is at the center of an ugly fight between developer Gregg Singer and the surrounding community. He wants to tear it down; the community wants it as is. The L.P.C. designation means it's probably going to stay up, although Mr. Singer has vowed to go to court if the L.P.C. does what it did. See our previous coverage here. Also, The Village Voice reports that Mr. Singer might lose up to $20 million in tax breaks if he removes the building's terra-cotta trim (he's allowed to in spite of the landmarks designation because it was approved three years ago).  read more »

At the Whole Foods in Union Square, at 1 p.m. today, an employee came barreling through the store. The very upset and very loud chef had an important message: The tofu had been cooked in meat juices!

The busy store went quiet. Three vegetarians—or were they meat-eaters who happen to like fermented soy products?—anxiously, embarrassedly shifted out of the market's well-groomed lines to return their lunches.

The chef begged the buffet patrons to put down their plates. "But don't worry," he said. "I'll be fired."

Would he? According to five coworkers, who each said they did not know the "crazy" man's name, the chef had fabricated the tofu-and-meat-juices tale because he had already been fired.

"Basically, okay, I don't want to disparage the guy," said the North Atlantic/ North East Whole Foods public relations man Fred Shank, "but he worked with us for two weeks and it didn't work out." Mr. Shank, reached on his Blackberry, said that the buffet's tofu is usually fried elsewhere anyway.

"Stores sometimes take it onto themselves to fry some extra tofu, but that happens early in the oil cycle," the carnivorously-named Mr. Shank said, explaining how a store's tofu is kept vegetarian. "Whereas the meat would [be fried] at the end, never the other way around."

Two hours after the disruption in the store, there was no sign of the disgruntled chef, and no sign of the delicious grilled tofu with teriyaki, only a sad void between the caesar salad and the tuna.

Where is the tofu? an employee was asked. "Why?" the employee answered. "Are you feeling sick?"

A second employee was more defensive. "You want the tofu? Fine, we'll put out the tofu."

Where, Mr. Shank, had the tofu gone? "Can't comment," he said. "It could be a shortage. I don't want to speculate."

—Max Abelson

While Fairway's got the fresh produce, keep in mind that Added Value operates a couple of farmer's markets nearby in Red Hook from July 8 through Thanksgiving. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, you can check out their farm at Columbia and Sigourney streets (map). On Wednesdays there's a small stall on the corner of Wolcott and Dwight streets (map).

Also, in previous posts we forgot to mention that the Red Hook Fairway is open daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. And the prices, if you're curious, seem to be very reasonable. No Whole Foods price-gouging herre.  read more »

-Matthew Grace

• Ten criminal Starchitects. For example, "From ground level the sense of Pei's work is more like accidental totalitarianism." (Place Performance via Archinect)
• The landlord group Community Housing Improvement Program lead a session for building owners on how to evict uncooperative tenants, especially those hooked on rent control. (New York)
• Of course it makes sense. We can order sushi, dance in the Meatpacking District and do our laundry at all hours of the night. Now we can buy real estate too. What would the world do without Michael Shvo--relax? (The New York Times)
• What happened to last year's glory developments? People actually bought a place in Times Square? (New York Post)
• Dr. Michael P. Gulizio, a prosthodontist who is "very social," bought an 1,100-square-foot condo with a 300-square-foot terrace on Fifth Avenue--his bachelor pad. And through The New York Times, Michael is looking to both "meet a future wife" and entertain a Bunny. "He is currently trying to figure out if he can fit a hot tub for the terrace through his front door."
• Columbia University students take out their aggression on neighborhood sidewalks and bars. Downtown students just go to rehab. (Gothamist)
• Not only will Whole Foods Brooklyn be larger, it won't require more land. Whole Foods is like a magical clown car, and those people are still standing on food lines outside of Trader Joe's like we're in Soviet Russia. (Crain's)
• People like having their neighborhood designated a historic district to preserve its authenticity and prevent any big bad business from coming in. But the title also brings with it more regulations. People don't like that so much. (The New York Times)
• Last week, we posted about people moving to Yonkers. Yonkers! Now, The New York Times ventures into East New York, where construction is on the rise.
• First Eliot Spitzer went after big business. Next, it's the Freedom Tower. Yup, it's logical. (NY1)
• Young professionals may choose to live in New Jersey to save money on rent. But a new luxury high rise has opened its doors in Newark, and soon the exurbs will house hipsters. (The New York Times)
• It might just be perfect timing. The Katonah Museum of Art--decidedly north of Manhattan--is exhibting "I Heart the Burbs," which includes theories, facts and photographs. Lee Stoetzel builds McMansions from McDonald's food and packaging. (The New York Times)
• The city's "underbelly" is essential for the release of inhibitions, like those of Jude Law. (The Observer UK)
• Slate critic concludes: "Today, celebrity architects build commercial projects, shoe stores, subway stations. What are the very rich to do? The ugly apartment buildings of Palm Beach suggest one curious solution: embrace bad taste."

- Riva Froymovich

Tensions are flaring on 14th Street, as the waiting time at Trader Joe's is now estimated at 20 minutes. Shortly before 2 p.m., an argument broke out over an alleged line-cutter.

One customer, who accused another of cutting, got very angry.

"Why don't you go to hell and get in line you fucking bitch?"

A crew member, wearing gigantic, plastic green glasses, came over to settle everyone down. All the free samples in the world of vegetable root chips are not going to smooth things over.

"It's definitely not like this is California," said a nearby customer.

Over at Whole Foods, things are relatively calm. The checkout line--which included celebrity shopper Michael Showalter--was comparatively shorter.  read more »

- Michael Calderone and Nicole Brydson Previous: Trader Joe's: By The Numbers Previous: Trader Joe's: Where are the Peanuts? Previous: Trader Joe's: Who Are These People? Previous: Trader Joe's: No Chuck Previous: Trader Joe's: Rival Gangs Previous: Trader Joe's: The Crew Previous: Trader Joe's: Morning Rush

Of the food procurement palaces in Union Square/NYU Village, where's a budget-conscious freshman to shop for produce that hearkens back to hometown heartland prices?

Well, nowhere. But! From a quick survey of prices, it seems that a savvy shopper would have to hit the three biggest local stores to get a cross-the-board deal.  read more »

Now, for a bit of truly useful service journalism.

A local scout called with another report on the latest at T.J.’s: “There is a line tornadoeing around the store. Everyone is holding a jar of the Thai lime and chili peanuts they had in the Times. And that's all they are buying. That's all I was going to buy too.” She adds it is a very good time to pick up lunch at Whole Foods. -Matthew Schuerman Previous: Trader Joe's: No Chuck Previous: Trader Joe's: Rival Gangs Previous: Trader Joe's: The Crew Previous: Trader Joe's: Morning Rush

Ok, so we've covered local television news crews, overly-friendly staff, and, sadly, lack of cheap wine. (Although the store is stocked on Guinness for the big holiday).

But who are these crazed shoppers, anyway?

"[With] Whole Foods, Garden of Eden, Food Emporium, and now Trader Joe's, I'm excited," said Peter, a self-described "foodie," who lives at nearby Irving Place. And what got him so excited? Sliced Papaya in White Grape Juice.

"It's so cheap," shrieked Katie, who clutched one bag from Whole Foods and two from Trader Joe's. Her personal favorite: Frozen Vegetable Enchiladas.

An elderly couple visiting from Massachusetts, who "go to the one in Cambridge all the time" bought plain pizza dough to make for their grandson. They're so proud that he now lives near a Trader Joe's.

But not eveyone left in good spirits. One man was so flustered by the crowds that he refused to speak with The Real Estate.

"I've been in there for a half hour and didn't buy anything, he said. "I'm not going to stand here and talk to you."

Is the backlash already beginning?  read more »

- Mickey Ehrlich Previous: Trader Joe's: No Chuck Previous: Trader Joe's: Rival Gangs Previous: Trader Joe's: The Crew Previous: Trader Joe's: Morning Rush

In Boston, a fair distance between Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods (known there as Bread & Circus) stores kept the rivalry between the shops to a minimum. But not here.

Sure, it may not be the Sharks and the Jets, but the two rivals--with their polos versus Hawaiian shirts--will battle it out for Union Square's bobo shoppers.

Like Whole Foods in New York, Bread & Circus tended to demand a higher price, and therefore, a wealthier regular crowd. Although Joe’s is not a market that one shops at exclusively, it will enhance the array of choices that 14th Street now has to offer, which also includes the smaller market, Garden of Eden.  read more »

A mix of high(er) priced Whole Foods delicacies and Trader Joe’s unique, bargain meals and wine will probably be the choice of many area residents, and the organic food-loving, L train contingent, too.

- Nicole Brydson Previous: Trader Joe's: The Crew Previous: Trader Joe's: Morning Rush

"We 'd like each customer to have a great and satisfying experience," said company president Doug Rauch. After rattling off the upscale grocery competitors, Mr. Rauch said that Trader Joe's offers better value, and above all, "friendliness."

Sure, the staff is going to be overly enthusiastic for a grand opening, but the company prides itself on offering this quirky form of customer service all the time. It makes the Whole Foods crowd down the street seem downright stuffy.  read more »

And at Grand Sample Station (ahem), "crew members" shouted out today's free samples: Irish soda bread and scones. With organic buttter, of course.

- Michael Calderone Previous: Trader Joe's: Morning Rush

Shortly before 9 a.m., the floodgates opened, and dozens of customers and a few television news crews bursted inside Trader Joe's on 14th Street.

The perky, geeky staff (wearing green leis, of course) lined up to great them. After a few minutes of cheering (and some dancing), the staff sprinted over to their registers.

It's finally open. And crazed Manhattanites rushed through what is essentially just a grocery store. But try telling that to the Trader Joe's fanatics that have been waiting for this day for years, who have had to trek out to Westfield, New Jersey just to get a Two Buck Chuck.

"We've got our own Trader Joe's," screamed one shopper into her cell phone. "It's so cool!"

Cool, or not. As long as the Real Estate can pry a few Observer reporters away from Whole Foods, Eisenberg's and the Shine Deli, expect dispatches from the front, err, checkout lines.

And more photos after the jump.  read more »

- Michael Calderone

The Brooklyn Eagle is reporting that the developer at 101 Willoughby Street (or 7 Metrotech Center) is trying to woo Whole Foods over to the former Verizon building. It's currently being converted into a 250-unit luxury residential tower. The landmarked 27-story building, at the corner of Bridge Street, has 64,000 square feet of retail space on three floors.

The Real Estate called up Whole Foods to see if they are eyeing the space, but they wouldn't comment on it, saying only, "We're looking at the best possible location." But they did tell us that their Park Slope location is currently being cleaned up from the toxic sludge discovered earllier at the site, and groundbreaking for construction should begin in two and a half months, with a completion date in about 14 months.

-Matthew Grace

In what looks like a concerted effort to lay waste to the intestinal lining of Observer staffers, another cafe is opening up on Union Square at the corner of 17th Street and Broadway. This time it's not a Starbucks (although it is across the street from one of three Starbucks--if you count the cafe at Barnes & Noble--that sit on the park). It's called Tisserie, and in addition to coffee, it'll have artisanal bread and other munchies.

Now, how many cafes ring the park? There's the aforementioned Starbuckses, an Au Bon Pain, a Whole Foods, Le Pain Quotidien on 19th Street, and let's not forget Joe on 13th off University (the best Americano). Anybody know of any more? And isn't this an indication that the park just doesn't need another restuarant in the old pavilion? Or our we too obsessed about private biz in the public park?  read more »

-Matthew Grace

After wasting lazy days on a porch in the Berkshires, drinking gin and reading the North Adams Transcript, it's time to catch up on how our colleagues spent this last weekend in August.

Of course, summer's almost over and ambitious Ivy Leaguers ditch their resume-building internships for collegiate life. So it's fitting that the New York Times reports on the prestigious doorman internship (aka "superintendent's assistant") at tony 1088 Park Avenue. Amongst many thankless tasks, you sweep sidewalks, stay up for a couple days at a time, and are insulted by wealthy residents. For that you get $14 an hour and a headstart on writing your own Barbara Ehrenreich-style class conscious memoir. Calling Lewis Lapham!

Apparently, you can actually entice a New Yorker to voluntarily give up a rent-stabilized apartment. It usually involves a large cash buyout. Surprise, surprise.

These are good days for those young, upwardly mobile types who love organic cooking (but never cook), and enjoy hitting on health-obsessed strangers while pouring a generous helping of chickpeas. Now looking to conquer Houston Street, Whole Foods plans to expand its dining section in the massive 76,000-square-foot store coming to the Avalon Christie. Just to point out, that's over 25,000-square-feet bigger than the Union Square location.

If you've been in Williamsburg lately, you couldn't miss a menacing crane high above the main drag, or as a New York Times headline writer dubbed it, "a harbinger of tallness." What's really scary is that the crane is only being used for a 14-story mixed-use building. Just wait until those sure-to-be lovely 40-story structures tower over the artist (and trustfunder) enclave. Yikes.

The Daily News offers a bit of comparison shopping between the Duke Semans mansion ($50 million) and a single-family home in Staten Island ($164,900). One has a sweeping staircase, while the other lets you live near Redman. Obviously, in the housing boom, cash rules everything around me.

In other celebrity news, Eddie Murphy just cut the asking price of his New Jersey mansion down to $27 million, following a previous price reduction for his upstate farmhouse.

Lastly, in an article about the court case involving starchitect David Childs and the allegedly stolen Freedom Tower design, the author makes this unpleasant statement: "For once, an accusation of architectural plagiarism had taken on a life beyond cocktail party chatter and snippy blogs."

Life beyond?  read more »

-Michael Calderone

Tribeca will be getting a huge lift in housing units soon with a 402-unit mixed-use building slated to be developed by Edward J. Minskoff Equities. The Department of City planning gave its nod to the project Wednesday, and it's expected to go before the City Council soon.

According to literature released by Minskoff, the building will be of variable height: Along Greenwich Street it will rise up 101 feet for a total of six stories; its Murray Street component will feature 10 floors for a height of 139 feet; a condo tower will rise 382 feet over West Street, for a total of 30 floors; and Warren Street will see eight floors for a total of 134 feet.

This site was originally slated to be developed as a nearly-600-foot office tower, but after the Sept. 11 attacks its scale was decreased.

There will be an approximate total of 230 condo units and 162 rental units, of which 81 will be reserved for affordable housing (with 60 percent of these set aside for "moderate income" tenants and 40 percent for "low income" tenants).

As part of a deal worked out with Community Board 1 earlier this year, Minskoff agreed to contribute $7.5 million to the Parks Department for maintenance of Washington Market Park, located a block north of the development site, and $3 million toward a nearby community center.

Minskoff also reduced the height of part of the building at the community board's request to produce less shadow on P.S. 234, located across Warren Street.

Whole Foods has signed up to occupy 55,000 of the development's 170,000 square feet of retail space, so downtown will finally be getting some high-quality food out of the bargain (try the sticky buns, they're our favorite).

Construction, if the City Council approves the fully privately funded project, will begin on mid-October 2005, with a fall 2007 completion date.  read more »

- Matthew Grace

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