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Laurence Gluck takes stake in two Upper West Side buildings
Laurence Gluck and 252 West 76th Street Laurence Gluck bought a 50 percent interest in the corporation that owns two Upper West Side rental buildings on West 76th Street, a source familiar with the...
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Sales office for Sherwood’s condos has left the building
From left: exterior and interior renderings of 500 West 21st Street In an unusual move, development firm Sherwood Equities has built a stand-alone sales office on the block of the construction site of...
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Harbor Group in contract to buy 55 Broadway for $157M
From left: Jordan Slone, 55 Broadway and Daniel Blanco Virginia-based private real estate investment firm Harbor Group International is in contract to buy the 361,000-square-foot office building One...
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Two-thirds of Willets Point businesses agree to move out
From left: Willets Point auto repair shops and rendering of the planned Willets Point redevelopment A group of Willets Point business have agreed to accept roughly $2 million in relocation benefits to...
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5 cheapest Manhattan sales of the week
Strivers Garden apartment at 300 West 135th Street A Central Harlem condominium that sold for $365,000 was the cheapest single-family deal last week in Manhattan. The ninth-floor apartment is in a...
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World Trade Center arts center faces uncertain future
Model of the proposed WTC Arts Center The planned performing-arts center at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan faces stiff competition for funds. A pet project of Mayor Bloomberg, who appointed...
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Activists hold protest against Union Square Park restaurant
From left: Carolyn Maloney, Woman’s and Children’s Pavilion and Richard Gottfried Union Square Park advocates rallied this week against the opening of a seasonal restaurant in the park’s north...
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L&L gets OK for 42-story tower at 425 Park Avenue
From left: 425 Park Avenue now and a rendering of the planned tower The Department of Buildings has given L&L Holdings the green light for a planned 42-story tower at 425 Park Avenue. The 905-foot...
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In-limbo hardship application tough on UES building’s tenants
From left: 429 and 430 East 64th Street Tenants of a landmarked apartment building on the Upper East Side are complaining of neglect as the owner pursues permission to demolish a pair of buildings and...
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Bill de Blasio gears up to appoint Rent Guidelines Board
The mayoral panel that controls price increases for rent-stabilized units in New York City kicks off a debate on rent changes this month, including the possible introduction of a rent freeze that would...
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Two winners seen in Two Trees’ Domino Sugar deal
From left: Rendering of Domino Sugar refinery redevelopment and Bill de Blasio The deal the City Planning Commission struck with Two Trees Management to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn...
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Greene Street now the “Madison Avenue of Soho”
From left: 112, 131 and 133 Greene Street Once considered a relatively affordable alternative to main Soho retail drags like West Broadway, Spring and Prince streets, nearby Greene Street is now...
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Movers and shakers
Carolyn Sebba and Greg O’Brien From the March issue: In this month’s Movers and Shakers feature, we have news on Carolyn Sebba, who joined Douglas Elliman Development Marketing as vice president of...
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City could seize Brooklyn library to save on rent
6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway The city could soon seize a privately-owned Brooklyn library via eminent domain. The McKinley Park branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at 6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway on the...
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Bellevue Hospital’s animal sculptures smashed, Thunderbolt roller coaster...
Rendering of Thunderbolt Coaster for Coney Island 1. Bellevue Hospital‘s patient-designed animal sculptures smashed [DNAinfo] 2. Hunter’s Point: New York City’s little Hollywood [DNAinfo] 3. The...
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Bill would penalize landlords restricting building amenity access
From left: Linda Rosenthal, 212 West 91st Street and 235 West 75th Street New York State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal has introduced a bill that would fine landlords who bar rent-regulated tenants...
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SUNY to ax between 300 and 350 LICH staffers
From left: SUNY Downstate Medical Center at 450 Clarkson Avenue and LICH at 339 Hicks Street The State University of New York is gearing up to lay off workers at the beleaguered Long Island College...
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FiDi development site hits market for $260 million
From left: Former parking garage at 111 Washington Street, the site now and Bob Knakal A pair of developers who picked up a distressed lot in the Financial District a few years back for a cool $57.5...
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Residents riled over planned condo add-on to Chelsea church
From left: Rendering and current site of 124 West 16th Street Neighbors of a three-story Chelsea church are balking at the luxury condo topper developers have proposed. Einhorn Development Group...
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National Jewelry Exchange Building trades for $56M
2 West 47th Street The National Jewelry Exchange Building, a 78,230-square-foot office and retail tower at 2 West 47th Street, has sold for $56.46 million, according to public records filed with the...
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