Dig back in service on 4th Avenue

The Dig outpost reopened last week on the SE corner of Fourth Avenue and 13th Street.

While other locations of the health-conscious fast-casual chain reopened around the city, this one looked all but abandoned ... remaining closed since the NY State on PAUSE of March 2020. A "reopening soon" sign arrived outside in September, however. 

This location is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Expect some outdoor seating here too — they received CB3's administrative approval for it this month.

Dig — still going as Dig Inn at the time — debuted in this storefront in November 2019.

This has been a challenging corner for businesses since the longtime deli was rent-hiked out of here in November 2012. In recent years, the space has been home to Fresh & Co. ... Pie Face and, right before Dig, Sandwicherie. 

Dig Inn apparently still has plans to reopen on 4th Avenue

Dig Inn has been sitting vacant since the NY State on PAUSE of March 2020 here on Fourth Avenue and 13th Street. 

While other locations of the health-conscious fast-casual chain reopened around the city, this one looked all but abandoned. 

However, new signage on the door promises that they'll "be right back" ...

Dig Inn debuted in this outpost in November 2019.

This has been a challenging corner for businesses since the longtime deli was rent-hiked out of here in November 2012. In recent years, the space has been home to Fresh & Co. ... Pie Face and, right before Dig, Sandwicherie. 

Dig debuts on 4th and 13th

Dig opened last week on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue at 13th Street.

And this outpost of the health-conscious fast-casual chain is taking part in a pilot program for its take-out food containers.

Per Forbes:

The program called Canteen by Dig allows customers to checkout a reusable bowl (for $3 per month) made of a BPA-free melamine, take their food anywhere and then return the container once they’ve finished.

“More than ever, people are conscious of their everyday impact on the environment and looking for ways to actively reduce their footprint,” said Elizabeth Meltz, Head of Environmental Health at Dig.

Dig will test the program for the next few months and eventually extend it to other partner restaurants and businesses, per Forbes.

Meanwhile, this storefront has been reusable in recent years. This has been a challenging corner for businesses since the longtime deli was rent-hiked out of here in November 2012. The space has been home to Fresh & Co. and Pie Face and, most recently, Sandwicherie in the past five years.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Dig Inn confirmed for 13th Street and 4th Avenue

Plywood report: A big Dig renovation on 4th Avenue

Some serious plywood action on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue at 13th Street...



... where, as previously reported here, a Dig Inn is in the works.

The health-conscious fast-casual chain, founded in 2011, recently dropped the Inn from the Dig name ahead of a multi-city expansion.

And a recap of the activity in this storefront: This has been a challenging corner for businesses since the longtime deli was rent-hiked out of here in November 2012. The space has been home to Fresh & Co. and Pie Face and, most recently, Sandwicherie in the past five years.

80 E. 10th Street rises, teases

The broker bunting is up on the sidewalk bridge surrounding the new development on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Fourth Avenue.

As previously reported, a 10-story, retail-residential condoplex is on its way up on the property that was formally a one-level structure of businesses.





The address here is officially 80 E. 10th St. And there is a teaser site up for the 12 condos. Sales are expected to start this fall.

Incoming rendering!



Previously on EV Grieve:
Report: Demo permits filed to raze southeast corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street

The 'tremendous retail potential' of East 10th Street and 4th Avenue

10 stories of condos in the works for the long-vacant corner of 4th Avenue and East 10th Street

With new building OK'd, corner of 4th Avenue and 10th Street finally ready for razing

Through the years with the sunlight-blocking Hyatt Union Square, opening Nov. 15

Well, here we are at 132 Fourth Ave. and East 13th Street ... at the site of the incoming 178-room Hyatt Union Square — five years in the making! Where it looks as if a piece of metallic space junk landed upright on a formerly historic two-level building...

Yesterday, real-estate blogger Andrew Fine, who has been monitoring the lack of progress here for years, noted that the opening is tentatively set for Nov. 15.

Oh, the memories that we've had here!

2009!


And there goes the view and daylight... (and this must have really been awful to cope with... from the construction noise to loss of the views and sunlight) ...

[Via A Fine Blog]

[July 2011]

In any event, the stalled/unstalled/too tall/view-blocking hotel project dawdled along ... Curbed's first post on it went up on July 18 2007.

And it wasn't always a Hyatt property. Early on hotel developer Sam "McSam" Chang's group was heading up the construction. It became Hyatt's problem property in November 2010.

Andrew found this shot of 132 Fourth Ave. (on the right) from 1924 via the NYC Municipal Archives...

He has more details about the hotel (like room rates) here. You can also find more details at the hotel's website, which is now live... You don't have to look, though — we'll have about 20 more posts on it before Nov. 15.

h/t Curbed

Sidewalk shed checks out of the Hyatt Union Square

Progress to note here at the incoming Hyatt Union Square on Fourth Avenue at 13th Street...

Still a lot of work to do. Anyway. Wouldn't it be kinda nice it that was the final look up there?

Meanwhile, still waiting for the hydroponic bamboo garden and halo ...

[Image from Archpaper via Curbed]

Behold the Hyatt Union Square, in progress

Workers have removed the scaffolding and construction netting at 132 Fourth Ave., the looong-delayed hotel that will one day be a Hyatt Union Square ...

And here's the rendering... No hydroponic bamboo garden or halo just yet...But we're waiting!

[Image from Archpaper via Curbed]

The hotel is expected to open in fall 2012. According to a news release: "The Hyatt Union Square will be a 4-star hotel with a historic facade and 23‐foot lobby ceilings that will create a unique space for guests. Amenities will include an upscale restaurant, a destination lobby bar, an exclusive rooftop lounge, private terraces, a state of‐the art fitness facility, and a pool."

The Real Deal had a report back on June 29 about Hersha buying this property from the McSam Hotel Group.

Read all our coverage on this here.

East Village prepping for induction into Ugly New Hotel Hall of Fame Class of 2012

Well, now. We've been keeping tabs on the new Union Square Hyatt coming to Fourth Avenue at 13th Street... the last renderings looked like this...



Apparently that was just too darn boring for a hotel here... The ArchPaper (via Curbed!) has the latest, um, look:

Per Curbed's description:

This terrace will reportedly hold a hydroponic bamboo garden growing tall outside the hotel windows. The Hyatt's vertical extension will be capped by two floors faced in glass. For a final flourish, the corner over Fourth will get a halo framed in metal.

Meanwhile, this will be soon joining its classmate down on the Bowery...

Windows working at future Union Square Hyatt

Over at the future home of the Union Square Hyatt on Fourth Avenue at 13th Street, workers have unveiled one of the hotel's lesser-touted amenities... fresh air for the rooms!

Open windows will come in handy for dumping water on any noisy guests enjoying those private terraces on the second floor...

Previously on EV Grieve:
Noticeable progress at the future Union Square Hyatt

Noticeable progress at the future Union Square Hyatt

So it has been nearly a year since we've mentioned the stalled/unstalled/too tall/view-blocking hotel project coming to Fourth Avenue and 13th Street... on Dec. 17, Curbed pointed out that this space will be home to a Hyatt hotel... which will look something like this:



Per the Hyatt news release issued last fall:

The other Hyatt-branded property announced today, slated to open Fall 2011, will be located at 13th Street and 4th Avenue, a block off Union Square, and near Washington Square Park. The area is extremely popular with residents and tourists alike, and is an activity hub for major hospitals, universities and retail centers. The hotel will offer stunning accommodations to its guests, including private terraces on the second floor, a well-appointed fitness center and an exclusive rooftop lounge. The historic façade and 23 foot ceilings in the lobby will create a grand space for the stylish lounge opening up to 13th Street and a restaurant concept inspired by the local and organic Greenmarket.

Uh-huh! Based on the stop-start work here the last, oh, 18 months, a fall 2011 opening seems awfully ambitious... But! I walked by the site over the weekend and noticed, uh, noticeable progress...

Hotel project revived for 13th Street; will include 'exclusive rooftop lounge'

Curbed reports that the long zombified hotel project on 13th Street and Fourth Avenue has a new life via a Hyatt subsidiary...

Per the news release:

The other Hyatt-branded property announced today, slated to open Fall 2011, will be located at 13th Street and 4th Avenue, a block off Union Square, and near Washington Square Park. Union Square is adjacent to some of Manhattan’s preeminent residential and commercial neighborhoods including Chelsea, Gramercy Park, and the Flatiron District. Some of Manhattan’s most celebrated restaurants and popular nightlife spots surround the hotel. The area is extremely popular with residents and tourists alike, and is an activity hub for major hospitals, universities and retail centers. The hotel will offer stunning accommodations to its guests, including private terraces on the second floor, a well-appointed fitness center and an exclusive rooftop lounge. The historic façade and 23 foot ceilings in the lobby will create a grand space for the stylish lounge opening up to 13th Street and a restaurant concept inspired by the local and organic Greenmarket.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Is Sam Chang's Fourth Avenue hotel too tall?

Is the McSam hotel getting taller on Fourth Avenue?

Real-estate blogger Andrew Fine has been keeping a watchful eye on the McSam hotel seemingly stalled at Fourth Avenue and 13th Street... (It's the 11-story, 162-unit hotel brought to you and me by Sam Chang.) When I walked by the other day, I noticed something that I couldn't recall seeing before on the roof....





What is that, exactly? An observation tower to see if anyone from the DOB is coming for an inspection -- given the complaints from neighbors about the hotel being too tall? .... Despite the partial stop-work order, someone called the DOB four times in January saying that work continues....

Previously on EV Grieve:
Is Sam Chang's Fourth Avenue hotel too tall?

Is Sam Chang's Fourth Avenue hotel too tall?

EV Grieve reader Eric writes to say that work at 132 Fourth Ave. and 13th Street (the site of the former Plaid and Spa) has seemingly stopped. (Again.) It's the 11-story, 162-unit hotel brought to you and me by Sam Chang.




There is a stop-work order on the site.



And looking at the DOB records:



Interesting. One complaint: "CALLER FEELS THAT THE BUILDING MAY BE EXCEEDING THE HEIGHT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT,APPEARS THEY MAY BE 2-3 STORIES OF ELEVATOR TOWERS."

In fact, one of the open complaints notes the the "new building construction is exciding (sic) the level limits permitted and is a violation of the zoning regulations."

Well, OK. Now what?

For further reading:
McSam Hotel Rises At Union Square, Gotta Hate Those Lot Line Windows (A Fine Blog)