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Clinton Hill warehouse, slated for transformation, in contract for $26M: Sources
29 Ryerson Street and 256-266 Flushing Avenue A Brooklyn company is in contract to purchase an eight-story warehouse building and adjacent one-story structure in Clinton Hill, a stone’s throw from the...
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NYU’s videogame institute takes DoBro digs
Downtown Brooklyn’s Metrotech Center New York University’s new videogame development institute has inked a deal for space in Downtown Brooklyn, a big boost for the area’s efforts to attract trendy...
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NYC’s most influential women in real estate are dismantling the boys’ club
Wendy Silverstein From the March issue: The New York City real estate community took notice when news broke in late January about MaryAnne Gilmartin’s expected promotion to CEO of Forest City Ratner....
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Betting the spread: Real estate czars donate to multiple mayoral candidates
From left: Stephen Green, Christine Quinn, Roger Silverstein and William Thompson New York City real estate moguls are covering their bases on the upcoming mayoral election, giving donations to more...
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Wealthy are being more discreet in home buying
Kirk Henckels and a rendering of 56 Leonard Street The wealthy have flocked back to the Manhattan luxury market, spending even more than they did in the pre-crisis highs, but are doing so more...
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Downtown office leasing soars 73 percent
From left: 195 Broadway, 200 Liberty Street and 222 Broadway Downtown office leasing jumped 73 percent in January and February, more evidence of the area’s strong recovery from Hurricane Sandy,...
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Proposal to grow 815 Fifth rejected again
815 Fifth Avenue is sandwiched between 812 Fifth Avenue and 817 Fifth Avenue Plans for a 14-story high-rise at 815 Fifth Avenue, wedged between two stately towers, have been rejected for a second time...
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Fannie, Freddie regulator pushes lawmakers to eliminate taxpayer reliance
Edward DeMarco The controversial regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is urging lawmakers to drastically scale back or even eliminate the mortgage market’s reliance on taxpayers, Bloomberg News...
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23 Wall Street is weighing options after seven years without retail tenant
Joanne Podell and 23 Wall Street The former J.P. Morgan headquarters at 23 Wall Street is rethinking how to attract a retail tenant after losing its last one in 2006, the New York Observer reported....
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Carrie Chiang markets “Mayflower House,” formerly listed with Dolly Lenz
Dolly Lenz, 120 East 71st Street, Carrie Chiang The owners of a historic Upper East Side townhouse known as the “Mayflower House” have swapped brokers once again, this time trading Douglas Elliman...
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Bowery’s Amato Opera House could be converted to luxe homes
Harriet and Steven Croman and the Amato Opera One of the owners of the East Village’s famous Amato Opera House at 319 Bowery has filed papers to convert the vacant building into commercial and...
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City Planning approves Lightstone’s massive Gowanus development
David Lichtenstein and a project rendering The City Planning Commission yesterday approved Lightstone Group’s plan to build a 700-unit rental development at 363-365 Bond Street on the Gowanus Canal,...
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Judge dismisses tenants’ NYU expansion suit
NYU 2031 rendering A New York State Supreme Court judge has dismissed one of several lawsuits aiming to block New York University from its 1.9 million-square-foot Downtown expansion, Crain’s reported....
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Port Authority expected to tap Legends to run WTC observation deck
From left: 1 WTC and Legends CEO David Checketts The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is slated to strike a 15-year deal with Legends Hospitality Management to operate 1 World Trade Center’s...
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Landmarks pushes Extell’s 225 West 57th Street plans forward
1780 Broadway Extell Development is closer to erecting an 88-story tower at 225 West 57th Street after the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved partial demolition of the BF Goodrich building,...
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This month in real estate history
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, formerly a state assembly member From the March issue: In this month’s roundup of New York City real estate history, The Real Deal looks back at a 1983 bipartisan proposal...
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Paramount Hotel in Times Square reopens, “green” latrine for Prospect Park …...
Paramount Hotel 1. Paramount Hotel in Times Square reopens [WSJ] 2. Lower Manhattan community board chair testifies before Council on budget cuts [Broadsheet Daily] 3. “Green” latrine planned for...
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Land underneath Lipstick Building for sale
From left: Howard Michaels and the Lipstick Building SL Green Realty is selling the land beneath the Lipstick Building in Midtown, the New York Post reported. The commercial landlord has tapped the...
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Rock ‘n’ roll design duo lists classic UES townhouse for $14 million
Laurie Lynn and Richard Stark and the townhouse on East 64th Street Design duo Richard and Laurie Lynn Stark, who are best known for outfitting rock and roll greats such as the Rolling Stones, the Sex...
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Top stories
Top stories yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. Wealthy are being more discreet in home buying 2. Witkoff’s 10 Madison Square West to launch sales this spring: PHOTOS 3. NYC’s most influential women in real...
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