Tadao Ando-designed condos coming to Nolita
152 Elizabeth Street Manhattan-based development startup Sumaida + Khurana has scooped up a Nolita property for $21 million. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando will be designing a ground-up,...
View ArticleMonster Brooklyn mansion up for grabs on March 20
An unfinished mansion in South Brooklyn, which currently has a $2.8 million lien against it, will hit the auction block in two weeks. The Department of Buildings has recorded nearly 50 complaints...
View ArticleOffice conversion craze hits Downtown, how Gary Barnett keeps One57′s windows...
Keeping these windows clean is no small task. 1. How Gary Barnett keeps One57‘s windows smudge-free: VIDEO [Curbed] 2. Office conversion craze hitting Downtown Manhattan [NYO] 3. Historic Murray Hill...
View ArticleMultimillionaire riles UES neighbors with renovation
116 East 78th Street Upper East Side residents are up in arms over a Hong Kong textile giant’s renovation plans for his townhouse in the neighborhood. Alfred Chan, founder of clothing brand Ports 1961,...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Serena Boardman and 810 Fifth Avenue Price: $19,000,000 Listing broker: Serena Boardman of Sotheby’s International Realty Address: 810 Fifth Avenue From left: Nikki Field and 1 Fifth Avenue...
View ArticleSwedish DJ Avicii drops $15.5M on Hollywood Hills home
Avicii’s Bird Streets mansion Some of the most expensive homes in Los Angeles sit on a handful of streets named after birds in the Hollywood Hills. The Swedish DJ Avicii recently joined the ritzy...
View ArticleArchitect Richard Meier designs luxury towers in Bogota
Richard Meier’s Vitrvm Acclaimed architect Richard Meier has unveiled designs for his first project in Bogota: two 13-story residential towers, dubbed Vitrvm. The buildings will include 36 apartments...
View ArticleNew rendering unveiled of Murray Hill development
From left: the new rendering of 200 East 39th Street and a previous rendering A new mixed-use retail and rental building that is slated to rise in Murray Hill has finally unveiled a detailed rendering...
View ArticleActivists seek landmark status for historic LGBT sites
From left: the Stonewall Inn at 53 Christopher Street, Julius’ Bar at 159 West 10th Street and the Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse at 99 Wooster Street Preservationists and LGBT activists are teaming...
View ArticleFew mourn the passing of historic Fifth Avenue building
815 Fifth Avenue is sandwiched between 812 Fifth Avenue and 817 Fifth Avenue Last fall, the Landmarks Preservation Commission finally granted JHSF Participacoes, a Brazilian development company,...
View ArticleEast Hampton property listed at $19.5M is in contract
93 Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton A 2.8-acre parcel in East Hampton’s Lily Pond with an asking price of $19.45 million is in contract. The property includes a 4500-square-foot, five-bedroom and...
View ArticleShop top living increasingly popular in London
Shops in London’s Mayfair neighborhood Thanks to soaring prices and foreign buyers, apartments above shops in London’s city center – once stigmatized as second-rate housing – are becoming increasingly...
View ArticleNYC’s artists are running out of affordable studio space
Industry City in Sunset Park New York City artists are used to losing their studio space to the forces of gentrification, whether it be in Soho or Greenpoint. But with the redevelopment of Industry...
View ArticleThe best overwater bungalows in the world
The top overwater bungalows, according to Frodor’s Close your eyes and imagine paradise. Perhaps you see a deserted tropical island or even a snowy peak, but what about an over-water bungalow?...
View ArticleEscape from New York
Homes in Paris and Dubai From Luxury Listings NYC: Live large in the big city. If you’re browsing for a high-end home in New York, you can expect to pay a lot of money for a rather small space....
View ArticleCrown Heights brownstone sets neighborhood sale record
1234 Dean Street A Crown Heights brownstone has set a neighborhood record for a single-family sale, closing for $1.85 million, according to listing broker Anthony Santangelo of Douglas Elliman. The...
View ArticleAre more New Yorkers saying sayonara to the city?
The suburbs More NYC natives are calling it quits and heading to the suburbs, according to Alison Bernstein, founder of Suburban Jungle Realty Group, an advisory firm that helps families move out of...
View ArticleWhy Instagram is an essential house-hunting tool
From Luxury Listings NYC: When Sanchali Roy and her husband listed their home with a group of three brokers — one of whom was Fredrik Eklund of “Million Dollar Listing New York” — she didn’t think that...
View ArticleNew Gene Kaufman building is coming to Bushwick
100 Bogart Street A new building designed by Gene Kaufman is coming to 100 Bogart Street in Bushwick, and in an unusual move, the structure won’t have any apartments — just artist studios and retail....
View ArticleLaurence Gluck takes stake in two Upper West Side buildings
Laurence Gluck and 252 West 76th Street Laurence Gluck bought a 50 percent interest in the corporation that owns two Upper West Side rental buildings on West 76th Street, a source familiar with the...
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