Multiple readers shared the news, and an employee confirmed it.
This was an expected closure, as six buildings on the west side of Third Avenue between 10th Street and 11th Street are slated for demolition in the weeks/months ahead.
A residential complex is expected to rise along this lot. (See the rendering here.)
As previously reported, Kinsmen Property Group — a joint venture between State Building Group and another Toronto company, Madison Group — has been buying the walk-up buildings over the past two years, paying more than $60 million for the parcel.
Only one building will remain on the block after the demolition — 48 Third Ave., the 4-story property owned by Isfahany Realty Corp. on the northwest corner at 10th Street with Healthy Greens Gourmet in the retail space.
Kotobuki, which has three outposts on Long Island, had two stints at this address, 2012-2014 ... with a return in 2016.
The last business left in these buildings is TLK by Tigerlily Kitchen at No. 58. No word about a closing date here.
After news of the closure, Kotobuki said they will be moving to a new undisclosed location... for now, they say they will continue to offer delivery service...
And details...
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Whi is charge of housing and buildings in the city. It is not an agency or a government authority, it is developers who have free rein of our neighborhood, who can eliminate affordable housing stock in the blink of an eye. Carlina, I'm certain you knew about this and were complicit.
Hopefully they'll be back in some capacity, Kotobuki was a fantastic restaurant
It's called a free market society Noble. I own land (not a government or agency, that's Communism), you come along and offer me a price to sell, I agree to the price and you pay me and now you own what I once owned. Eventually a 100 years or so from now, probably less, the process will repeat itself on the same land. At least I hope so.
Nevermind the fact that “owning” the land you is rooted in horrifically violent colonial and genocidal conquests or that people get kicked out of their homes so developers can demolish buildings with historic and aesthetic value in order to build tasteless luxury buildings. Yeah, more regulation would be a real imposition.
These buildings are not particularly noteworthy (with the exception of the building on the corner that will remain). The block has been in disrepair since before the pandemic. I hope that this isn't another boutique office building--and that we get something architecturally contextual with the neighborhood--but if any block must be razed, this one can go.
I'm saddened by the comments in support of tearing these buildings down and driving out the businesses in them in exchange what will likely be condos or dormitory style apartments.
@1:27pm: Do you live nearby, that you are so very cavalier about the destruction of these small, human-scale buildings - buildings that, b/c they are NOT tall, allow us all to have light and to see the sky?
Are you truly unable to imagine how out-of-context *whatever* gets built will be? Your wish for something "architecturally contextual" with the neighborhood is UTTER FANTASY, b/c something genuinely contextual would be BRICK and SMALL - and you KNOW that's never going to happen.
What will get built is likely to be tall, light-blocking, glassy, cold, off-the-shelf/mindless-design CRAP.
And if you think the CANADIAN developers give a shit about how they are damaging OUR neighborhood, think again.
This whole thing is a travesty that should not be allowed, but this kind of thing will be allowed to continue until this neighborhood is transformed into you-could-be-anywhere glass condo buildings, 10 stories or more in height, and every single one of them will be completely BORING.
@12:51AM I live in the next block and pass by these buildings everyday (longtime resident). Therefore, I am VERY invested in the outcome of this shabby, sad stretch of 3rd Avenue. The art store and wine shop have long been gone--these buildings have been allowed to deteriorate for a decade. Development will (and should) happen throughout the city--we don't live in a museum--and while I agree that the replacement will probably be uninspired, that should not be a preordained outcome. This strip is past its prime and can be replaced...We--as a city and community--need to facilitate better zoning and design. Screaming for everything to remain stuck in time is not the answer.
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