$950 for Sushi? 🍣

September 3, 2025

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What Up Family?!

Welcome to The Edit with Aaron Seawood, a lifestyle letter serving a weekly dose of real estate, culture, and wisdom—all in three minutes or less. Let’s dive in. 

 

Real Estate Remix

Hudson Square’s Glow-Up

Once the city’s printing hub, Hudson Square is fast becoming downtown’s creative engine. Google and Disney scooped up more than 4 million square feet, and since then, another 16 media and tech firms have followed! 

The numbers are strong: 915K square feet leased in the past year, vacancy dipping toward 11% once you cut out buildings in transition. In today’s market, that’s a major win.

Why here? Big flexible floors, sunlight pouring through oversized windows, and subway access in every direction. Add room to scale and you’ve got a neighborhood built for collaboration and growth.

Now the streets buzz with Fanatics, Phaidon Press, Good Karma Brands, and a workforce that’s 70% under 35. To make it super saucy, the BID is lacing the area with trees, parks, and a $4.25M plaza overhaul to smooth out the edges.

Translation: Hudson Square has finally become something more than ‘that area over there west of Soho.’

 

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NYC Insider: What’s Happening This Week

Ferragosto Returns to Arthur Avenue

This Sunday, Arthur Avenue turns all the way up. Ferragosto returns to the Bronx, an open-air celebration of Italian heritage, Bronx pride, and family-run flavor. It’s the kind of neighborhood magic you don’t get anywhere else in the city. From fresh cacio e pepe and cannolis to sausage-and-pepper stands, vino, and nonna-approved desserts, the blocks stretch wide with music, laughter, and that unmistakable Little Italy energy. From 12p-6p, between East 187th and Crescent, live music will anchor the corner of 186th and Fordham’s got the parking covered with free shuttles straight to the action. This isn’t just another street fair, this it’s a celebration of food, culture, and community. Who’s going? 

 

Weekly Gem 

Built-In, Not Borrowed

You don’t need to borrow self-belief from titles, outside validation, or trends.

You are the source. Plugged into a real, built-in frequency that can’t be replicated.

When doubt tries to pull up, don’t argue. Respond with receipts:

Storms survived.

Rooms shifted.

Promises kept, to yourself.

So this week? Protect your mindset. If the thought couldn’t close a deal or carry your name, it doesn’t get the mic.

Speak from ownership.

Not “one day.” Now.

You’re not here to lease your light.

You’re here to broadcast it.

Flip the breaker.

🜂 Lights on.

 

The Best Home on the Market This Week  

Here’s a special listing that caught my eye that I think you should consider if you’re in the market. I’m prioritizing quality, soul, and a space that truly speaks.

Listed by Bianca D’Alessio, Justin Mezzatesta and Tatia Wetzel

126 Washington Avenue

$4,750,000    4 Beds / 4+ Baths   Clinton Hill

This fully furnished Fort Greene townhouse, reimagined by Studio Elliot Estrin, blends timeless architecture with modern luxury. Designed for both grand entertaining and everyday ease, it’s a true Brooklyn showpiece.

🔑 Best Features 

• Nearly 4,000 sq. ft. of interiors + 1,300 sq. ft. of private outdoor space
• Central staircase curling around a garden
• Full-floor primary suite with terrace and spa bath
• Sunlit kitchen opening to a landscaped backyard
• Private rooftop deck with sweeping city views

Nearby Navy Yard, Fort Greene Park, plus the neighborhood’s buzzing dining and nightlife, round out this offering.

 

Who wants a tour?

 

Before you go…

🥤You might need to join this exclusive members’ club to try these iconic smoothies coming to NYC.

🏛️ I’m not sure what’s up with this “building” 👀

🍣 The priciest restaurant in the state of New York is this sushi restaurant in Columbus Circle.

🎵 Forget Soho House. September’s real membership is being on the Knockdown Center lineup.

📖 This is the only bookshop in New York devoted solely to books in French and English?

😎 Survey says: this group of people are arrogant and rude, but also smart, cool, and attractive.

🖼️ The interior design trends taking over Fall 2025. What’s your fave?

 

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