Related Companies is celebrating the grand opening of Hudson Yards on March 15, 2019. But the megadevelopment’s observation deck, resting 1,100 feet above Manhattan’s West Side, doesn’t open to the public until 2020. The Real Deal got a sneak peek at the future tourist attraction, dubbed “the edge.” The deck spans 7,500 square feet […]
Stephen Ross says criticism of Hudson Yards reflects anti-business sentiment in NYC
Stephen Ross at the opening of the Hudson Yards (Credit: Getty Images) Stephen Ross said critics of his mixed-use Hudson Yards development in Manhattan are sending the same anti-business message that encouraged Amazon to drop its plan to open a major corporate campus in New York City. “That’s one of the reasons why Amazon’s not […]
Forty Five Ten: Redefining the Retail Experience
Every few months during my mom’s childhood, she and my grandmother would pile into my grandfather’s cadillac and drive an hour to visit I.Magnin, a now defunct luxury department store in Los Angeles. My mom still wistfully recalls I.Magnin when referencing department stores. I never understood how one could attribute such longing to a brick […]
A staircase to nowhere or a Shawarma? Thomas Heatherwick responds to criticism of the Vessel
Architecture critics haven’t taken much of a shine to the artistic showpiece of Hudson Yards, the 15-story climbable sculpture called “The Vessel.” The New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman described it as “a 150-foot-high, $200 million, latticed, waste-basket-shaped stairway to nowhere, sheathed in a gaudy, copper-cladded steel.” Related Companies’ Stephen Ross, who worked closely with designer […]
National Cheat Sheet: US home sales drop again, JLL buys HFF for $2B… & more
Clockwise from top left: The Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady and indicated that they will not rise this year; Facebook revamps its housing ad policy after settling discrimination lawsuits; JLL buys HFF in a $2B cash-and-stock deal that it hopes will ‘accelerate growth;’ and a Re/Max report finds the U.S. set for a […]
Related’s Hudson Yards: Smart City or Surveillance City?
An exterior shot of the Vessel and a kiosk as Hal 9000 at Hudson Yards (Credit: Wikipedia) In a scene from “Gattaca,” the dystopian 1997 film set in the “not too distant future,” dozens of people are seen entering the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation headquarters using their genetic fingerprint to pass security clearance. It may seem […]