(Photo: Scott Lynch)
According to a new report, chain stores accounted for at least 275K-square-feet of Brooklyn real estate leased last year. [The Real Deal]
Renderings were released of the hard-to-recognize Essex Market (and three of its neighbors) circa 2018. [Curbed NY]
When The Oosten, a luxury residence, opens next year in Williamsburg it will be the first major building constructed by a Chinese company stateside (without a local partner). [WNYC]
Check out a rendering of the 110-room Yotel Williamsburg, bound for Lorimer Street in 2017. [The Real Deal]
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, which lost its longtime West Village lease last year, will officially re-open in early February at 28 E. 2nd Street. [Jeremiah's Vanishing NY]
Sustainable shoe brand Coclico wraps up a sample sale today at 670 Broadway, where prices have been cut up to 80 percent. [Racked NY]
Hackensack import Kimchi Smoke will takeover Old Bowery Station for five of the next nine nights. [Eater NY]
At Williamsburgh Library this Tuesday evening, the Department of Transportation will hold a public forum on the state of the transit system in South Williamsburg. [DNA Info]
Tonight at Word bookstore in Greenpoint, The Pitchfork Review fetes its fourth issue with Meredith Graves from Perfect Pussy (7 p.m., free). [Greenpointers]
Tomorrow at 8 p.m., Gravesend Recordings (located at Silent Barn) will ring in it’s second anniversary by issuing a cassette-only, two-disc mix. [Brooklyn Paper]
Next Friday, Glasslands vets will host Asslands—a butt-themed dance party at Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg—featuring songs by backside-blessed singers like J.Lo and Nicki Minaj. [Brokelyn]
A Filipino restaurant called Manila Social Club will open late next month at 2 Hope Street in Williamsburg. [Fork in the Road]
In Bushwick, The Cobra Club boasts “metal yoga” sessions Wednesdays and Saturdays for $13 apiece. [BushwickBOMB] 