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Suit filed against city for plowing up Coney Island garden
From left: Coney Island garden and the former Childs Restaurant building A group of Coney Island gardeners filed a lawsuit against the city Wednesday for razing a 70,000-square-foot garden to make way...
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Newly opened WTC PATH train station criticized for design
From left: Rendering of new PATH station and interior of the station A section of the new PATH train station beneath the World Trade Center, open to the public for less than a week, is already under...
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NYU to raze Greenwich Village dog run to redevelop gym site
Rendering of new Coles gym site New York University won’t be sparing Greenwich Village’s most fiercely protected dog run in its expansion of the school’s facilities. Although a ruling from the...
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WeWork to expand at 25 Broadway
25 Broadway and Adam Neumann Shared office space provider WeWork is in advanced discussions to up its presence at ACTA Realty’s Cunard Lines Building at 25 Broadway, The Real Deal has learned. WeWork...
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Heiberger on the future of Town
Andrew Heiberger Last night, Town Residential’s owners, Andrew Heiberger and Joseph Sitt, finally reached a settlement, bringing an end to their messy public legal battle over control of the firm....
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What slump? Office leasing rates in Midtown shoot up
Manhattan office availability Office leasing in Midtown rebounded in February, as employment growth, which surpassed the 2007 pre-recession peak, drove demand and pushed up asking rents, according to...
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The most-popular articles yesterday on The Real Deal: 1. In wake of Town settlement, two top-grossing brokers jump to Elliman 2. Heiberger, Sitt reach settlement in Town legal battle 3. Gimme shelter:...
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Crown Heights residents rally against displacement
1059 Union Street The Crown Heights Tenant Union, a group of tenants from about 12 buildings in the neighborhood, recently protested outside of 1059 Union Street in a rally against landlords who evict...
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Ex-NYPD commish to head up security for Cushman
Raymond Kelly Former New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly is breaking into real estate with a new role as president of risk management services at commercial brokerage Cushman &...
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Bitcoin CEO found dead, color-soaked Time Warner Center condo asks $17M … and...
25 Columbus Circle, unit 66A 1. CEO of budding online currency Bitcoin found dead in apparent suicide [NYP] 2. Color-soaked Time Warner Center condominium asks $17 million [Curbed] 3. $1 million in NYC...
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Kristen Wiig’s Soho digs in contract — and fast
From left: Kristen Wiig and 476 Broadway Funny lady Kristin Wiig’s two-bedroom Soho co-op is in contract after a mere 14 days on the market, according to StreetEasy. Wiig listed the unit on Feb. 20...
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Hundreds of Staples retail locations to close by 2015
A Staples storefront in New York City Prompted by 2013′s online sales boom, national office supply brand Staples has committed to closing 225 brick-and-mortar stores by 2015. The company, which has 20...
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Lend Lease hit with suit over Columbia University work
Renderings of Columbia University expansion and Lend Lease CEO Robert McNamara Lend Lease Construction, the giant Australian builder behind the One57 project, is facing a lawsuit from fellow...
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Breakers rental apartments up for lease in Sheepshead Bay
From left: Exterior and interior of 3112-3144 Emmons Avenue in Brooklyn One-, two- and three-bedroom rental apartments are now up for grabs at the Breakers in Sheepshead Bay. The 49 apartments in the...
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Carlton Group hires former Kushner exec
Kevin Swill From the March issue: Midtown-based real estate investment banking firm the Carlton Group tapped Kevin Swill, the former president of a financing arm of the Kushner Companies, to serve as...
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Jets’ Mark Sanchez eyes $4.2M Tribeca loft: source
Mark Sanchez and the apartment at 84 Thomas Street Despite rumors that he won’t be with the New York Jets the coming season, quarterback Mark Sanchez was spotted checking out a $4.2 million apartment...
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One World Trade Center views, starchitect Frank Lloyd Wright’s grandson’s new...
Manhattan, as seen from the top of One World Trade Center (Credit: TIME Magazine) 1. View from the top of One World Trade Center [Time] 2. Would starchitect Frank Lloyd Wright dig his grandson’s new...
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“Rent is too damn high ’cause the laws are too damn stupid”
Stephen Meister and the Cornell Club at 6 East 44th Street New York City’s archaic rent-stabilization and rent-control laws — along with aggressive creation of historic districts and property-taxes...
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Insurance commissioners ink 1 New York Plaza lease
1 New York Plaza Hot on the heels of Revlon’s 15-year, 90,000-square-foot lease at 1 New York Plaza, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is relocating its Capital Markets and Investment...
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$225M mixed-use project coming to Downtown Jamaica
Jamaica’s AirTrain station In the latest in a series of projects aiming to revive Downtown Jamaica, a mixed-use high-rise is slated to sprout next to the area’s AirTrain station. City officials...
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