Clik here to view.
Jimmy Fallon dubbed 2014′s most desirable neighbor, home break-ins surge...
December is the peak month for home burglaries 1. Funnyman Jimmy Fallon dubbed 2014′s most desirable celebrity neighbor [Zillow] 2. Home break-ins surge during the holidays [CNN Money] 3. Victoria...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rocky housing market expected for 2014
The recent ups and downs of mortgage rates and home sales are expected to carry over into the new year. If rates undergo another radical shift, the turbulence in the housing market will continue,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kimmelman in the dark about Central Park’s skyscraper problem: Architecture...
From left: Michael Kimmelman, One57 and Central Park South (credit: Alex Filatov) In a recent article, the architecture critic of the New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, questioned the wisdom of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City looks for developers to build Kips Bay biosciences center
455 First Avenue The city’s Economic Development Corporation and Department of Mental Health and Hygiene are looking for developers to turn part of a Kips Bay building into a center for bioscience...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video game mogul buys Upper East Side condo for $10.8M
135 East 79th Street and Gregory Fischbach Gregory Fischbach, founder of now-defunct video game publisher Acclaim Entertainment, grabbed a condominium unit at the Brodsky Organization’s 135 East 79th...
View ArticleClik here to view.
West Chelsea condos amp up artsy accoutrements
560 West 24th Street Developers Adam Gordon and Tavros are aiming to honor Chelsea’s artistic heritage with a series of accoutrements geared at art collector buyers in their new condominium development...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City’s Tribeca court move spurs Sheldon Silver-backed lawsuit
From left: 346 Broadway and 66 John Street Tribeca homeowners and businesses put on short notice of a relocation of a probation office to their neighborhood are taking New York City to court for making...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top residential agents of the week
From left: Elizabeth Sahlman, Liora Yalof and 525 Park Avenue Price: $16,500,000 Listing broker: Elizabeth Sahlman and Liora Yalof of the Corcoran Group Address: 525 Park Avenue From left: Amanda...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UFO-inspired holiday house opens in Austria
UFOGEL Just because a house is small doesn’t mean it can’t have big architectural ambitions. For example, take this 485-square-foot holiday home in Nussdorf, Austria. The house, dubbed UFOGEL, is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meatpacking sees renewed BID push
Meatpacking District The Meatpacking District is seeing a renewed effort to form a business improvement district in the neighborhood, following a failed attempt several years ago. Currently the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brooklyn library seeks public input on proposals
Proposal B, the tallest of the proposals for the Brooklyn Heights library site. The Brooklyn Public Library is asking for public feedback regarding several proposals to redevelop the site of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City public housing may end $70M police payments
THe Louis H. Pink Houses in Brooklyn Keeping the projects safe doesn’t come cheap in New York City. The city assigns about 2,000 officers to New York City Housing Authority buildings, at a cost of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City’s architecture community applauds Glen appointment
Rick Bell and Alicia Glen Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s selection of Alicia Glen, head of urban investment for Goldman Sachs, to serve as his deputy mayor for housing and economic development is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Grinch” landlord serves eviction papers on Christmas Eve
The Swinging Sixties Center in Williamsburg A Williamsburg landlord is inviting Grinch comparisons after serving seniors an eviction notice just before Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Victor Einhorn, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Artist captures eerie dwellings of the Brothers Grimm
“Brothers Grimm’s Homeland” by Kilian Schoenberger A German photographer has set out to capture the architecture that made the Brothers Grimm tick, with startling and eerie results. Photographer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Following divorce, architect built a new home for just $11K
Macy Miller’s home in Idaho (via Macy Miller) After divorcing and losing her home to foreclosure, Macy Miller, an architect from Idaho, bounced back in an unusual way, by building a new home from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
62% of brownstone Brooklyn homes sold at or above ask in Q4
Aleksandra Scepanovic and Prospect Heights brownstones Bidding wars raged on in brownstone Brooklyn as roughly 62 percent of houses sold at or above their asking price in the fourth quarter of 2013,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Multistory modular building to hit NYC market for first time
Construction of the Stack at 4857 Broadway and a rendering of the building Hot on the heels of its first Starbucks, the Inwood neighborhood welcomes the city’s first multistory modular apartment...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Priciest, cheapest listings to hit Manhattan this week
From left: 8 Sniffen Court and 90 Park Terrace East Superbroker Dolly Lenz of the eponymous Dolly Lenz Real Estate had the priciest listing to hit the Manhattan market this week with a $7.25 million...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rare Sniffen Court carriage house available for $7.25M
From left: Sniffen Court at East 36th Street between Lexington and Third avenues, and house No. 8 A carriage house on the secluded 115-foot Murray Hill street called Sniffen Court hit the market for...
View Article