Bronx’s Webster Avenue to get a new look
The EDC’s Seth Pinsky and Webster Avenue The city has a plan to revitalize a stretch of Webster Avenue in the Bronx, Crain’s reported. The plan aims to turn the 1.5-mile strip into a “Main Street” with...
View ArticleNational briefs: The Real Deal’s monthly roundup of news from around the country
The South Boston waterfront From the April issue: From the April issue: In this month’s round-up of real estate news from across the country, The Real Deal looks into an $800 million project being...
View ArticleTom Brady and Gisele on prowl for West Village pad, Glamour’s editor finds...
Freedom Tower in Miami 1. Tom Brady, Gisele on prowl for West Village pad [NYP] 2. Penthouse at 140 East 63rd Street sells for $10.2 million [NYT] 3. Simon Property CEO to receive amended pay package...
View ArticleHarry Macklowe’s best joke: VIDEO
We know this has been out there for a while — you may even have seen it in on stage. But on this Friday evening, with a whiff of spring in the air, we thought everyone could use a laugh. Here is Harry...
View ArticleOnce-troubled developer Allen Rosenberg sells off Chelsea retail condo
From left: the Indigo and Kevin Salmon UPDATED at 9:54 p.m. The retail condominium beneath the Indigo, a residential condo building in Chelsea, has sold for $9 million, The Real Deal has learned. The...
View ArticleTop residential agents of the week
From left: Susan James, Danielle Englebardt, Susanna Lendrum, Chandru Ramnani, Ryan Sherman and Ellen Elman Sources: StreetEasy and The Real Deal. Footnotes: Data is for closed deals filed with the...
View ArticleDimon district: JPMorgan chief expands at Park Ave building with $2M co-op buy
Jamie Dimon and the former doctor’s office space JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon has dropped $2.05 million on a ground-floor commercial co-op unit at his Park Avenue building, according to public...
View ArticleTech firm AppNexus more than doubles space on West 23rd Street
AppNexus CEO Brian O’Kelley and 28-40 West 23rd St. AppNexus, an advertising technology company, has inked a deal to more than double the size of its footprint at 28-40 West 23rd Street in Midtown...
View ArticleWahh! Williamsburg waterfront construction causes problems for parents
Williamsburg waterfront Although many brokers and developers see the rapid transformation of the Williamsburg waterfront as a positive, parents who are raising young children in the area may disagree,...
View ArticleNYC buyers, developers put more stock in closets
From left: a Clos-ette closet and an 18 Gramery Park rendering Closets: they’re not just for skeletons anymore. Beyond mere storage space, closets are becoming an increasingly important factor in the...
View ArticleLandlords close gap in NYC tax revenues
Though New York City has lost tax revenue from the securities industry, property owners and hotels are picking up the slack when it comes to filling the city’s coffers, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleRabsky Group building Williamsburg rental project
A rendering of 146 South 4th Street in Williamsburg A new 11-story rental project by the Rabsky Group is set to rise in Williamsburg, Buzz Buzz Home reported. Located at 146 South 4th Street between...
View ArticleSierra launches construction division, hires former Swig executive as head
Darren Schumer From the April issue: Manhattan-based Sierra Real Estate has launched a construction division headed by a Swig Equities alum, the firm said last month. The newly formed entity, called...
View ArticleTamir Sapir’s antique champagne buckets stolen, Midwood Properties to tear...
Townhouse holdout next to 30 Rock (Credit: ScoutingNY) 1. Construction worker allegedly steals $200K in antique champagne buckets from developer Tamir Sapir [Newsday] 2. Midwood Properties demolishing...
View ArticleWebsite hopes to be Wikipedia for NYC apartments
A screenshot of the Condopedia homepage Condopedia.com, a new open-source website that allows anyone to edit its content, is aiming to give real estate watchers the opportunity to share their...
View ArticleMoinian’s Atelier II gets moving
Joseph Moinian and 605 West 42nd Street Joseph Moinian’s plans for a mammoth residential tower at 605 West 42nd Street are officially back in play. The developer filed a new application for the site...
View ArticleChelsea’s Onyx condo with ties to international scandal on the auction block
Chelsea’s Onyx (credit: PropertyShark) A Chelsea condo that had a cameo role in a money-laundering drama involving a former president of Taiwan, will be sold, Our Bottom Line reported. The...
View ArticleDurst Fetner changes course at Herald Square tower
From left: Durst Fetner CEO Harold Fetner, Ian Schrager and 855 Sixth Avenue Developer Durst Fetner Residential is abandoning hotel plans as well as cutting the height of its planned high rise at 855...
View ArticleLightstone sets summer launch for LIC rental project
From left: Lightstone’s David Lichtenstein, aptsandlofts’ David Maundrell and an image of Gantry Park Landing from the teaser site The Lightstone Group will begin leasing the 12-story, 199-unit Gantry...
View ArticleLoeb lease brings Mack-Cali share of 125 Broad to full occupancy
125 Broad Street Financial firm Loeb Holding Corp. has signed a 22,000-square-foot lease at 125 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, bringing the Mack-Cali-owned portion of the 1.3-million-square-foot...
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