I guess Related thought it was a coup when it signed on Neiman Marcus. But in truth, department stores are a dying breed, and they probably should have configured the retail with smaller spaces of specialty retail than bring on a big department store to the complex. If NYC survived without a NM for all these years, I don't see why Related thought they would go bonkers over the store. Just my opinion, though... and I've haven't even been in a department store in years...
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Originally Posted by NYguy
Not really a flawed location, so much as the timing. Covid caused damage to retail in a lot of places. The Hudson Yards isn’t yet a fully developed neighborhood. Related did delay the opening a little, for some of the office buildings to start opening.
Still, Related says it has learned more on the scale of retail, and would probably open at a smaller scale today. But they plan to open more high end retail at the casino complex. My only problem with the retail of the mall is the configuration. It goes against the natural pedestrian pattern of Manhattan. It should be east/west, eliminating the superblock. Manhattan West is a better example of how it should be done.
Also, I wish they would have gone with the earlier plan of having a movie-screen complex at the site. The west side needs it.
https://commercialobserver.com/2023/...-hudson-yards/ |