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Construction frenzy to reshape look of city south of Canal
From left: 30 Park Place, Fulton Street Transit Center and 56 Leonard renderings Four years from now, Lower Manhattan will be virtually unrecognizable. More than 70 construction projects are currently...
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Full-floor condos list together for $37M in Gramercy Park
Apartment at 18 Gramercy Park Two entire floors of a luxury condominium building in Gramercy Park hit the market for $37.65 million. Gina Reidinger is marketing the two-condo combo — for landlord...
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10 real estate-related Twitter accounts to follow
From left: Dolly Lenz, Bob Knakal, Vishaan Chakrabarti and Kyle Kimball If used correctly, Twitter can be an important way to share real estate news and trends while building one’s brand. Here are 10...
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De Blasio on East Harlem blast: “Tragedy of the worst kind”
Firefighters go through debris and rubble at the site of the East Harlem building collapse at 1644-1646 Park Avenue (Credit: @khalidkhan787 via Twitter) UPDATED, 4:15 p.m., March 12: A pair of East...
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Vornado weighs stripping off strip malls
From left: Vornado’s Steven Roth and Rego Park Shopping Center in Queens Vornado Realty Trust is reportedly mulling a spinoff of the company’s suburban shopping centers into a separate company. The...
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Harbor Group to sell two buildings to Isaac Chetrit for $268M
From left: 1412 Broadway, 1420 Broadway and Jordan Slone Harbor Group International is in contract to sell two Garment District buildings for a total of $268 million to real estate investor Isaac...
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Israeli cosmetics firm eyes NYC sales, signs Manhattan leases
From left: Avner Fatakhov, DeSheli kiosk, 1501 Broadway and Edward Mermelstein Israeli cosmetics company DeSheli is breaking into the New York market, having signed three 10-year leases in the last...
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Push for a Queens park atop a mountain of trash
Proposed site for the Astoria Mountain Park Astoria resident Joseph Anastasio is leading the push to turn a “forest-covered urban mountain” located between 45th Street and the Rikers Island Bridge in...
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Halstead tapped to manage Worldwide Plaza units
From left: President of Halstead Management Paul Gottsegen and Worldwide Plaza Worldwide Plaza owner American Realty Capital tapped a subsidiary of Halstead Property to manage several hundred units in...
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Mortgage investors plan stance against Ocwen
From left: Ocwen president Ronald Faris andChris Katopis Mortgage investors are planning to relay their distaste for embattled servicer Ocwen Financial in a letter to trustees and master servicers....
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Rare luxury condo auction slated for Battery Park residence
From left: John Cuticelli and 10 West Street A luxury condominium at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park hits the auction block next month — a rare sales scenario within the five boroughs. Set for...
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Wag the dog: Wall St. bonuses jump in 2013
Thomas DiNapoli Brokers better gear up for a rush of new clients. Bonuses paid to employees in the securities industry jumped by 15 percent to $164,530 in 2013, according to an estimate released today...
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Starwood to pay $250M for Herald Square Old Navy
From left: Doug Harmon, Adam Spies, 144-150 West 34th Street, and Barry Sternlicht Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital is in contract to buy a 34th Street retail building with significant future...
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Queens Beep backs NYS Pavilion preservation; Kings County Psych Ward will...
The New York State Pavilion From the March issue: In this month’s feature on government-related real estate news, The Real Deal first takes a look at Queens, where Borough President Melinda Katz has...
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Dan Rather picks up new Midtown office digs
From left: Dan Rather and 1180 Avenue of the Americas Dan Rather is moving his AXS TV show “Dan Rather Reports” a few blocks uptown. The veteran journalist will take up a 4,479-square-foot spot on the...
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Microsoft gurus map New Yorker angst, meet the Barclays sound designer … and...
A world cloud of adjectives brokers use to describe the Central Park West neighborhood 1. Microsoft gurus map New Yorker angst about everything from pet poop to unsafe demolitions [Gothamist] 2. Pizza...
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Spruce Capital lists Greenwich Village manse for $34 million
From left: Exterior and interior of 116 Waverly Place An 11,000-square-foot apartment building converted into a single-family townhouse in Greenwich Village has hit the market for $34 million — five...
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NYCHA land-lease plan opponents to drop lawsuit
From left: Queensbridge Houses and Mayor Bill de Blasio Opponents of a Bloomberg-era plan to lease New York City Housing Authority land to developers are dropping their lawsuit against the plan. The...
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Former Barclays Bank exec sells Stanhope pad
Images of 995 Fifth Avenue and Jerry del Missier From Luxury Listings NYC: Former Barclays Bank chief operating officer Jerry del Missier — the Canadian native who was entangled in the Libor scandal...
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Alexander Rovt’s UES townhouse now comes with free Rolls Royce
Alexander Rovt and his townhouse at 232 East 63rd Street Billionaire fertilizer tycoon Alexander Rovt’s opulent $25 million Upper East Side townhouse now comes with a Phantom Rolls Royce thrown in. The...
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