Extell changes tack, lists One57 units on StreetEasy
Gary Barnett’s One57 Sponsor units at Extell Development’s trophy residential tower One57 have finally been listed on StreetEasy. Four units were listed for sale by the developer on Tuesday, asking...
View ArticleSwig’s 110 William Street lands Microsoft recruiter
Jonathan Dean and 110 William Street Developer Kent Swig has signed Microsoft recruitment agency Nigel Frank International at 110 William Street in the Financial District. The England-based Nigel...
View ArticleParc Hotel in Queens to open next month
39-16 College Point Boulevard in Queens and RHG’s Ben Seidel Maryland-based Real Hospitality Group is wrapping up construction on the 96-room Parc Hotel in Flushing, Queens. The 13-story hotel at...
View ArticleCo-op City employees allegedly owed $5M in back pay
Co-op City Co-op City workers have filed a class action lawsuit against the housing complex, alleging they are owed around $5 million in back pay. The plaintiffs, who number around 1,000, claim the...
View ArticlePetco arrival seen as big win for Jackson Heights market
A 13,500-square-foot former catering hall near LaGuardia Airport has landed pup-friendly tenant Petco. And it could attract even more nationally-known tenants to the area. The retailer inked a 10-year...
View ArticleSL Green woos office tenants with rooftop bocce
A rendering of the rooftop bocce court at 635 Avenue of the Americas From the February issue: Bocce could be the best thing to hit workplace socializing since the water cooler. [more]
View ArticleMarketing Directors tapped to handle 50 West Street sales
50 West Street and Francis Greenburger Time Equities has tapped the Marketing Directors to handle sales and marketing for Francis Greenburger’s resurgent 50 West Street, the developer’s 63-story luxury...
View ArticleIs winter weather holding back the New York City real estate market? NYC...
Flag designed by Robert A.M. Stern 1. Is winter weather holding back the New York City real estate market? [NYO] 2. NYC starchitects Richard Meier, Robert Stern reimagine NYC’s flag [NYT] 3. The old...
View ArticleBevmax leases 15,000 square feet at 485 Madison
From left: Colliers’ Michael Cohen and 485 Madison Avenue Bevmax Office Centers, an office space provider currently based at 75 Rockefeller Plaza, has inked a 10-year deal for more than 15,000 square...
View ArticleWriter Toni Morrison picks up $3.8M Tribeca pad
From left: Toni Morrison and 66 Leonard Street Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison picked up a three-bedroom condominium at Tessler Development’s 66 Leonard Street. The...
View ArticleState regulators halt $39B mortgage servicing rights transfer
Ocwen’s Ronald Faris The New York State Department of Financial Services has stopped the transfer of mortgage servicing rights from Wells Fargo to Ocwen Financial, reportedly over concerns about the...
View ArticleHerrick Feinstein star to head BakerHostetler’s NY practice
From left: Dennis Russo and development site at 30th Street and 10th Avenue in Hudson Yards Real estate lawyer-turned-developer Dennis Russo has been tapped to head up BakerHostetler’s New York real...
View ArticleFinally, a UES building that stands out: Architecture review
rendering of Moise Safra Community Center The Upper East Side could almost be defined as that part of New York where nothing much seems to happen architecturally, particularly from Lexington Avenue...
View ArticleCentral Park West manse chopped again, down to $30M
From left: An exterior image and interior shots of 247 Central Park West A mansion at 247 Central Park West has once again seen its asking price tumble, this time to $29.95 million. Ukrainian...
View ArticlePriciest, cheapest listings to hit Manhattan this week
From left: 247 Central Park West and 235 West 102nd Street Leslie J. Garfield & Co.’s Matthew Lesser and Richard Pretsfelder had the priciest single-family residential listing to hit the Manhattan...
View ArticleElliman nabs first LA exclusive
Rendering of Metropolis Los Angeles (Inset: Elliman’s Howard Lorber) Not long after signing a lease for a Beverly Hills, Calif., office, Manhattan’s largest brokerage, Douglas Elliman, has been hired...
View ArticleRatner yanks big event at Barclays due to planned protests
Bruce Ratner and the Barclay’s Center arena Barclay’s Center builder Forest City Ratner has informed LandlordsNY, an organization comprising property owners and managers, that it can no longer host its...
View ArticleLong Island College Hospital woes could gore SUNY Downstate
From left: 450 Clarkson Avenue and 339 Hicks Street Faltering attempts to close, sell and revamp the site of Brooklyn’s troubled Long Island College Hospital could pull the state’s flagship Brooklyn...
View ArticleBrokers’ polar vortex plan of attack
Union Square in the snow Despite winter weather’s tendency to shutter offices and cripple public transit, a few flakes can actually be a boon to well-prepared brokers and sellers. Bad weather’s biggest...
View ArticleCarl Weisbrod to head City Planning under de Blasio
From left: Carl Weisbrod and Mayor Bill de Blasio Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped veteran real estate executive Carl Weisbrod to take the reins of the City Planning Commission, appointing him chairman...
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