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RentHop offers discount for advertisers paying in Bitcoin
From left: BitCoin, RentHop’s Lawrence Zhou and Lee Lin, and a screenshot of the RentHop app Online apartment search marketplace RentHop will accept payment in Bitcoin from landlords and brokers...
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Related, Hudson to develop Cornell NYC Tech’s first residences
Cornell NYC Tech rendering and Hudson’s David Kramer The Hudson Companies and the Related Companies are jointly developing the first residential building at Cornell University’s technology campus on...
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Cushman appoints former Goldman Sachs exec new CEO
Edward Forst Cushman & Wakefield has found a more permanent replacement for Glenn Rufrano, who abruptly exited the commercial brokerage this summer. Edward Forst, formerly global co-head of Goldman...
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State-wide Sandy class action on its last legs
From left: Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich, 145 East 16th Street, 155 East 31st Street and 17 Stuyvesant Street The prospects for a Hurricane Sandy-related class action seeking rent refunds from...
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More shakeups at StreetEasy as public face Sofia Song departs
From left: Sofia Song, Michael Smith, Susan Daimler and Spencer Rascoff Major shifts continue at StreetEasy since the company was acquired by listings giant Zillow. On Friday, the company’s long-time...
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David Bistricer’s Clipper Equity kicks off DoBro rentals
233 Schermerhorn Street A 12-story commercial building developed by David Bistricer’s Clipper Equity has converted some units in the building to rental lofts, The Real Deal has learned exclusively. A...
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Ace Hotel on Bowery to include 178 rooms, retail, eatery
From left: Northwind’s Greg Razo and 225 Bowery Plans for the Salvation Army shelter and community center-turned-hotel at 225 Bowery are beginning to emerge. The future Ace Hotel will have 178 rooms...
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Forest City Ratner and Chinese investor Greenland make it official at...
Onyx bathroom at 12 East 69th Street 1. Forest City Ratner, China’s Greenland Holding make it official at Atlantic Yards [Bloomberg News] 2. Best reads for the New York City real estate lover...
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DOB evacuates Tribeca building on verge of collapse
17 Leonard Street and Steven Schnall The city Department of Buildings evacuated a near-vacant, three-story Tribeca building teetering on collapse. The property at 17 Leonard Street, built in 1857 as a...
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City to feel the hurt from Bronx stadium deal
Man City owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Marlene Cintron The nonprofit Bronx Parking Development Company could go bankrupt amid the New York City Football Club’s plan to build a $400...
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Bloomberg hurries “legacy projects” in administration’s twilight
From left: Rendering of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center and Staten Island’s New York Wheel In the waning days of the Bloomberg administration, a number of high-profile “legacy projects” are...
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Top stories
Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. More shakeups at StreetEasy as public face Sofia Song departs 2. Jonathan Gray: Blackstone’s latest billionaire 3. Manhattan nonprofits rush to sell as...
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Rudin’s St. Vincent’s condos selling at $3,500 per square foot
William Rudin and a rendering of Greenwich Lane The Rudin family and Eyal Ofer’s controversial condominium conversion project at the former St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village has been rapidly...
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Cuomo to add renter rebate to property tax break plan
From left: George Pataki and Carl McCall, who chair the gubernatorial commission Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he would add a rebate for renters to a $1 billion property tax cut proposal that...
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Rabsky to build 172-unit Crown Heights project
Karl Fischer and 564 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights Architect Karl Fischer and developer Simon Dushinsky’s Rabsky Group are bringing a new residential project to Crown Heights. The eight-story,...
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SL Green to shutter Times Square Visitors’ Center, senator says Airbnb is...
A rendering of the Seward Park Urban Renewal project 1. SL Green to shutter Times Square Visitors’ Center at 1560 Broadway [NYP, 2nd item] 2. Airbnb waging misinformation campaign to pressure pols,...
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Tribeca condo conversion to trade for $18M
56 Walker Street The court-appointed trustee for an 18,000-square-foot cast-iron building at 56 Walker Street in Tribeca has asked a bankruptcy court to approve the sale of the property for $18...
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Related signs “farm-to-table” eatery at MiMa tower
MiMa tower at 450 West 42nd Street and Treehaus at 830 Third Avenue Stephen Ross’ the Related Companies has signed “farm-to-table” eatery Treehaus to a 14,292-square-foot lease at MiMa, the developer’s...
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Behind Newark’s biggest boom in decades
The Newark skyline From the December issue: The long-blighted city of Newark, New Jersey, is undergoing its biggest economic growth period since the 1950s. Indeed, in mid-September, the city opened its...
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Whole Foods inks deal for Bryant Park location
Faith Hope Consolo and 1095 Sixth Avenue Whole Foods has signed a lease for a new location near Bryant Park. The high-end grocer and organic food emporium had been in talks to take the space at...
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