Long Island College Hospital settlement in the works?
Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn The State Supreme Court’s decision on the future of the cash-strapped Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn has been rescheduled for Thursday in hopes the...
View ArticleRevised renderings revealed for Thor’s 520 Fifth Avenue
From left: 520 Fifth Avenue now and a rendering of 520 Fifth Avenue Thor Equities has unveiled renderings for its planned Midtown mixed-use project at 520 Fifth Avenue — a slight departure from earlier...
View ArticleInside Brooklyn’s tallest digs at 388 Bridge Street, Bed Stuy residents among...
Wogies, a Philly cheesteak-serving bar in West Village 1. FiDi welcomes new Philly cheesesteak bar from West Village [DNAinfo] 2. Bed-Stuy residents among city’s unhappiest — probably because of...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton parent takes 26,000 sf at 130 Fifth: sources
From left: A model showcasing a Louis Vuitton collection, 130 Fifth Avenue and Olnick’s Bruce Simon Time to pop the bubbly. LVMH Moët Hennessy, the French conglomerate behind haute brands such as...
View ArticleSam Zell, David Helfand named potential nominees to replace CommonWealth REIT...
Sam Zell Investors looking to overthrow the board of U.S. office landlord CommonWealth REIT, a real estate investment trust, have added billionaire Sam Zell to the list of nominees who could replace...
View ArticleTRD announces New Development Showcase
New development in New York has never been hotter, with condo projects on the rise all around the city. The Real Deal magazine and Luxury Listings NYC will hold a New Development Showcase to highlight...
View ArticleGoldman-backed loan fund to will help small NYC contractors
The Department of Small Businesses will soon open applications for a new $3.5 million loan fund that will help small contractors find short-term financing for big construction jobs. The fund is a...
View ArticleLong-delayed Dock Street project rises in Dumbo
Rendering of Two Trees’ Dock Street development in Dumbo Work is finally underway at Two Trees’ Dock Street Dumbo project, which will ultimately 300 residential rentals and rise 17 stories. The full...
View ArticlePolice Academy vacates longtime Gramercy Park space
235 East 20th Street The New York City Police Department’s Police Academy, a longtime resident of Gramercy Park will have to return its key. After years of planning the Police Academy will move from...
View ArticleFannie and Freddie will likely keep $130B in profit from 2013
The legal tug-of-war over the more than $130 billion that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made last year, all of which was handed over to the Treasury Department, is looking grim for the...
View ArticleBrooklyn’s affordable hold outs
From left: Listings at 25 Crown St. in Crown Heights, 567 39th St. in Sunset Park and 68 Garden St. in Bushwick The cost of living in Brooklyn may be going through the roof, but there are still...
View ArticleStandard Hotel could go for $1.2M per room
From left: Steve Kantor and the Standard Hotel The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking district could sell for more than $400 million, or around $1.2 million per room — the highest price for a hotel...
View ArticleFund giants BlackRock, Pimco mull suit against Ocwen
From left: Ocwen’s Ronald Faris, BlackRock’s Laurence Fink and Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian In an abrupt change, BlackRock and Pimco are contemplating filing suit against Ocwen Financial for improperly...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch deeds his share of Fifth Avenue pad to ex-wife
Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng and 834 Fifth Avenue Wendi Deng, the ex-wife of billionaire publishing mogul Rupert Murdoch, has taken title to the couple’s former penthouse on Fifth Avenue following their...
View ArticleSandy Weill maid’s quarters at 15 CPW up for sale — at $5.6M
From left: Sandy Weill and 15 Central Park West Former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill is out to top his $88 million payday from the sale of his 15 Central Park West penthouse. He is now unloading his...
View ArticleBawabeh sells 428K-square-foot Brooklyn site for $40M
Ofer Cohen and 830 Fountain Avenue Brooklyn-based developer Bawabeh Realty Holdings sold a 428,550-square-foot vacant parcel near the Gateway Center for $40 million after scrapping plans to build a...
View ArticleIsrael’s attorney general to indict Rabbi Pinto: report
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Embattled New York City real estate advisor Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto will be indicted by Attorney General of Israel Yehuda Weinstein for attempting to bribe an Israeli police officer...
View ArticlePriciest Palm Beach sale so far this year closes for $29M
445 Antigua Lane From the South Florida site: A waterfront mansion in the town of Palm Beach has traded for nearly $29 million in Palm Beach County’s most expensive residential sale of 2014, The Real...
View ArticleElliman to add sales firepower to 432 Park
From left: Susan de Franca, a rendering of 432 Park Avenue (Credit: DBOX for CIM Group & Macklowe Properties) and Harry Macklowe Macklowe Properties and CIM Group have officially brought Douglas...
View ArticleVote on Methodist Hospital expansion delayed
Latest rendering of New York Methodist Hospital at 506 6th Street in Park Slope. The vote on whether to grant a zoning variance, which would allow for the expansion of New York Methodist Hospital in...
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