Printemps New York

The 160-year-old French retailer opened its first US location in March 2025 inside One Wall Street, a historic Art Deco skyscraper, with 55,000 square feet across two floors and 450 brands, about 25% of which are either new to the US or rare here. Designed by French interior designer Laura Gonzalez as a succession of rooms conceived as a French apartment, the space includes a pink marbled staircase, bespoke stained-glass panels, and the landmarked Red Room, a 1931 mosaic hall in red and gold that has been transformed into the shoe department. About a third of the space is devoted to food and beverage, with five concepts overseen by James Beard Award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet, including a restaurant, an all-day café, a raw bar, a champagne bar, and a cocktail bar. Printemps explicitly refuses to call itself a department store. Executives prefer the term "hospitality project." It's one of the most fully realized attempts to answer what a multi-brand luxury retail space needs to be in 2026 to justify a visit, and the answer here is: a place you'd want to spend several hours in regardless of whether you buy anything.