Social networking titan Facebook is eyeing a Manhattan expansion and possible relocation, and is considering taking 160,000 square feet at Vornado Realty Trust’s 770 Broadway, Crain’s reported. [more]
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Updated at 10:45 a.m. A partnership between Black House Development and Oriel is bringing an 11-story, 27-unit luxury condominium building to West Chelsea, according to Department of Buildings permits spotted by BuzzBuzzHome. [more]
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At least five retailers will open stores at Pier 57’s 19,000-square-foot headhouse after Memorial Day, the project’s developer Young Woo & Associates announced at an International Council of Shopping Center‘s RECon 2013 event attended by Crain’s.
The pop-up shops set to open include: Cold Press Coffee, Brooklyn-based fresh juice bar Butchers Daughter, and Gowanus-based eatery Fletcher’s BBQ. The headhouse is part of a 440,000-square-foot building on the pier next to Hudson River Park that Young Woo recently won the right to convert into a shopping center and cultural hub. [more]
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Half the homes at Long Island City’s luxury condominium Five27 are already in contract, and the excitement over sales reached such a frenzy that a prospective customer bum-rushed the door at the project’s opening, the New York Daily News reported. [more]
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- Court rules against Nat'l Arts Club prez in rent case
- Victoria's Secret takes 60K sf space above flagship
- Construction at 105-room conversion kicks off
- Orange Leaf franchise set for NYC expansion
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Tax records reveal Bloomberg’s trio of Southampton homes. What NYC homeowners should know about refinancing a home. Signage pops up at Tribeca’s 7 Harrison Street project. And also at the Fulton Street transit hub. Living in the “Arrested Development” home has its perks and pitfalls. Read these stories and more after the jump.
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It’s a trophy property if there ever was one. A stately mansion hit the market in the Clinton Hill area asking a whopping $4.88 million — a record asking price, according to StreetEasy. Despite the home’s relative grandeur, the most eye-catching detail in the listing photos is a stack of the current owner’s trophies (no, not the recently-dead kind, the sort you win at youth soccer tournaments) piled in the living room. [more]
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Apartment dwellers who use Airbnb to rent out their rooms are worried they’ll lose out on the extra income, following a court decision this week that upheld a $2,400 fine against an Upper East Side landlord who used the service, DNAinfo reported.
The ruling dealt with a tenant, Nigel Warren, who allegedly ran afoul of the city’s illegal hotel law by renting out his room using the short-term rental site, as previously reported. [more]
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Bonjour Capital has finally closed on a long-stalled Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment complex that has been the subject of much dispute, paying $16 million, an attorney for Bonjour confirmed to The Real Deal today. The deal, completed this week, will allow the new owner to proceed with the 57-unit rental project. [more]
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Townhouse at 386 Van Brunt Street asking $2.15 million could set a Red Hook record if sold. Lehman Brothers to sell millions of shares of AvalonBay and Equity Residential. Brooklyn-bound Max Fish hightailing it out of LES by July. Digital marketing firm signs lease for 8,732 sf in Midtown South. Barbara Corcoran tells her story — of going from a diner waitress to a mogul. Read these stories and more after the jump.













