In other “fancy British eatery in glamorous new tower” news, it turns out that the steak-house chain Hawksmoor won’t open a restaurant this year at Three World Trade Center after all.
Hawksmoor announced in January 2016 that it would launch there by the end of this year. But Hawksmoor owner Will Beckett recently told hospitality site The Caterer, “I don’t think there’ll be any restaurants in tower three until 2019. I’m hoping to have more information before too long.”
The delay for unknown reasons is another setback for mall operator Westfield World Trade Center, which controls the WTC complex’s retail and dining spaces.
Although Westfield claimed the project’s entire first phase, which encompasses 290,000 square feet, had been leased in mid-2016, The Real Deal reported that 20 percent of storefronts remained vacant — some due to conflicts between Westfield, tenants and the Port Authority over the condition of the spaces.