Bedbugs grab hold of Hachette’s 237 Park Avenue digs

The struggling publishing industry is the latest to fall victim to the city’s tireless bedbug population,
which has been taking hold of the news cycle in recent weeks with
outbreaks in clothing stores, hospitals and offices (not to mention apartment buildings).
Hachette Book Group, whose offices are at 237 Park Avenue, has been
treating its three floors for bedbugs this week. The offices were open
until this afternoon, when they closed for the final round of
treatment. A company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that
doors would reopen Monday. Other recent bedbug-related closures include
a triage room at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, the offices of Euro RSCG Worldwide downtown, an east side Victoria’s Secret, an Abercrombie & Fitch at the South Street Seaport and the Hollister Epic store in Soho. [WSJ]

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