SoHo Broadway News Roundup for December 2025

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SoHo Broadway News: A selection of relevant articles from the past month

For the benefit of our stakeholders, the SoHo Broadway Initiative is providing a monthly curated collection of recent news articles about the district and SoHo or issues relevant to neighborhood improvement districts like ours. What’s been happening over the past month? Read on!

11/3/25 – Longines expands in New York City with Soho store reopening (Fashion Network)
11/3/25 – Three historic SoHo artist lofts up for sale mark final chapter of area’s bohemian past (Crain’s New York Business)
11/3/25 – Opinion: Fixing NYC’s street vending chaos is a moral obligation – and a simple one (City & State)
11/4/25 – From Israel to Soho: Dan Hotels’ first hotel in Manhattan (Jerusalem Post)
11/6/25 – Keith Richards and (Many) Friends Salute Bruce Willis at NYC Charity Show (Rolling Stone)
11/7/25 – SoHo Pilates Inks 3,500-SF Lease at 132 Crosby Street (Commercial Observer)
11/8/25 – Snøhetta creates “ephemeral” retail concept lab in New York (Dezeen)
11/10/25 – Construction Set to Begin At 130 Lafayette Street in Soho, Manhattan (New York YIMBY)
11/10/25 – NYC housing affordability crisis: Median home prices hit new record high (SIlive)
11/11/25 – A New Jewel Box for Vegetarian Kaiseki: Rei opens in Soho with a vegetable-centered set menu (The New York Times)
11/11/25 – Aflalo Unveils First Retail Space in SoHo Study (Women’s Wear Daily)
11/12/25 – City Council passes bill to expand large curbside trash containers citywide (Spectrum News)
11/12/25 – Adams Makes It Harder for Mamdani to Build Over Elizabeth Street Garden (New York Times)
11/12/25 – Street vendors rally at City Hall to call for increase in number of city licenses (Politics NY)
11/13/25 – From brothels to galleries: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s iconic prints on view in Soho (AMNY)
11/14/25 – MoMA Design Store receives refresh from Peterson Rich Office (Dezeen)
11/14/25 – Man steals almost $10K in trading cards from Tom Brady’s new store: NYPD (ABC News)
11/16/25 – Canal Street knock-off vendors back with vengeance just weeks after dramatic ICE raid: ‘They’re not afraid’ (New York Post)
11/17/25 – Extreme Cashmere Opens North American Flagship in SoHo (Women’s Wear Daily)
11/17/25 – Telling the ‘Truth’: WWE superstar R-Truth sings for fans in SoHo, reveals health battle (AMNY)
11/18/25 – Unique flower pop-up became so popular it now has its own shop in SoHo (ABC 7)
11/20/25 – This is officially the best Italian restaurant in New York for 2025, according to Time Out (Time Out New York)
11/20/25 – NoMo SoHo Hotel Owner Seeks $125M Sale In Ch. 11 (Law 360)
11/21/25 – Suspect in $10K theft at Tom Brady’s SoHo shop wanted in other states (Pix 11)
11/22/25 – NYPD and ICE converge on Canal Street at the same time (ABC 7)
11/24/25 – Lululemon’s new store format makes its debut in SoHo (Retail Dive)
11/24/25 – Japanese firm buys SoHo luxury rental building (Crain’s New York Business)
11/24/25 – Fear and loathing on Canal Street: How ICE raids in Chinatown have impacted vendors (AMNY)
11/24/25 – Street vending overhaul nears as business opposition softens (Crain’s New York Business)
11/25/25 : How New York Could Protect Its Street Vendors (New York Times)
11/25/25 – Ring Concierge opens in SoHo (Fashion Network)
11/25/25 – North West takes NYC in $5k of Balenciaga and designer Crocs (Page Six)
11/25/25 – H&M to close two Manhattan stores in January (Crain’s New York Business)
11/25/25 – It’s a VUARNET Day in New York (Outdoor Sportswire)
11/25/25 – Etan Patz case: 1979 disappearance of NYC boy continues to haunt investigators (CBS News)
11/28/25 – New analysis reveals where NYers, tourists are flocking for Black Friday shopping – with some hubs showing ‘impressive growth’ (New York Post)
11/28/25 – Report criticizes NYC trash plan, argues recycling should also go in containers (Gothamist)
11/29/25 – NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation (The City)
11/29/25 – NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street with Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray (Hell Gate)