Land Prices

Steve Witkoff is among a growing number of New York developers who are up in arms over soaring land and construction prices. So now,...

When the Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Tishman Speyer decided to put the iconic Chrysler Building up for sale this month, the four-fold rent...

From the March issue:  In 1626, Dutch merchant Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan for the equivalent of $24. Today, an investor would...

Land sales in Manhattan ground to a halt last year with just under $3 billion worth of transactions in 2016, down 74 percent from...

The dirt on dirt: Mark Twain’s memo must have got lost in the mail. “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” isn’t a mantra...

When state lawmakers in June agreed to an overhaul of the 421a tax abatement program, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the revisions the “best rent...

With Long Island City land prices blowing up and the neighborhood’s demographics shifting to an older, more monied crowd, developers are increasingly considering condo...

The New York City inventory squeeze is extending about six feet under. Like all other real estate in New York, the price of burial...

 Land remains a hot investment, and America’s wealthiest individuals are snapping up property at breakneck speed.

Despite the unquenchable demand for rental units in Manhattan, stratospheric land prices are blocking the development pipeline for multifamily projects, industry experts say.

Developers are poised to cash in on a citywide grab for space to house preschool programs that Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing the...

Developers surveying a recent spate of land sales at sky-high prices are concerned that the market has overheated, and a repeat of the 2008...

New York City developers made a madcap dash to secure property sites in 2012, and with prices continually inching upwards, had little option but...

Companies such as BlackRock, Angelo Gordon & Co and Starwood Capital are beginning to sell off shovel-ready development sites they bought on the cheap...

Residential rentals have proven to be the least volatile among all property asset classes in the wake of the recession, real estate pros agreed...