What makes a hood hot?

Sizzling Beef to Magic Carpets!
The Meatpacking District was once a collection of a few places to eat and random boutiques plopped among beef warehouses. Now is now a HOT residential, commercial and entertainment spot. Stores and hotels tend to lead an area into stardom, the Hotel Gansevort did just this in MEPA. With industrial flavor and hidden NY finds, these spots were quickly exploited and the non new yorkers jumped in, as you read last week Apple is opening before Christmas in place of the former WESTERN BEEF.
So where is the next hot spot? Well I have been saying for the last few years that the 30s both east and west are the final frontiers. Far West and Gray Area of the East that is. The topic for now is the East side. From 23rd-34th Street, Including 5th, Madison and Park Avenues. Rug stores, home of the undergarment industry, and the Empire State Building use to reign these streets. However, with each new development breaking ground and vacating wholesalers this is a place to be reckoned with.

Gansevort has begun their new hotel on 29th and Park, The Roger Williams is well established and since the Plaza closed, the Carlton has taken over some major prestige with it's chic interior and restaurant Country downstairs. Other high end dining establishments in this hood are Avoce, Artisanal, Tabla to name a few and new spots are moving in and signing leases. No longer just rug stores, there are Tea Shops, a Museum, Galleries, new developments galore, and even a new Chipotle. This will definitely be a "I wish I bought there a few years ago" neighborhood. After all it is already becoming a destination, for fun and food, not just for sleeping.
All that is left is a high end grocery/food market to go in. So what are you waiting for Whole Foods?