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Priciest, cheapest listings to hit Manhattan this week
From left: 8 Sniffen Court and 90 Park Terrace East Superbroker Dolly Lenz of the eponymous Dolly Lenz Real Estate had the priciest listing to hit the Manhattan market this week with a $7.25 million...
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Rare Sniffen Court carriage house available for $7.25M
From left: Sniffen Court at East 36th Street between Lexington and Third avenues, and house No. 8 A carriage house on the secluded 115-foot Murray Hill street called Sniffen Court hit the market for...
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The Real Deal’s most-read web stories of 2013
From left: Jared Kushner, Luis D. Ortiz and Dolly Lenz New York real estate had a sizzling 2013, and The Real Deal was there every step of the way with breaking news, features and analyses of the...
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Council member got no-interest loan through city program
Melissa Mark-Viverito and East Harlem home on East 111th Street City Council member Melissa Mark-Viverito has a net worth of $1.5 million, but continues to receive benefits from a no-interest loan...
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Parks advocate to oversee feds’ Sandy efforts in New York
Holly Leight New Yorkers for Parks Executive Director Holly Leicht is taking up the director role at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for New York and New Jersey. Leicht, nominated...
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New York-based HFZ Capital buys iconic SoFla hotel for $175M
Shore Club hotel From the South Florida site: An affiliate of Ziel Feldman’s HFZ Capital Group has acquired the historic Shore Club hotel in South Beach in a $175.3 million transaction, The Real Deal...
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“Sushi defense” fails to win East Village tenant stabilized rent
Sushi A New York housing court has ruled against an East Village woman’s fight to continue to pay discounted rent, despite a defense based on her love of sushi. Masako Mogi’s landlord alleged that her...
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Public housing comes close to hitting 2013 repairs target
From left: Alfred E. Smith houses in Lower Manhattan and home repair underway The New York City Housing Authority, which receives 50,000 new repair requests every week, reduced a backlog of around...
View ArticleWeighing the pros and cons of hybrid mortgages
Higher mortgage rates for 2014? Count on it. Could this be the year to check out hybrid mortgages, which haven’t been popular lately? Maybe. You can count on interest rates going higher because: * The...
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Hamptons beach replenishment lifting home values
Gary DePersia and shoring up the shore in Sagaponack An ongoing $26 million project to extend the Hamptons beachfront and protect homes against future storms is already boosting real estate prices in...
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Stratospheric retail rents predicted to continue rising
From left: Faith Hope Consolo and Louis Vuitton’s Madison Avenue outpost at 1 East 57th Street As European fashion houses and high-end newcomers remain undeterred by rising retail rents, rates are...
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Bond Street retail condo hits market for $13M
54 Bond Street and Jerome Benayoun A Bond Street corner retail condominium housing designer menswear store Billy Reid has hit the market for $13 million, listing broker Jerome Benayoun, founder of...
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Queen Latifah lists New Jersey home for $2.4M
From left: Queen Latifah and her listed home in Colts Neck, New Jersey The Colts Neck, N.J., home of “Living Single” and “Chicago” star Queen Latifah is on the market for $2.39 million. Coldwell Banker...
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Garodnick manages to win over real estate skeptics
From left: Dan Garodnick and Melissa Mark-Viverito City Council member and would-be Speaker Dan Garodnick, a thorn in the Bloomberg administration’s side during the failed Midtown East rezoning bid, is...
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Check out TRD‘s weekend coverage
The Real Deal has new content seven days a week. Introducing The Real Deal: Weekend Edition. Starting at 9 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday, TRD brings you the must-read New York City real estate news...
View ArticleManhattan office leasing ends 2013 with a bang
From the January issue: December was a robust month for office leasing in Manhattan, with high-profile deals signed in all three major markets of Midtown, Midtown South and Downtown. As of Dec. 27, a...
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Better Living to helm East Village apartment conversion
11 Avenue A Lower East Side development and investment firm Better Living Properties, led by Abraham Soudry, is converting a three-story retail building into a six-unit apartment complex in the East...
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SHoP Architects draws up mansion plan for Rhinelander center, winter storm...
Brooklyn’s River Cafe at 1 Water Street 1. ShoP Architects draws up mansion plans for Rhinelander Children’s Center, listed for $20 million on the Upper East Side [Curbed] 2. Hercules wreaks havoc on...
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Bronxdale apartments lack heat, hot water: Tenants
2198 Cruger Avenue in Bronxdale (Inset: Jeff Klein) Tenants of a six-story Bronxdale apartment building have called on local leaders to urge their landlord to provide adequate heat and hot water, which...
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Harlem condo board takes developer to task over alleged construction gaffes
The Lenox condominium at 360 Lenox Avenue For the buyers at one of Harlem’s first market-rate condominium projects, the living quarters haven’t matched expectations. The board of managers of the Lenox...
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