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Dermot’s DoBro rental tower offers “zen garden,” arcade
From left: 66 Rockwell Place, zen garden Tenants of a new luxury high-rise in Downtown Brooklyn won’t have to leave their building to let the good times roll. Sixty-six Rockwell Place, near Fulton...
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Hudson Yards rail tunnel blasts to rock Far West Side
Hudson Yards rendering Roughly three months after Related Companies broke ground on the 800-foot Amtrak rail tunnel at Hudson Yards, some blasts necessary to hollow out the tunnel under the Hudson...
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$92M Pier 42 revamp gets city’s nod
A rendering of Pier 42 (Credit: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects) The city and a subcommittee of the Lower East Side’s Community Board 3 have given the green light to a $92 million overhaul of Pier...
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Last Bloomberg-era megaproject, Flushing Commons, to finally break ground
Rendering of Flushing Commons in Queens The $850 million mixed-use Flushing Commons project will begin construction sometime this month, now that TDC Development, the Rockefeller Group and other...
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East New York: Brooklyn’s next hot nabe?
504 Georgia Avenue Brooklyn’s East New York may have a reputation for crime, but a newly gut-renovated 3,000-square-foot home with granite counter tops, new appliances and a $599,000 price tag may be a...
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Local residents sue over World Trade Center security plan
One World Trade Center rendering and security outside 9/11 Memorial A group of Lower Manhattan residents have alleged they are prisoners among the extensive security implemented around the World Trade...
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Community fights condo rising on freed slave burial ground
Halted construction site at 90-11 Corona Avenue Leaders of the Saint Marks A.M.E. Church in Jackson Heights, Queens, are fighting to preserve a freed slave burial ground uncovered at a condominium...
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Brookfield opts to double public space at Manhattan West
Rendering of part of Manhattan West’s public space (Credit: Curbed) Developers of Manhattan West, located only a block away from the Related Companies’ Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s burgeoning Far West...
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NYU will push ahead with Zipper Building, despite ruling
From left: NYU’s president John Sexton, NYU’s “Zipper Building” rendering Neighborhood groups aiming to curb New York University’s expansion in Greenwich Village are threatening to sue should the...
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Mortgage rates hold steady as investors await Fed’s next move
Janet Yellen Mortgage rates changed little this week, as investors waited to see how the Federal Reserve will move on its current bond buying. The rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage ticked down to...
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Snow spooked Menachem Stark’s killers
Menachem Stark (Credit: Eli Wohl) Slain landlord Menachem Stark’s killers likely meant to ditch the body further from New York City, but wound up in Great Neck as a snowstorm brewed. Video footage of...
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East Williamsburg owner repackages listing to reap $5M more
100-118 Union Avenue The Robles family, owner of two parcels of land in East Williamsburg, has repackaged an offering to sell them in hopes of snagging a bigger windfall. The corner parcel at 120 Union...
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Infinity, Katz hand off Chelsea office building for $31.8M
Steven Kassin and 247 West 30th Street Infinity Real Estate and Katz Properties sold a 16-story, 70,200-square-foot Chelsea office building for $31.75 million in an off-market deal, Infinity managing...
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Russian real estate pro kicks off full-service residential and commercial firm
Vlad Sapozhnikov From the January issue: Vlad Sapozhnikov, who in 2009 launched Bid on the City, the first live online real estate auction site, has kicked off a full-service firm that links clients...
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Jack Guttman wants record $20M for Chelsea Arts condos
Chelsea Arts Tower, Jack Guttman The Chelsea Arts Tower has two commercial condominiums available that may just be the priciest office space ever offered in New York City. The top floor condo, asking...
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Columbia University offers Upper West Side spot for $500M Obama library,...
Anthony Bourdain on the street food trail 1. Columbia University offers Upper West Side spot for $500M Obama library [Crain's] 2. Anthony Bourdain to open world street food market in Manhattan [NYP] 3....
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IBM’s Watson Group to open offices at 51 Astor Place
From left: 51 Astor Place and IBM’s Watson Computer Computer giant IBM is heading to the East Village, along with 2,000 employees and a “Jeopardy computer.” The company’s new IBM Watson Group business...
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Dow Chemical leases top two floors of 499 Park Avenue
From left: American Realty Advisors CEO Stanley Iezman, 499 Park Avenue and CBRE’s Paul Amrich Just a few months after acquiring 499 Park Avenue from Hines for $250 million, American Realty Advisors...
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Music guru L.A. Reid sells Park Ave. home to Harold Prince
From left: L.A. Reid, Harold Prince and the unit at 515 Park Avenue Record producer L.A. Reid, a former judge on Fox talent show “The X Factor,” has sold his Park Avenue pad to legendary Broadway...
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Marc Jacobs exec asks $8M for skinny West Village townhouse
35 West 12th Street (Inset: Robert Duffy) Robert Duffy, the president of fashion designer Marc Jacobs, is looking to give up one of the skinniest homes in the city. His four-story townhouse at 35 West...
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