Boston Properties puts Times Square Tower on the market
7 Times Square Boston Properties’ 48-story Times Square Tower is on the market and could fetch more than $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported. The 1.2 million-square-foot building, at 7 Times Square...
View ArticleCobble Hill grocery owners fighting J. Crew move
151 Court Street in Brooklyn and CPEX’s Kristina Triglia The owners of a Cobble Hill grocery store have offered to beat the rent that J. Crew will pay landlord Arista Real Estate Holdings under a lease...
View ArticleNumbers to know: 15 Central Park West breaks new record, Time Warner Center...
Time Warner Center (credit: PropertyShark) “Numbers to know” is a weekly web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics. Fifteen Central Park West clinches a...
View ArticleChloe Sevigny’s Village co-op sells to startup power couple
From left: Jeffrey Hammerbacher, Halle Tecco, images of the home and Chloe Sevigny Actress Chloe Sevigny has sold her East Village digs to startup entrepreneur couple Halle Tecco and Jeffrey...
View ArticleAlphabet City lot with 136K square feet of potential development rights on...
From left: Charles Kingsley and Neil Helman of Avison Young, and 644 East 14th Street Could a large new property — either residential or mixed-use — come to East 14th Street? A lot at 644 East 14th...
View ArticleRumored Tom Cruise townhouse belongs to casino developer
From left: Tom Cruise, the interior of 42 West 12th Street and Richard Fields Despite rumors, the townhouse property at 42 West 12th Street does not belong to Scientologist actor Tom Cruise, the New...
View ArticleRent Guidelines Board cuts hearing on proposed rent increases
Bill de Blasio The Rent Guidelines Board is canceling a hearing on proposed rent hikes for stabilized units, which has been held in Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx since 2005, the New York Times...
View ArticleSouthampton to get 450-acre luxury residential development
A beach in Southampton, Michael Meldman Arizona-based developer Michael Meldman is partnering with New York developers Bryan and David Becker to build on a 450-acre swath in Southampton — the last...
View ArticleFHA interest rule under fire
Pressured by consumer protection regulators, the Federal Housing Administration is expected to end one of its most controversial practices: charging borrowers interest on their home mortgages for weeks...
View ArticleCandy’s Plaza penthouse asks $59M
From left: Images of the penthouse and Christian Candy Christian Candy, the developer of London’s famed residential and retail complex One Hyde Park, has listed his penthouse unit in the Plaza for $59...
View ArticleTrump Soho files suit over Sandy storm claim
Donald Trump and the Trump Soho at center The Trump Soho condominium-hotel has filed suit against its insurer, Affiliated FM, for allegedly rejecting its claim for Hurricane Sandy-related issues, and...
View ArticleConstruction unemployment drops to lowest mark in five years for month of May
Construction employment increased by 7,000 jobs month-over-month in May, which helped push construction unemployment down to 10.8 percent — its lowest May level in five years, according to a release...
View ArticleUES couple sues Duane Reade over view-blocking HVAC installation plans
From left: Yaira Singer, Matthew Binstock and 401 East 86th Street An Upper East Side couple has filed a lawsuit against drug store Duane Reade and their building’s co-op board over the planned...
View ArticleWorking hard or hardly working?
Stuart Elliott From the June issue: It’s a basic fact about New York City and its attendant hustle and bustle: People here work their butts off. Most people view summer as a time to kick back and...
View ArticleMadonna’s Central Park West co-op sells for $16M, community board shoots down...
5Pointz in Long Island City 1. Average rental price in Brooklyn climbs 4 percent, to $2,503 per month, MNS report says [Dumbo NYC] 2. Madonna’s 41 Central Park West co-op sells for $16 million — $4...
View ArticleGreenwich Village block-front leasehold for sale
Adelaide Polsinelli and 44-58 East 8th Street Eastern Consolidated’s Adelaide Polsinelli and Gary Meese are marketing the leasehold interest in an entire Greenwich Village block-front, the New York...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Yancy Foster and 174 East 75th Street Price: $13,250,000 Listing Broker: Yancy Foster of Pan Brothers Associates Address: 174 East 75th Street From left: Victoria Logvinsky and 1 Central...
View Article15th floor at 778 Park selling for $29 million
778 Park Avenue A three-bedroom apartment covering nearly the entire 15th floor at the Rosario Candela-designed 778 Park Avenue has been listed for $29 million, the New York Times reported. The...
View ArticleHuge office block opening up at McGraw-Hill tower
The McGraw-Hill Building The largest contiguous block of class A office space in Midtown will soon come available at 1221 Sixth Avenue on Rockefeller Center’s west side, where Cushman & Wakefield...
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