The Mandarin Oriental Residences Are Having Problems

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, MARCH 11 rich people [The Mandarin Oriental Residences Are Having Problems]( Sales weren’t exactly brisk before a lawsuit accused the developer of skimping on the details. Photo: Douglas Elliman Real Estate The [Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue]( are advertised as hotel rooms you can buy. The 65 condos come furnished in tasteful, bland beige and include all the spoils of a hotel suite: starchy Frette linens, Acqua Di Parma bath products, and a Dyson hair dryer. The building contains Daniel Boulud’s only private restaurant and has a partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue to stock closets, allowing buyers to arrive in town without so much as a suitcase. For this and other reasons, the building — which was finished last spring — is pitched to pied-à -terre buyers as a place where “every detail has been meticulously crafted to create a sanctuary of comfort and sophistication.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Climbing Rat Rock At 22, Ashima Shiraishi is one of the best in the world. She owes it, at least in part, to Frederick Law Olmsted.]( By Clio Chang [Mother vs. the Housing Crisis I lost my job and my apartment. I refused to settle for a tiny, dank replacement.]( By Hillary Brenhouse [Here Come the Tiny Whole Foods A scaled-down store — think D’Agostino — will open on the Upper East Side later this year.]( By Clio Chang [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