Another condo planned for Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue 07/03/07 Brooklyn's rapidly transforming Fourth Avenue is likely to soon see a large new condo. Developer Sam Pearl is in contract to buy a stretch of five row houses at 150-158 Fourth A...
Sale sets Ditmas Park record 06/15/07 The sale of a lovingly restored Victorian house in Ditmas Park closed yesterday for $1.9 million, setting a sales record for the central Brooklyn neighborhood, according to brok...
TWC penthouse bargain? 06/13/07 A sprawling penthouse at one of the city's most in-demand addresses appears to have sold at a loss. Jack Silver recently let go of his 6,511-square-foot duplex on the 76th floor...
Top investors buy big in the Bronx 06/04/07 Another real estate titan is bullish on the Bronx. Mark Karasick, an investor known for putting hundreds of millions of dollars into trophy properties like San Francisco's Bank ...
Brooklyn boutique hotel to open 05/29/07 A rapidly transforming stretch of Fourth Avenue on the border of Gowanus and Park Slope will soon be home to "Brooklyn's first boutique hotel," according to developer Dominic To...
Rock Center hotel sells for $120M 05/21/07 Real estate investment company Rockwood Capital purchased Club Quarters' 28-floor Rockefeller Center Hotel at 25 West 51st Street several weeks ago for $120.3 million. The acqui...
Topshop eyes 600 Madison, Meatpacking and Soho 05/14/07 British mega-retailer Topshop debuted its new Kate Moss-branded clothing line at Barneys' New York flagship last week to a crowd of eager shoppers. The heavily publicized unveil...
Movida moves on 05/07/07 A West Village venue known for its celeb-packed parties was recently placed on the market after shuttering in March. Movida, at 28 Seventh Avenue South, has gone out of business...
Court strikes down Mitchell-Lama law 04/24/07 A New York State Supreme Court judge struck down Local Law 79, which was adopted by the City Council in August 2005. The law allowed tenants in Mitchell-Lama rental buildings co...
Saving the clock tower 04/20/07 On Independence Day 2007, Brooklyn will likely be able to celebrate the liberation of one of its crown jewels. The clock tower of the borough's tallest building, the Williamsbur...
BSA hears NYU mega-dorm challenge 04/17/07 Today the Board of Standards and Appeals heard a challenge filed against the Department of Buildings' approval of an air rights transfer that will allow Hudson Companies and New...
80 Met rising in Williamsburg 04/12/07 Steiner Equities is building a luxury condo called 80 Met on the site of the former Old Dutch Mustard building in Williamsburg. The firm purchased the 127,000-square-foot site l...
Kids drive Village park revamp 04/10/07 The kids are all right, but some of their parks need an overhaul. With that in mind, the group spearheading the transformation of La Guardia Park into a children's garden is inc...
Huge, $1B portfolio set to sell 04/02/07 A massive portfolio of 4,000 Upper Manhattan apartments is set to trade hands in a sale that could top $1 billion. Jerome Belson Associates will sell the buildings -- most of th...
Gowanus vision stirs troubled waters 03/21/07 From the March issue: Gowanus is now considered prime real estate, but sites like the future Whole Foods Market on Third Street and Third Avenue need major cleanups to remove to...
Countrywide expands in NYC 03/13/07 As mortgage lenders across the country are beaten down by delinquencies on subprime loans and forced to go out of business, Countrywide Financial Corp.--the nation's largest hom...
Will record Apthorp buy pay off? 03/08/07 Last night Africa Israel Investments announced it was purchasing a 50 percent stake in the landmark Apthorp building on the Upper West Side and intends to take the rental buildi...
Go to art show, buy a condo 02/23/07 Over 150 galleries will be presenting works at the Armory Show when it opens today on Pier 94. If fair-goers grow weary of looking at the hundreds of world-class canvases, they ...
Schumer calls for Starrett re-bid 02/15/07 Sen. Chuck Schumer called for the sale of Brooklyn's Starrett City to be reopened. Starrett Associates sold the 5,881-unit affordable housing complex to Clipper Equity on Feb. 8...
New futures contract offered 02/14/07 Starting next week, the Chicago Board of Trade will begin trading a real estate futures contract. CBOT joins the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the only other exchange in the co...
