Insurance firm expands to 140K square feet at 199 Water
Jonathan Resnick and 199 Water Street Insurance firm Allied World Insurance will expand to 143,000 feet at Jack Resnick & Sons’ 199 Water Street in Lower Manhattan. Allied World currently subleases...
View ArticleTalbots inks 12-year lease at Morgan Stanley’s 2 Park Avenue
From left: Tara Stacom and 2 Park Avenue Women’s clothier Talbots has inked a deal for nearly 50,000 square feet of space at Morgan Stanely’s 2 Park Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd streets. The Hingham,...
View Article220 Central Park South adds 14-story adjacent building
Renderings for 220 Central Park South Vornado Realty Trust unveiled renderings for the Robert A.M. Stern-designed condominium tower at 220 Central Park South that reveal a second, smaller 14-story...
View ArticleNonprofit that tried to rescue buildings now faces foreclosure
230 and 231 Schnectady Avenue A nonprofit that rescued four dilapidated buildings in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn from investors in foreclosure is now on the brink of losing them itself, after allowing...
View ArticleQueens’ priciest pad on sale at the View
46-30 Center Boulevard A $2.5 million penthouse in Long Island City is currently the priciest pad on the market in Queens. Located inside TF Cornerstone’s 186-unit condominium the View, the unit falls...
View ArticleKushner continues East Village spree with $17.3M buy
From left: Erez Itzhaki, 170-172 East 2nd Street and Jared Kushner Continuing his power play in the East Village, real estate scion Jared Kushner has paid $17.3 million for two walk-up buildings in the...
View ArticleLaw firm Duane Morris inks 89K sf deal at 1540 Broadway
From left: Mark Weiss, Moshe Sukenik and 1540 Broadway National law firm Duane Morris renewed its lease for 89,000 square feet at the Bertelsmann building at 1540 Broadway, The Real Deal has learned....
View ArticleBowery to get new 13-story residential project
347 Bowery and rendering (Inset: Glauco Lolli-Ghetti of Urban Muse) Manhattan-based developer Urban Muse is planning a 13-story mixed-use residential project at 347 Bowery in East Village, the latest...
View Article995 Fifth board files $5M suit vs. Extell, Westbrook
From left: 995 Fifth Avenue and Joseph Plumeri, former CEO of Willis Holdings The board at 995 Fifth Avenue filed a $5 million suit against Extell Development and Westbrook Partners, alleging breach of...
View ArticleMovers and shakers: Andrew Goldberg is first retail broker named vice...
Paul Nietzschmann and Andrew Goldberg From the January issue: In this month’s Movers and shakers feature, TRD looked at brokers and managers rapidly ascending the industry’s ranks. Andrew Goldberg of...
View ArticleNew social media site will introduce neighbors
My Coop’s home page Apartment owners now have their own social media networking site. MyCoop.com, launched by advertising executive Alex Norman in an effort to foster communication among residents,...
View ArticleLandmarks axes proposed Apthorp penthouse design, feds examine NJ’s $25M...
Model of the proposed Apthorp penthouses 1. Martin Burger formally took the helm of Silverstein Properties [Crain's] 2. Feds examine NJ’s $25M in post-sandy spending [Crain's] 3. LeFrak Center’s...
View ArticleRevamped Queens Plaza lures hotels, residential development
Aerial view of Queens Plaza A $45 million overhaul of Queens Plaza has led to a development boom around the new crosswalks, bike pathways, sidewalks and 1.5-acre park that the city recently built. The...
View ArticleDe Blasio, Schumer to attend tomorrow’s REBNY banquet
The 2013 Real Estate Board of New York banquet at the New York Hilton Hotel (Inset: Mayor Bill de Blasio) Like his predecessor, Mayor Bill de Blasio will attend the Real Estate Board of New York’s...
View ArticleNew 10-story hotel heads to Long Island City
The lot at 42-47 22nd Street, Queens A 74-room hotel is slated to rise in Long Island City, one of many hospitality developments that have cropped up in the area as of late. The Department of Buildings...
View ArticleStacked blue boxes kick off construction in Jersey City
URL Harborside A trio of zig-zagging apartment towers will soon shift the New Jersey skyline. The first, a 69-story building that upon completion will be the highest in New Jersey, broke ground today....
View ArticleReal estate players to press palms with De Blasio at tonight’s REBNY gala
From left: Steven Spinola, MaryAnne Gilmartin, Melissa Mark-Viverito and Bill de Blasio New York’s real estate elite will gather tonight for the 118th annual Real Estate Board of New York’s black-tie...
View ArticleChetrit’s 738 Broadway condo conversion hits the market
738 Broadway (Inset: Joseph Chetrit of the Chetrit Group) The Chetrit Group has put the first four of eight condominium units at Noho loft conversion 738 Broadway on the market. Two two-bedroom lofts,...
View ArticleNew NYC office designs put common areas first
From left: Horizon Media at 75 Varick Street and Mitchell Konsker of Jones Lang LaSalle New York City companies are increasingly adopting an open-plan office design, with Architects designing more...
View ArticleU.S. foreclosures at lowest level since 2007
U.S. foreclosure filings last year fell to a six-year low with 1.4 million total notices for auctions, defaults and repossessions. One in every 96 U.S. households received at least one foreclosure...
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