Extell plans Theater District hotel, avoiding special permit
UPDATED Jan. 13, 2022, 5:40 p.m.: When the City Council approved new restrictions on hotel development, it all but...
MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:
Kathryn Brenzel
Issue
Looming end of tax break triggers real estate “hunger games”
Developers made a gamble in Gowanus in November, likely to avoid an even bigger risk: paying real estate taxes...
Issue
Five industry priorities for Eric Adams
Real estate backed Eric Adams, in large part, for his pro-business, tough-on-crime approach. A former New York City Police Department captain, Adams campaigned on the idea that he was best equipped to prioritize public...
Dan Garodnick to head City Planning
Mayor Eric Adams is expected to appoint Dan Garodnick as chairman of the City Planning Commission. Garodnick, who was a Manhattan City Council member for 12 years, will also take over as director of...
Adams to tap Jessica Katz for housing post, Carlo Scissura to run EDC
Mayor Eric Adams’ real estate brain trust is starting to take shape. Adams is expected to appoint Jessica Katz...
Rockrose takes over NoMad office building in $145M deal
Rockrose Development is doubling down on the city’s office market with the takeover of a NoMad building that it...
Hochul: Supersize NYC apartment buildings, replace 421a
UPDATED Jan. 5, 2022, 3:53 p.m.: Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to repeal a key property tax break, lift a...
“A hard commissionership”: Housing czar on escaping a mob, saving projects
Meeting the demand for affordable housing is already an impossible task for the head of New York City’s housing...
These were NYC’s top real estate stories of 2021
The city, state and country are in a much different place than at the start of 2021. But it...
Owner faces criminal charges in fatal Midtown façade incident
Two years after Erica Tishman was struck and killed by a piece of terra cotta that fell from 729...