Did Shaoul build another too-tall building?
Developer Benjamin Shaoul, and the call box at his Sky East at 636 East 11th Street shows only residential apartments, not the promised doctors’ offices, on the first floor and ground level. Benjamin...
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Few ILSA cases likely to arise in future
Marina Tencza and husband, Darius, are demanding their money back for an apartment they moved into at the Arris So far this year, federal judges have ruled on the first three cases in which...
Like a broken record: 100 years of busts
Economists have determined that this recession, nationally, was the longest and deepest since the Great Depression. So it was only logical to expect that Manhattan, the epicenter of this financial crisis, would ultimately bear...
W’burg condo boom has not gone bust
From left: Christine Blackburn of Prudential Douglas Elliman, the Edge, Highlyann Krasnow of the Developers Group, Northside Piers For all the flack it gets, Williamsburg is still a hot place to live — at...
Massive headaches at the A Building
The party’s over at the A Building, an East Village condominium built by mini-mogul Ben Shaoul and his partner, Rob Kaliner. Beneath the two-year-old building’s reputation for hosting raucous rooftop pool parties lies a...
Park Slope condo project gets a new developer
From left: 910 Union Street, Perry Finkelman, and Brian Lockner A new developer has taken over a beleaguered...
Home sales rebound on East End
Sales activity appears back to normal on the East End of Long Island. According to the Corcoran Group’s quarterly market report, released today, there were 466 residential sales recorded in the Hamptons and on...
Domino affordable housing would be permanent, developers say
From left: Michael Lappin, CPC Resources Senior Vice President Susan Pollock and the Domino sign The developers of the...
Judge rejects Warehouse 11 extension
Warehouse 11 A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge rejected on Friday a settlement agreement that would have extended until next month the deadline for the developers of Williamsburg’s Warehouse 11 to buy the property’s discounted...
Illegal hotel operators face rude awakening
From left: vrbo.com has a nightly rental on the market at M127; units are rented on a nightly basis at Dexter House; a NYC hostel listed on tripadvisor.com Illegal hotel operators are about to...