MANHATTAN — Nobu, an elegant Japanese fusion restaurant co-owned by actor Robert De Niro, is leaving its longtime home in TriBeCa to move to the Financial District.
The restaurant and its less formal offshoot Nobu Next Door will move from its current spot at 105 Hudson St. to a larger 15,000-square-foot space at 195 Broadway, the landmarked former AT&T building, by early 2017, according to the landlord.
Nobu has been in TriBeCa since 1994, according to the restaurant's website.
Drew Nierporent of the Myriad Restaurant Group, Hollywood producer Mier Teper and De Niro co-own Nobu. Nobu's world-renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa, the creative cook behind Nobu restaurants across the country and the globe, will continue to serve diners at the current location until the end of 2016, the New York Post first reported.
David Rockwell, who designed Nobu's original TriBeCa location, will convert the new space, according to the Post.
Rockwell's design "evokes the beauty of the Japanese countryside with its natural textures, birch trees, wood floors and a wall made of river stones," the restaurant's website reads.
The massive marble lobby at 195 Broadway was recently approved for retail use and Nobu is the first tenant to lease a space there, according to David Berkey, executive vice president at L&L Holdings, which manages and co-owns the building. The restaurant will pay between between $500 to $600 per square foot in rent.
“It’s really magnificent," Berkey said of the space.
