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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. How common are NYC’s poor doors?: PHOTOS 2. Kushner, CIM to shop 200 Lafayette for $150M-plus 3. Chetrits, King & Grove break up hotel partnership
View ArticleCo-ops act to compete with condos
From left: River House (Image via CityRealty) and 860 and 870 United Nations Plaza In a bid to keep up with the frenzied demand for condominiums, co-ops are changing some of their notoriously stuffy...
View ArticleCushman loses top leasing team to NGKF
Cushman & Wakefield has lost a trio of top leasing brokers to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a big blow at a time when the elite brokerage is battling to maintain its place on the New York podium....
View ArticleNYCHA plumber pulled in $140K in OT pay last year
For the second year in a row, a plumber who works for the New York City Housing Authority has topped the list of city employees receiving overtime pay. William Naddeo earned $140,654 from after-hours...
View ArticleTrailblazing opera singer finds buyer for “fading beauty” townhouse in Hudson...
From left: Leontyne Price and 9 Vandam Street A Hudson Square townhouse that belonged to one of the nation’s first African American opera singers has sold for $4.2 million, according to records filed...
View ArticlePark Slope restaurant waiting a year for building permit
Calexico at 645 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint and tacos A delay in renovation permits from the Departments of Buildings has prevented the Mexican restaurant chain Calexico from getting cooking in Park...
View ArticleBuyers’ brokerage Elika Associates moving to Noho
Gea Elika and 26 Bond Street Elika Associates, which exclusively represents buyers, is moving its digs to Noho, founder Gea Elika told The Real Deal. Elika Associates will move from its current space...
View ArticleLowline project turns to cocktails to raise funds, Brooklyn firehouse’s...
Lowline rendering 1. Brooklyn firehouse’s long-delayed renovation gets moving [Brooklyn Paper] 2. City bars Brooklyn community board from its headquarters [Brooklyn Daily] 3. Buy a cocktail and back...
View ArticleEd Harris, Kenan Thompson scope out Atelier rentals
From left: Kenan Thompson, the Atelier at 635 West 42nd Street and Ed Harris The Atelier could be adding two big names to its list of celebrity residents. Oscar-nominated actor Ed Harris and Kenan...
View ArticleCon Ed projects in FiDi bring flurry of noise complaints
99 Washington Street (Credit: NY Imby) Construction from multiple Consolidated Edison projects in the Financial District has led to restless nights for some residents. The online 311 map has registered...
View Article“Baby Jane” sued over apartment building deal
From left: 343 East 8th Street, 60 Avenue B and Jane Holzer Manhattan landlord Croman Real Estate is suing socialite and former Andy Warhol muse Jane Holzer, alleging that she is trying to extort...
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Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Jailed socialite rents out Upper West Side townhouse for $75K a month: PHOTOS 2. “Friends” star demolishes EV townhouse as LPC comes knocking 3. Pig, out!...
View ArticleStephen Ross sees Hudson Yards as “new heart” of the city
Hudson Yards rendering and Stephen Ross Related Companies founder Stephen Ross is hard at work on the biggest U.S. private real estate project ever, though a cloud of mystery still surrounds it. Ross...
View ArticleHFZ Capital offers first look inside Halcyon
Halcyon at 205 East 51st Street Developers HFZ Capital Group and CIM Group are offering a peek inside the 32-story, 123-unit Midtown East condominium tower known as Halcyon. In addition to new...
View ArticleNew Crowne Plaza hotel coming to Queens’ Dutch Kills
A rendering of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dutch Kills The Dutch Kills area near the Queens Plaza is slated to get a new Crowne Plaza hotel. There are as yet no new Department of Buildings permits for...
View ArticleCW Capital is mired in paperwork in $173M in Stuy Town case
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and Dan Garodnick CW Capital is stuck in administrative hell as it works to return $173 million to tenants of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village who paid too much...
View ArticleUES co-op sues ex-managing agent for allegedly swiping $776K
206 East 90th Street (credit: PropertyShark) An Upper East Side co-op is suing its former managing agent for allegedly stealing $776,000 from the property through forged checks. The co-op, a five-story...
View ArticleWhat $4K per month can rent you in NYC
219 Withers Street in Williamsburg Just under $4,000 per month in your rental budget? Fret not, there are several deals that you can still avail of New York City at that price. In Williamsburg, for...
View ArticleEast Dumbo sees rise in development projects
205 Water Street The section of Dumbo east of the Manhattan bridge is undergoing rapid development, catching up with “prime Dumbo” on the other side of the bridge. Recent projects in east Dumbo include...
View ArticleDolly Lenz snags four listings – $135.5M – in single day
From left: Rendering of 66 East 11th Street and Dolly Lenz Dolly Lenz is making waves today, when many in the real estate industry are already starting the long Labor Day weekend. She listed four units...
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