SoHo Broadway News Roundup for January 2026

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!

• 12/1/25 – $1M worth of merchandise stolen in less than 5 minutes from luxury store in Soho — ‘kind of like the Louvre’ heist (New York Post)
• 12/1/25 – Surveillance video shows brazen heist at high-end boutique in SoHo (ABC 7)
• 12/2/25 – Empire State Realty Trust buying Scholastic SoHo building for $386M (Crain’s New York)
• 12/2/25 – Asos to Open Winter Wonderland Pop-up in SoHo (WWD)
• 12/4/25 – A SoHo Loft That Reflects an Expansive Idea of Home (New York Times)
• 12/8/25 – Raoul’s Invented the Downtown Bistro 50 Years Ago (Grub Street)
• 12/9/25 – Target Opens Design Led, One-Of-A-Kind SoHo Store On Broadway (Forbes)
• 12/9/25 – Calvin Klein Unveils New Global Flagship Store in SoHo, New York City (PVH)
• 12/11/25 – As Raoul’s marks 50 years in Soho, its proprietor reflects on wild times, savory fare (New York Post)
• 12/11/25 – Tender Crush Delivering NYC-Style Crispy Chicken to SoHo and Beyond (CBS 42)
• 12/12/25 – Vuarnet Introduces New Flagship Boutique Experience In SoHo (Snow Industry News)
• 12/18/25 – New York City Will Allow Thousands More Street Vendors to Work Legally (New York Times)
• 12/19/25 – MTA debuts new plexiglass fare gates in SoHo and the South Bronx (NY Daily News)
• 12/19/25 – Made in America 2025 Christmas gifts showcased on ‘World News Tonight with David Muir’ (ABC News)
• 12/12/25 – Cops raid 2 more NYC knock-off markets — scaring off absolutely no one: ‘I’m not afraid’ (New York Post)
• 12/23/25 – This SoHo Legacy Bistro Indulges Your Song Requests (Eater)
• 12/30/25 – Jeff Sutton leases entire Soho retail, resi property (The Real Deal)
• 12/30/25 – Chaos at busy NYC station as riders test new MTA fare gates (NBC New York)
• 12/31/25 – Two Manhattan Powerhouses Reunite to Open a Giant Soho Greek Spot (Eater)