New stores, maybe a new name, for troubled Queens shopping mall
Atlas Park shopping mall in Glendale, Queens is attempting to change its image. The Times Ledger reported that the shopping center is courting new stores and might even change its name — though the...
View ArticleOn 102nd Street, $10,000 a month rentals lease fast
Durst Fetner Residential‘s new rental building is stretching the traditional Upper East Side boundaries and bringing its price points with it. Crain’s reported that 40 percent of the 185 units in the...
View ArticleOpen layouts give way to mudrooms on Long Island
The open layouts that are growing in popularity among high-end homeowners leave little room for clutter — a mess in one room can be seen from many others. Enter the mudroom. According to the New York...
View ArticleWatchcase developers make another Sag Harbor play
Cape Advisors, the firm behind the largest development project underway on the East End at the former Bulova Watchase Factory, has its sights set near another large, long-stalled Sag Harbor project....
View ArticleZen and the art of selling real estate
Many New York sales agents have come to the business of real estate from a wide range of other professions. In an ongoing series, TheRealDeal.com will profile brokers for whom selling properties...
View ArticleBronx judge blocks landlord’s 65 percent rent hike, if you thought LIC’s...
Long Island CityA dozen new buildings with 4,700 new units are on the way for booming Court Square. A Queens senior housing conversion needs more funding. Tracey Towers residents get temporary victory...
View ArticleCourt to L.I. developer: pay $215K or go to jail
A state Supreme Court judge late Wednesday ordered the developers of Cambridge Park Condominium in Williston Park, N.Y., to pay $215,000 within 72 hours for failing to fix a crumbling retaining wall at...
View Article+Art sponsor sells 18 condos to international firm
It’s been a long and winding road for +Art, the 189-unit Chelsea condominium building that launched sales during the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008. Sponsor Ekstein Development and broker...
View ArticleOn Monday, we’ll be barbecuing
In honor of Labor Day, we’re taking Monday off to celebrate. The Real Deal wishes you and your family a relaxing long weekend. Be sure to check back here on Tuesday, September 4, starting at 7:30 a.m.,...
View ArticleObama vows commitment to mortgage tax break
If reelected, President Barack Obama would not touch the mortgage-interest tax deduction for middle-class families, he said last night during a speech accepting his party’s nomination for president at...
View ArticleTrulia could raise $100M in IPO
Real estate listings website Trulia.com could be set to raise as much as $100 million through its initial public offering, the New York Times reported. When the company filed to go public early this...
View ArticlePriciest, cheapest units to hit the market
From left: 15 Central Park West and 259 Bennett AvenueThe priciest new listing to come online in Manhattan this week is a 3,952-square-foot combo unit on the 24th floor of the 15 Central Park West...
View ArticleDespite new guidelines, short-selling buyers’ FICO scores will take a hit
With generous new guidelines from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely to stimulate large numbers of short sales by underwater homeowners, what impacts can these sellers expect to see on their credit...
View ArticleLand deals drive prices to pre-recession levels
From the September issue: Industry analysts continue to debate whether the New York City real estate market has recovered, but there’s no question that land prices here have. In some cases, development...
View ArticleQ&A: John Catsimatidis
Downtown Brooklyn has been undergoing a development rebirth in recent months. Construction of the Barclays Center arena is wrapping up along Atlantic Avenue, and projects, such as the Stahl...
View ArticleAll’s quiet on the WTC front as the 9/11 anniversary approaches, Sagaponack...
A 1946 house designed by Marcel Breuer in Hewlett Harbor For nearly 75 years, Long Island has served as a "laboratory" for some of the world's best known architects. Tourists continue to flock to the...
View ArticleThird Ward “food incubator” to anchor Jonathan Butler’s Crown Heights...
Brooklyn’s first food incubator has found a home: the Crown Heights commercial mixed-use development that Brooklyn Flea and Brownstoner.com founder Jonathan Butler announced plans for earlier this...
View ArticleDavid Duchovny is in contract for CPW apartment
“X Files” actor David Duchovny is in contract to purchase an apartment inside the Ardsley, an exclusive Central Park West co-op, multiple sources told The Real Deal. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom...
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