by Downtown Magazine | Jan 12, 2017 | Dining, Lifestyle, Technology
eatsa — as located at 285 Madison Avenue between 40th and 41st Street — is a unique establishment for a number of reasons. It is defying conventional wisdom that fast food is not healthy. It is proving that a fully-automated dining experience can still be...
by Chanel Korby | Jan 10, 2017 | Business, Real Estate
“Lower Manhattan is the fastest-growing residential area in the city right now,” said outgoing Economic Development Corporation president Andrew Alper in a New York Magazine interview. “It will go from 23,000 residents to 46,000 — double — by 2008. By...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 21, 2016 | Featured, Real Estate, Travel
Per a great article from Luxury Daily, Mexico is the leader in second residential homes from high-net-worth U.S. individuals. Said Jerry Hourihan, President of AIG Private Client Group, U.S. and Canada: “Ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families are more...
by Darren Sukenik | Dec 21, 2016 | Business, Real Estate
Biophilia is the human need to connect with and be surrounded by nature. I like to say that “urban biophilia” is the city dwellers’ need to connect with nature in order to maintain their sanity in all the hustle and bustle of New York City. The mere existence of...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 19, 2016 | Business, Fashion
Online retailer Net-A-Porter has been awarded 2016 Luxury Retailer of the Year by Luxury Daily. Net-A-Porter and its brother site Mr Porter placed ahead of first runner-up Nordstrom and second runner-up Barneys New York. These four retailers “demonstrated a...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 15, 2016 | Business, Living
Last week, BMW launched ReachNow — its electric vehicle car-sharing program — at the Solaire in Battery Park City. The launch marks BMW’s first partnership with a real estate developer; The Albanese Organization is that ground-breaking developer. It is...