Rabsky Group building Williamsburg rental project
A rendering of 146 South 4th Street in Williamsburg A new 11-story rental project by the Rabsky Group is set to rise in Williamsburg, Buzz Buzz Home reported. Located at 146 South 4th Street between...
View ArticleSierra launches construction division, hires former Swig executive as head
Darren Schumer From the April issue: Manhattan-based Sierra Real Estate has launched a construction division headed by a Swig Equities alum, the firm said last month. The newly formed entity, called...
View ArticleTamir Sapir’s antique champagne buckets stolen, Midwood Properties to tear...
Townhouse holdout next to 30 Rock (Credit: ScoutingNY) 1. Construction worker allegedly steals $200K in antique champagne buckets from developer Tamir Sapir [Newsday] 2. Midwood Properties demolishing...
View ArticleWebsite hopes to be Wikipedia for NYC apartments
A screenshot of the Condopedia homepage Condopedia.com, a new open-source website that allows anyone to edit its content, is aiming to give real estate watchers the opportunity to share their...
View ArticleMoinian’s Atelier II gets moving
Joseph Moinian and 605 West 42nd Street Joseph Moinian’s plans for a mammoth residential tower at 605 West 42nd Street are officially back in play. The developer filed a new application for the site...
View ArticleChelsea’s Onyx condo with ties to international scandal on the auction block
Chelsea’s Onyx (credit: PropertyShark) A Chelsea condo that had a cameo role in a money-laundering drama involving a former president of Taiwan, will be sold, Our Bottom Line reported. The...
View ArticleDurst Fetner changes course at Herald Square tower
From left: Durst Fetner CEO Harold Fetner, Ian Schrager and 855 Sixth Avenue Developer Durst Fetner Residential is abandoning hotel plans as well as cutting the height of its planned high rise at 855...
View ArticleLightstone sets summer launch for LIC rental project
From left: Lightstone’s David Lichtenstein, aptsandlofts’ David Maundrell and an image of Gantry Park Landing from the teaser site The Lightstone Group will begin leasing the 12-story, 199-unit Gantry...
View ArticleLoeb lease brings Mack-Cali share of 125 Broad to full occupancy
125 Broad Street Financial firm Loeb Holding Corp. has signed a 22,000-square-foot lease at 125 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, bringing the Mack-Cali-owned portion of the 1.3-million-square-foot...
View ArticleYoung Woo’s Pier 57 plan clears City Council vote
From left: Young Woo, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and a Pier 57 rendering (courtesy Young Woo & Associates) UPDATED, 5:01 p.m., April 9: The City Council today unanimously approved Young...
View ArticleLaw firm Lewis Baach signs on at Chrysler Building
Scott Galin and the Chrysler Building Lewis Baach, a Washington D.C.-based law firm, has signed a four-year lease at the Chrysler Building, Crain’s reported. The firm will take 3,867 square feet on the...
View ArticleMiron opens its second Union Square office
Office of Miron Properties From the April issue: The fast-growing brokerage Miron Properties is opening a new office, bringing its total number of New York City area outposts to four. But instead of...
View ArticleMicro unit plan heads to public review, Rawhide bar on market for $25K/month...
A rendering of New York City’s micro-units 1. After clearing City Planning Commission, micro apartment proposal heads to ULURP [Crain’s] 2. Law firm Perez & Cedeno signs lease at 111 Broadway [NYO]...
View Article325 Lexington Avenue developer shrinks project, plans new façade
Renderings of 325 Lexington Avenue Times Square Construction & Development has changed its plans for 325 Lexington Avenue yet again, Curbed reported. Initially, the developer intended to build a...
View ArticleLeave out the beaver at William Beaver House?
William Beaver House Changes are afoot at the William Beaver House, the 47-story luxury condominium-turned-rental building at 15 William Street in the Financial District. For one, Rose Associates is...
View ArticleStaring down foreclosure, investment group asks $16M for Greenwich Village...
133-135 West 13th Street The owners of two federal-style townhouses in Greenwich Village are aiming to escape a foreclosure proceeding by listing the properties for $15.9 million, The Real Deal has...
View ArticleBrooklynites fighting to get Jackie Robinson’s East Flatbush home landmarked
Jackie Robinson’s former home in East Flatbush, a baseball card Community leaders and elected officials in East Flatbush are hoping they don’t strike out with the city Landmarks Preservation Commission...
View ArticleStuy Town tenant settlement OK’d by court
From left: Tenant Amy Roberts and Stuy Town A New York state judge today approved a $68.8 million settlement in the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village tenant class action, in which residents alleged...
View ArticleTri-state briefs: The Real Deal’s monthly round up of news from the region
150 Windsor Street, Hartford From the April issue: In our monthly round-up of real estate news in the tri-state area, The Real Deal takes a look at the University of Connecticut, which is taking space...
View ArticleBrewer wants to landmark school slated for demolition, NJ judge says tenant...
P.S. 199 1. City Councillor Gale Brewer seeks to landmark Edward Durell Stone school, slated for demolition [West Side Rag] 2. Tenant must pay full rent despite Sandy service outages: New Jersey judge...
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