Pier 17 businesses ordered out in preparation for major retail development
[caption id="attachment_224775" align="aligncenter" width="563"] Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb and a rendering of Pier 17[/caption] Businesses at South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 have been ordered to...
View ArticleC&W team tapped to market 100,000 SF space
A Cushman & Wakefield team has been tapped as the exclusive leasing agent for about 100,000 square feet at RXR’s 1330 Sixth Avenue, the New York Observer reported. The space — currently occupied by...
View ArticleSetai developer pays $53M for Lower Manhattan office building
A Lower Manhattan office building has sold to an Italian real estate development firm for $53 million, according to records filed with the city today. Bizzi & Partners, a Milan-based developer,...
View ArticleYair Levy’s wife and daughter ordered to appear in fraudulent transfer case
[caption id="attachment_224792" align="alignright" width="250"] 225 Rector Place and Yair Levy[/caption] The wife and daughter of developer of Yair Levy have been ordered to appear in court Feb. 21 on...
View ArticleBank of East Asia abandons Chinatown for Midtown digs, Willoughby Plaza...
Stuyvesant TownBank of East Asia abandons Chinatown for Midtown digs. Willoughby Plaza transformation is permanent, says DOT commissioner. Video: Real estate experts diagnose Sandy's impact on the...
View ArticleDOS rules to revoke prominent appraisers’ licenses
An administrative judge for the New York State Department of State has taken an unusual step and ruled to revoke the licenses of the top executives at the Midtown-based appraisal firm Mitchell, Maxwell...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank sues to foreclose on $196M in loans backed by the Mondrian Soho
Deutsche Bank has filed suit against Sochin Downtown Realty and Morgan’s Hotel Group to foreclose on $196 million in loans backed by the Mondrian Soho. Deutsche Bank, in the Jan. 16 suit filed in New...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at the REBNY banquet: PHOTOS
Inside the ballroom at REBNY's 117th annual gala Real estate pros donned their best attire last night for REBNY's 117th annual gala held in the Mercury Ballroom of the New York Hilton. Industry...
View ArticleWill Danny Meyer take shuttered Ollie’s location for new Upper West Side...
Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer is eyeing the 7,500-square-foot Upper West Side space formerly occupied by Ollie’s, a Chinese eatery, the New York Post reported. Located at 1991 Broadway...
View ArticlePratt Institute set to expand film department into 17,000-sf space
The Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn has expansion on the mind. The arts college is looking to quadruple its film and video enrollment and double its footprint by moving into a...
View ArticleComposer/developer Mitch Leigh courts “nice” buyers for New Jersey megaproject
Real estate developer Mitch Leigh hopes to break ground on Jackson Twenty-One — a Jackson Township, N.J. residential complex that’s been more than two decades in the making — this spring or summer, the...
View ArticleSwig v. Macklowe: A look at the bitter lawsuit dogging the former in-laws
From the January issue: Over the past four years, real estate developer Kent Swig has found himself under siege from creditors seeking to recoup loans and other investments lost in the 2008 economic...
View ArticleDownload The Real Deal’s iPad app
More than 1,000 real estate insiders have already downloaded The Real Deal‘s new iPad application, where you can find a free version of this month’s print edition. Our new iPad app aims to provide a...
View ArticleHidrock expects $75M for Midtown office building, Michael Jordan slashes...
[caption id="attachment_225081" align="aligncenter" width="578"] 240 West 35th Street[/caption]Hidrock expects $75M for Midtown office building. Michael Jordan slashes price on Chicago mansion by $8M....
View ArticleExtell buys building, development rights in Yorkville
Extell Development has purchased a mixed-use building and adjacent development rights on two plots on the Upper East Side, at Third Avenue between East 94th and East 95th streets, according to records...
View ArticleCommercial leasing data crowdsourcer CompStak to launch revamped service
[caption id="attachment_225096" align="aligncenter" width="560"] From left: Michael Mandel and Vadim Belobrovka[/caption] Everyone from biotech startups to Budweiser to Harvard professors and artists...
View ArticleLES gallery sues to block controversial Ian Schrager, Ruby Schron development
A Lower East Side art gallery has gone to court to block a proposed 25-story hotel and condominium project developed by Ian Schrager and Ruben Schron, arguing that an environmental review is needed....
View ArticleTop stories
Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal 1. Nearly 100K SF of retail space in luxury conversion hits Williamsburg market 2. City law aimed at curbing erotic massage parlors mostly burdens health clubs 3....
View ArticleN.Y. Archdiocese to shutter 24 Catholic schools
The Archdiocese of New York, facing declining enrollment, has decided to shutter 24 Catholic schools in the state, including several in New York City, the Wall Street Journal reported. Twenty-two...
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