A Fidi Office Building With a Wait List

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 openings [A Fidi Office Building With a Wait List]( The couple behind Palm Heights has developed what is probably the most appealing office building in the city. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Adriane Quinlan, Bre Johnson/BFA.com/Shutterstock, SSSPECIAL PROJECTS Most people find new office space on a tour with a commercial broker or by trawling websites featuring photos and floor plans. Not the tenants at 161 Water Street. They were recruited. The editor of [Office Magazine]( met the management team at a dinner in Paris. Devin B. Johnson, a [figurative painter](, was tapped by an art curator. Many more learned about the building while vacationing in the Cayman Islands — specifically, while vacationing at Palm Heights, a beachfront hotel run by the British couple Matthew and [Gabriella Khalil](. “I would have never ever, never ever thought that I would end up here,” said Michael Goldberg, who leads the marketing firm [Something Special Studios]( and recently moved in his staff from the Lower East Side after connecting with the Khalils at Palm Heights. “Fidi wasn’t exactly an area I was targeting.” [Continue reading »]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Murray Hill Two-Bed With a Wood-Burning Fireplace And a three-bedroom that’s a short walk to St. John the Divine.]( By Kim Velsey [The Hardest-Working Turnstile in the Subway It makes about 3 million spins a year.]( By Christopher Bonanos [A Dome Home in Montauk Is for Sale “It would be a shame to tear it down. You can’t find another house like it.”]( By Kim Velsey [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved