Hudson Square commercial building trades hands for $21.3 million
Updated at 6:21 p.m. with comments from David Zar A 14,700-square-foot property located at 92 Vandam Street in the Hudson Square area has traded hands for $21.3 million, according to city public...
View Article1 WTC spire arrives in New York
The goods for One World Trade Center’s coronation — so to speak — today made their way to the city, the AP reported. A barge departed from Port Newark in New Jersey today towing along nine pieces of...
View Article10gen will head to former NYT building
Tech firm 10gen has inked a five-year lease for about 29,400 square feet inside the former New York Times building at 229 West 43rd Street, Crain’s reported. The corporation database developer is...
View ArticleHand-drawn New York maps, the science behind the Low Line … and more
A rendering of the Low LineMapping NYC, by hand. Vice’s Motherboard channel looks at the science behind the so-called Low Line. Developer of Bushwick’s Chelsea Market-like venue hopes to attract a...
View ArticleCommunity Board 11 planners entertain hybrid rezoning in East Harlem
The Land Use Committee of Manhattan Community Board 11 is close to selecting a rezoning plan for a 60-block swath of East Harlem, DNAinfo reported, and the planners involved are looking into a hybrid...
View ArticleIn Rushmore case, appellate court rejects Extell and Carlyle’s claims
A New York State appellate court ruled 5 to 0 that former Attorney General Andrew Cuomo correctly ordered refunds to 41 buyers at the Rushmore, a luxury condominium on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The...
View Article12.4 percent of Lower Manhattan office space remains shuttered: JLL
Showing steady signs of progress, 12.4 percent of office space below Canal Street remains closed six weeks after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, according to Jones Lang LaSalle tallies. Out of 183 Class...
View ArticleRent increases meet resistance in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Sky-high rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn are meeting continued resistance, as the pace of median rent increases slows and an increasing number of renters are choosing to move instead of renewing their...
View ArticleAtelier suing strip club owner for allegedly running an escort service from...
The Atelier condominium board is suing a strip-club owner whose company has a unit at the Hell’s Kitchen tower, claiming he is running an escort service out of his apartment, the New York Post...
View ArticleFed continues easing, says rates will remain low until unemployment,...
The Federal Reserve today pledged to keep interest rates low until unemployment falls below 6.5 percent and inflation reaches 2.5 percent, CNBC reported. This means the Federal Reserve may be pumping...
View ArticleForest City sells stake in Gehry tower to TIAA-CREF
Massive pension fund and real estate heavy TIAA-CREF agreed to pay about $250 million for 49 percent of New York by Gehry, the towering residential building designed by Frank Gehry at 8 Spruce Street...
View ArticleSoho penthouse sells for $10.6M despite elaborate gut renovation
The penthouse at Soho’s 94 Thompson Street, gut renovated by its owner, has sold for $10.6 million, according to records filed with the city today. Ian Tarr, the CEO of a biological science database...
View ArticleWatchcase condos in the Hamptons priced up to $10.2 million
Prices for the 64 units at the Watchcase condominium development in Sag Harbor will range from $710,000 to $10.2 million, according to an email from a broker at Sotheby’s International Realty. The...
View ArticleNew residences for Wall Street?
Wall Street could be getting a new residential property. Rudin Management is considering all its options for the badly storm-damaged 110 Wall Street, including a conversion to residences or a hotel,...
View ArticleSpire climbs 1 WTC, Park Slope’s most impressive listings … and more
In time for the holidays, BuzzFeed identified the 25 best gingerbread structures — including this tropical tiki gingerbread house1 WTC spire climbs the iconic ground zero tower. FIPS breaks down Park...
View ArticleNYU sues developer over concrete flood
Construction on a residential tower at Third Avenue and East 13th Street accidentally caused an NYU dorm next door to flood with concrete and displace several students, according to a lawsuit filed by...
View ArticleManhattan Apartments ceases operations, offers agents opportunity to join AC...
Manhattan Apartments — the rental brokerage that has been on a long, public slog through financial troubles and litigation in the years since the recession began — has ceased operations, The Real Deal...
View ArticleArchitecture review: Gwathmey’s final project — as humble as the architect...
The building that has topped out on the southeast corner of Park Avenue South and 24th Street is the final project to be designed by late Charles Gwathmey, a true gentleman and one of the leading...
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