How Aurora quietly built up one of city’s largest retail-development pipelines

The under-the-radar company is behind the new 70K sf Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware will replace the now-shuttered French bistro Pastis in Bobby Cayre and Jared Epstein (inset) of Aurora’s Meatpacking District Space On Ninth Avenue. (credit: BKSK Architects)
Restoration Hardware will replace the now-shuttered French bistro Pastis in Bobby Cayre and Jared Epstein (inset) of Aurora’s Meatpacking District Space On Ninth Avenue. (credit: BKSK Architects)

From the August issue: The Meatpacking District is, of course, one of the city’s most buzzed-about neighborhoods. Now, one of the most buzzed-about new additions to the area is on its way: a 70,000-square-foot Restoration Hardware. The high-end home furnishings store — which will replace the pioneering and now-shuttered French bistro Pastis — was the result of a $250 million mega deal. 

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And the company behind that deal, Aurora Capital, is fueling the continued transformation of a neighborhood that’s recently seen a flood of people headed to the High Line and the new Whitney Museum. [more]