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  • Stonehenge in 2nd Ave. deal

    Stonehenge in 2nd Ave. deal

    August 10, 2011

    The 93-unit apartment house at 1143 Second Ave. has gone into contract for $47 million to...  

  • Potamkin block sale

    Potamkin block sale

    August 03, 2011

    The Potamkin family wants to sell an entire East Harlem block that has the potential for more than...  

  • Stalled sites a taxing mess

    July 27, 2011

    While most of the city's "professional" developers like Silverstein, Vornado, RFR and Extell are...  

  • Sutton loves Valentino site

    July 20, 2011

    The steamrolling team of Jeff Sutton and SL Green Realty Corp. has just contracted to buy yet...  

  • 4 WTC making progress

    July 13, 2011

    The World Trade Center site is humming with activity. On Monday, we walked across the site and...  

  • Loft-y Chelsea buy for Israeli investor

    July 06, 2011

    Local Israeli investor Jonathan Leitersdorf is getting a prime development site in Chelsea on the...  

  • Developers look at Elaine's

    June 22, 2011

    Elaine's is turning into a development site, according to Neal Sroka of Prudential Douglas Elliman...  

  • 70 Pine, Art Deco classic is protected

    June 21, 2011

    One of the city's noblest Art Deco skyscrapers, 70 Pine St., will finally don its landmark crown...  

  • Thor near Scribner deal

    June 15, 2011

    Joe Sitt's Thor Equities is in contract to buy the Scribner Building for $108.5 million. The 12...  

  • TD Bank signs 'glass box' lease

    June 14, 2011

    The blighted-looking northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 57th Street is ready to blossom. TD...  

  • Downtown adds one more hotel

    June 08, 2011

    Another downtown office building is close to becoming a hotel. Multiple sources say a sale of the...  

  • 400 Park Ave. trims Syms

    June 07, 2011

    It's hello to a prestigious bank and goodbye to Syms at 400 Park Ave., the office tower at 54th...  

  • Broad St. digs for insurer CNA

    June 01, 2011

    Insurance giant CNA has found a new home downtown, where it will move to about 80,000 square feet...  

  • Boston tower lands anchor

    May 25, 2011

    Law firm Morrison Foerster has just signed a lease for 180,000 square-feet to become the anchor...  

  • Shopaholic? head to Yonkers!

    Shopaholic? head to Yonkers!

    May 24, 2011

    There will be fire and flying water when Ridge Hill Plaza in Yonkers is completed this fall, but in...  

  • Puck everlasting

    Puck everlasting

    May 24, 2011

    The outdoor apparel and equipment company, Recreational Equipment, Inc. — better known as REI — is...  

  • Ten years after

    Ten years after

    May 24, 2011

    Retail rents are pushing up along Broadway in the Financial District as area building owners...  

  • May 24, 2011

    Manhattan office leasing is still going strong even if tenants are taking longer to commit. Rents...  

  • Bring downtown back up

    Bring downtown back up

    May 24, 2011

    Industry enthusiasm over higher retail asking rents in the Wall Street area does not address the...  

  • Subway series

    Subway series

    May 24, 2011

    Even though there’s about one Subway for each of the 73 square miles of Brooklyn, the slender...  

  • Bridging the gap

    May 24, 2011

    Brooklyn continues to be a store magnet as retailers recognize the area’s wealthy population is...  

  • Up on the roof

    Up on the roof

    May 24, 2011

    Students from City College believe new sustainable and modular apartments should be created on the...  

  • Let the good Times roll

    May 24, 2011

    Tourists, business people and shoppers are continuing to crowd Times Square to the tune of over 40...  

  • Zoned out

    Zoned out

    May 24, 2011

    Early Times Square pioneer restaurant tenant ESPN Zone has been shuttered by its parent...  

  • Slim picks $15.5M townhouse

    Slim picks $15.5M townhouse

    May 24, 2011

    The world's richest man, Carlos Slim, has bought the former Felissimo townhouse at 10 W. 56th St....  

  • Home, sweet Woolworth Bldg.

    May 18, 2011

    After four long years of waiting, the iconic Woolworth Building is finally moving toward a...  

  • Cooper Hotel a prize catch

    May 11, 2011

    The trendy upscale Cooper Square Hotel is up for sale and is expected to attract interest from...  

  • 'MIB3' is groovy on Greene

    May 10, 2011

    The "Men in Black III" movie is turning a Greene Street loft into a back-to-the-sixties party...  

  • Seagram stake: market te$t

    May 04, 2011

    In what could become a test of the city's Class A commercial office market, a 49 percent interest...  

  • Savanna controls 80 Broad

    May 03, 2011

    New York-based Savanna Investment Fund has snatched up the senior mortgage loan on 80 Broad St.,...  

  • Perky Starbucks on move

    April 27, 2011

    After shuttering some locations just two years ago, Starbucks is now ready to pour its caffeinated...  

  • Return flight to Park Ave. for BA

    April 26, 2011

    In a deal more interesting than its modest size might suggest, British Airways is returning to...  

  • Vornado in 'Magic' buyout

    April 20, 2011

    It looks like Vornado Re alty Trust still has an eye on its long-stalled development at 1800 Park...  

  • Drake site demolition OK'd

    Drake site demolition OK'd

    April 19, 2011

    The owners of the bar ren Drake Hotel site have just gotten Buildings Dept. approval to demolish...  

  • Eco-friendly by design

    Eco-friendly by design

    April 13, 2011

    The green bandwagon is rolling, and now there are more and more ways for owners to climb aboard....  

  • Satisfaction Guaranteed

    Satisfaction Guaranteed

    April 13, 2011

    Best building Designations increase The 360 Performance Program, begun by the Building Owners...  

  • Take a bike

    Take a bike

    April 13, 2011

    Tenants at the Empire State Building now have access to a free dedicated bicycle storage room...  

  • Buying power

    April 13, 2011

    Brokers and investors all over the world had hoped last year that city real estate plays would...  

  • Energy efficiency effort

    April 13, 2011

    Building owners and managers are ramping up efforts to get their buildings benchmarked for energy...  

  • Obama’s building blocks

    April 13, 2011

    Back in February, President Barack Obama proposed a Better Buildings Initiative to reduce energy...  

  • Here comes the sun

    Here comes the sun

    April 13, 2011

    Sunshine may not be abundant on a year-round basis, but that isn’t stopping those in New York and...  

  • The British are coming

    The British are coming

    April 13, 2011

    Foreign retailers are more eager than ever to step into city stores. “The European retailer that...  

  • B is for better

    B is for better

    April 13, 2011

    With class A rents pushing up into the triple digits for the best buildings, some owners are happy...  

  • Springing back

    Springing back

    April 13, 2011

    Office leasing is picking up momentum as all three Manhattan markets had positive absorption with...  

  • New space for Soros groups

    April 13, 2011

    The George Soros- founded Open Society Foundations, which support worldwide human-rights programs...  

  • E. Side story: a condo test

    E. Side story: a condo test

    April 12, 2011

    Two prewar Upper East Side rental apartment buildings within 420 feet of one another will soon go...  

  • A celebrity stylist on 57th

    A celebrity stylist on 57th

    April 06, 2011

    Celebrity shag slicer Ric Pipino will open a second Manhattan location at the Galleria at 115 E....  

  • It's Mason vs. Macklowe

    It's Mason vs. Macklowe

    April 05, 2011

    In the annals of Manhattan landlord-tenant battles, this one figures to be a doozy -- call it...  

  • Joint venture at 685 Third

    Joint venture at 685 Third

    March 30, 2011

    TIAA-CREF has transferred a 49.99 percent interest in 685 Third Ave. through a joint venture to...  

  • Back to start at 70 Pine St.

    Back to start at 70 Pine St.

    March 29, 2011

    Plans for 70 Pine St. are up in the air again even as the 66-story, Art Deco skyscraper finally...  

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