May 20, 2016
Infographic: How NYC’s Supertalls Compare in Height and Girth to Global Towers
As the Skyscraper Museum so aptly writes, "Tall and BIG are not the same thing.
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more on all that here
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May 20, 2016
REVEALED: First Look at Downtown Brooklyn’s New Office Tower at 540 Fulton Street
Downtown Brooklyn and its Fulton Street Mall lost a bit of its soul late last year with the demolition of an ornate 1891 Romanesque-Reviaval gem at 540 Fulton Street.
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find out more here
May 20, 2016
Bed-Stuy’s The MYNT Offering One Month Free on New Leases
In the thriving Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, the recently finished rental building named The MYNT is offering one month free on 12-month leases for select apartments.
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find out more about the deal here
May 19, 2016
Richard Meier Flips Favored Palette from Ivory to Ebony for Developer Pal’s Turtle Bay Tower
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier has long been known for his modestly-scaled building designs with exteriors on the whiter side of pale.
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Find out more about the new rental, condo and commercial project
May 19, 2016
Madison Equities Files Permit for 1,115-Foot Supertall Condo in the Financial District
Madison Equities and Pizzarotti Group filed a new building application yesterday to construct a 1,115-foot supertall skyscraper at 45 Broad Street in the heart of the Financial District.
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May 19, 2016
45 Park Place Condos on ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Site Will Move Forward With $219M Loan
Soho Properties has received $219 million in construction loans for a $174 million luxury condominium project at 45 Park Place in Tribeca, according to a statement from Manhattan developer Sharif El-Gamal, The Real Deal reports.
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Find out more
May 19, 2016
Fisher Brothers’ Curving Rental Tower at 225 East 39th Street Reaches Full Height
Without a hitch, Fisher Brothers' parking garage-crushing development at 225 East 39th Street has ascended to its full 395-foot structural height.
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more one the progress here
May 18, 2016
Only One Unit Remains at Long Island City’s Baker House, Now Offering Two Months Free Rent
Not all of Long Island City's new developments are gargantuan or fully encased in glass. One such anomaly is Ranger Properties' recently opened rental building called the Baker House.
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find out more here
May 17, 2016
Glenwood’s Newest Lincoln Center-Adjacent Tower Starts Leasing With Discounted Rents
When we last checked in on Glenwood Management's latest rental development at 175 West 60th Street, the 48-story, 533-foot tall building had just topped-out and launched its affordable housing lottery offering apartments priced as low as $566/month.
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May 16, 2016
Controversial Lower East Side Waterfront May Get Even More Tall Towers
Just a few weeks ago 6sqft learned that the supertall super-team of JDS Development and SHoP Architects are planning a 900-foot, 77-story rental building at 247 Cherry Street, directly next to Extell's 850-foot One Manhattan Square.
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May 16, 2016
Downtown Brooklyn’s Newly-Launched City Tower Offering One Month Free Rent
City Tower, the second phase of Downtown Brooklyn's 1.8 million-square-foot, mixed-use mega-development, has debuted, ushering in 439 brand new market-rate rentals to the heart of the borough. For a limited time, the building is offering new renters one month for free based on a 13-month lease.
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Get the full scoop on the building this way
May 13, 2016
Morris Adjmi’s Tribeca Condo Building at 83 Walker Street Gets Its Inverted Facade
After a unanimously approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in June 2011, the Morris Adjmi-designed condo building at 83 Walker Street has fully risen and is nearly completely adorned with its creamy, concrete facade.
The story behind that inverted facade
The story behind that inverted facade
May 12, 2016
Leasing Begins at Downtown Brooklyn’s One Duffield, No-Fee Units Begin at $2,400/Month
Within the human-scaled oasis between the Manhattan Bridge and the BQE, a 57,000-square-foot church conversion has wrapped up construction, releasing 84 brand-new no-fee rental apartments to the Downtown Brooklyn market.
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Get pricing and see inside
May 11, 2016
The ‘One57 of Assisted Living’ Will Charge Seniors $20,000 a Month
Luxury isn't exactly the word that comes to mind when one thinks of a T.G.I. Friday's, or an assisted living development for that matter, but the chain restaurant's midtown location will soon yield the "One57 of Assisted Living." Bloomberg reports that Welltower Inc.
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More details ahead
May 7, 2016
Leasing Begins at Neo-Brutalist Rental Tower in Midtown East
Leasing has begun at Midtown East's newest rental building at 235 East 44th Street. Developed by CMSJ Development, the 70,000-square-foot, ground-up building contains 67 units across its 19 floors.
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Interior apartment details this way
May 6, 2016
Five-Star ‘Lazar Hotel’ Coming to Midtown, Will Meld Modern With Late-1700s Baroque
West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is home to some of the city's most elite hotels, such as the Royalton, Sofitel and Algonquin, and also to esteemed institutions like the Harvard Club, Penn Club and New York Yacht Club.
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May 5, 2016
Live in Extell’s Hudson Yards Skyscraper 555Ten for $910/Month
Last September, 6sqft reported the topping out of Extell Development's 610-foot-tall, mixed-use tower quietly rising at 555 Tenth Avenue and 41st Street.
Find out if you qualify here
Find out if you qualify here
May 4, 2016
Related Launches Hudson Yards Living Website With New Renderings
On the heels of the news that Hudson Yards will add $18.
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More details and renderings this way
May 4, 2016
Affordable Luxury Hits the Upper East Side Market at 389 East 89th Street
At First Avenue and 89th Street on the Upper East Side, 31 floors of spacious, light-filled homes have been reintroduced to the market.
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All the info ahead
May 3, 2016
Extell Files to Demolish Two More Fifth Avenue Buildings For Its Mega-Midtown Assemblage
Back in January, 6sqft reported that the busybodies at Extell Development filed permits to demolish a string of six tumble-turned walk-up buildings between 3 and 13 West 46th Street in Midtown.
More on Extell's plans and the history of the soon-to-be-razed buildings
More on Extell's plans and the history of the soon-to-be-razed buildings
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May 3, 2016
172 Madison Tops Out and Reveals Renderings for Incredible Penthouse with Two Pools
Within the Empire State Building's five o'clock shadow, an eruption of glossy residential high-rises are nipping at the dame's feet. Embracing a thoroughfare most familiar for its commercial connotations, the latest tower to ascend is a 33-story condo simply known by its address, 172 Madison Avenue.
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All the details and renderings ahead
May 2, 2016
New Renderings of West Chelsea’s SkyBox Development and Art Gallery
A unique mixed-use development in West Chelsea may be the paradigm of what new development in Manhattan could aspire to.
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Lots more renderings ahead
May 2, 2016
First Look at StudiosC’s McGuinness Duo Near the Foot of Revamped Pulaski Bridge
Since the Pulaski Bridge's two-way protected bikeway officially opened on Friday, real estate values in Greenpoint are likely to see an increase.
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More renderings and details
April 30, 2016
The Upper West Side Readies For Two Synagogue-Replacing Condo Skyscrapers
The Upper West Side has proven to be one of the most difficult areas to build, with a growing amount of land area contained in historic districts and much of the remainder constrained by tight zoning regulations.
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Get the scoop on the towers here
April 28, 2016
Queens’ Tallest Tower Gets Bumped to Supertall Status at 984 Feet
In February, Flushing-based developer Chris Jiashu Xu of United Construction & Development Group filed plans for a 79-story, 964-foot residential tower in Long Island City, giving it the title of would-be tallest tower in Queens.
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The rest of the details
April 28, 2016
JDS and SHoP Architects Unveil Plan for 900-Foot Lower East Side Tower
There's a new tallest tower taking over the Lower East Side, and unsurprisingly it comes to us via the supertall super-team of JDS Development and SHoP Architects, the same duo responsible for the 1,438-foot-tall 111 West 57th Street and 9 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn's first 1,000+ foot tower.
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April 28, 2016
First Look at COOKFOX’s Affordable Housing Development in East Tremont
Here's a first look at a new two-building development in the Bronx's East Tremont section designed by COOKFOX.
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More on the project
April 28, 2016
New Williamsburg Condos Tout Parisian Style and Industrial Craftsmanship
Near the corner of Union Avenue and Conselyea Street in East Williamsburg, a modestly sized six-floor condominium is underway. Addressed 476 Union Avenue, the project is designed and developed by the Meshberg Group, who purchased a four-story, walk-up building formerly at the lot for $2.4 million.
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More details ahead
April 27, 2016
Greenpoint’s 533 Leonard Condos Hit the Market Asking Above Neighborhood Average
Along the southern border of Greenpoint, near Williamsburg's McCarren Park, a once charming 19th-century school building at 533 Leonard Street is completing its adaptive reuse into 13 condominiums.
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Check out the available units
April 25, 2016
Chetrit to Sell Sony Building, Abandons Plans for Robert A.M. Stern-Designed Condos
In a very unexpected twist, The Real Deal has learned that the Chetrit Group is selling the Sony Building, scrapping its flashy plans to convert the office building's upper floors to luxury condos designed by none other than Robert A.M. Stern.
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Find out more
April 25, 2016
First Look StudiosC’s Bed Stuy Rental Underway at 1875 Atlantic Avenue
Over the next decade, Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue will likely continue its transformation from high-speed deathtrap to high-density residential boulevard.
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Get all the details on the building
April 22, 2016
Construction Update: Perch Harlem, NYC’s First Market-Rate Passive House, Shows Some Skin
Work on the city's first market-rate Passive House, Perch Harlem, is moving apace, and just in time for Earth Day, a bit of construction netting was taken down, giving passersby a glimpse of its super-insulated white exterior (good for heat deflection) and seamless rectangular windows.
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April 22, 2016
First Look at StudiosC’s Boutique Condominium Underway at 187 Bridge Street
Within Downtown Brooklyn's detached island of urbanity between the Manhattan Bridge on-ramp and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, local architecture firm StudiosC has designed a modestly scaled, ground-up condominium at the corner of Bridge and Nassau Streets.
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More details ahead
April 22, 2016
Rendering, Details Revealed for Glassy Condos Replacing Streit’s Matzo Factory
If you're getting ready for this evening's seder, you've likely picked up a box of matzo, and chances are pretty good that your unleavened bread comes from Streit's.
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April 21, 2016
First Domino Sugar Refinery Tower at 325 Kent Avenue Now Rising Above Williamsburg
After breaking ground last spring, the first tower of Two Trees' three million-square-foot Domino Sugar Refinery Master Plan has finally lifted out of the ground.
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Find out more about the development
April 21, 2016
Checking in on Adam America’s Trio of Developments on a Single Boerum Hill Block
At the southern edge of Boerum Hill, where the quaint brownstone enclave meets Park Slope and Gowanus, a trio of sleek residential buildings is taking shape by developer Adam America Real Estate.
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Check it all out right here
April 20, 2016
SHoP’s East River Towers Named American Copper Buildings; Go Inside Their Skybridge
We've been referring to SHoP Architects' pair of East River rental buildings at 626 First Avenue as the "dancing towers," but now that they've shimmied up to their full 470- and 540-foot heights, they've been officially named with a more mature moniker, the American Copper Buildings.
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Get a look inside
April 20, 2016
Thor/General Growth File Permits to Add New Office Space Atop Fifth Avenue’s Upcoming ‘Coach House’
Part of its overall marketing plan to reinvent itself, Coach has leased space at 685 Fifth Avenue for a new flagship location to be called "Coach House.
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Watch the marketing video for the project
April 19, 2016
LPC Approves Brooklyn’s First 1,000+ Foot Tower; New Renderings and Details
Brooklyn is finally getting a new skyscraper development worthy of its 2.6 million populace.
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Get a look at all the presentation materials
April 18, 2016
Construction Begins on Gene Kaufman-Designed Apartments Rising Over Bryant Park
At a narrow Midtown lot at 1050 Sixth Avenue, construction is moving forward on a slender 24-story residential tower penned by New York's most beloved architect, Gene Kaufman.
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More details ahead
April 18, 2016
Robert A.M. Stern’s 220 Central Park South Gets Stoned; New Renderings and Construction Shots
At the forefront of Midtown's high-rise sierra, a new peak is emerging. Simply addressed 220 Central Park South, the two-winged development is being designed by celebrated historian and poet of the city's skyline Robert A.M.
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Check out the renderings and construction shots right here
April 14, 2016
As Rem Koolhaas Finally Designs First NYC Building, A Look Back at His Unbuilt Proposals
Thirty-eight years after the publication of his acclaimed book "Delirious New York," Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and his global architecture firm the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) seem to have finally landed their first ground-up New York City commission.
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See it all right here
April 11, 2016
Last Chance to Apply for 282 Middle-Income Apartments at Downtown Brooklyn’s 250 Ashland Place
Today is your last chance to apply for 282 affordable housing units at 250 Ashland Place in Downtown Brooklyn. The 52-story skyscraper rises from the heart of Brooklyn's cultural district and is near a multitude of subway lines, the Atlantic Terminal transit hub, and the Barclays Center.
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Find out if you qualify
April 10, 2016
Construction Begins at Gene Kaufman-Designed Gramercy Hotel
Construction work has begun on Sam Chang's latest endeavor for his McSam Hotel Group, a 12-story, 130-key hotel tower at 111 East 24th Street in Gramercy, a 6,000-square-foot site that was formerly a parking lot operated by Champion Parking.
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April 8, 2016
New Renderings of Park Slope’s Parking Garage Condo Conversion at 800 Union Street
In 2014, plans were announced to convert a cherished Park Slope parking garage at 708-804 Union Street into residential apartments. Slopers complained that the 260-car garage's removal would increase traffic and that the underway development would overcrowd schools.
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Learn more about the new condo
April 7, 2016
New Looks Inside Tribeca’s $50M Mega-Mansion With 18 Toilets and a Rooftop Farm
Tribeca's 30,000-square-foot, potential mega-mansion is still up for grabs for $50 million.
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Get a look at all the renderings
April 7, 2016
Lenox Hill’s Rose Modern Nears Completion; Homes Range from $2,850 to $6,650 Per Month
At the northeast corner of York Avenue and East 74th Street, a glass and metal pile of floors is nearing completion. Developed by Golden Asset LLC and designed by Stephen B. Jacobs Group, the thin-skinned tower soars 20 stories above its characterful block of brick and fire-escape adorned context.
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Get a look inside
April 6, 2016
Rafael Viñoly’s Meatpacking Building to Include World’s Largest Starbucks, See New Renderings
News broke back in May that a low-rise Rafael Viñoly-designed building was coming to the former site of Prince Lumber at 61 Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District.
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April 6, 2016
Herzog & de Meuron’s 215 Chrystie Street Reaches Full Height; Only Three Units Remain
Last November, 6sqft reported that Ian Schrager and the Witkoff Group’s upcoming hotel/condominium building 215 Chrystie Street had just made its way past the midway point.
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April 6, 2016
Flower District Getting 35-Story Moxy Hotel With Affordable Rooms for Young Travelers
The remainder of Chelsea's flower district continues to shrink, blossoming new hotels instead of floral shops. This latest stalk will rise mid-block at 105 West 28th Street and will be the largest lodge yet, growing 35 stories and budding 343 rooms, according to recently approved building permits.
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More views and details
April 5, 2016
First Look at $45M Single-Family Mansion Replacing New York Foundling in Greenwich Village
In September 2014, the foster and child-care agency New York Foundling, one of the city's oldest charities, sold its Greenwich Village building for a staggering $45 million to an unknown buyer with the intention of converting it into a single-family mansion.
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More details right this way
April 5, 2016
New Views and Video of David H. Koch Center for Cancer on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
On a far-eastern block of the Upper East Side's Lenox Hill neighborhood, a unique venture is underway to build new facilities for Hunter College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Now wrapping up its cavernous foundations, the 1.
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Find out more this way
March 31, 2016
Demolition Begins for 50-Story Midtown East Skyscraper, New Rendering Released
Just northeast of Grand Central Terminal at 141 East 47th Street, Brooklyn-based New Empire Real Estate (NERE) is moving ahead with plans to build a svelte 49-story condominium tower.
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Get the scoop
March 30, 2016
A Closer Look at ODA’s 75 Nassau Street & Other Nearby Towers Planned For Fulton Street
Capitalizing on a revitalized Financial District, Fulton Street is bursting with residential development activity.
More on ODA's tower and its four other neighbors
More on ODA's tower and its four other neighbors
March 30, 2016
Richard Meier-Designed Tower Finally Begins Construction at Turtle Bay South Complex
Construction has finally begun on the westernmost lot of Sheldon Solow's Turtle Bay South master plan, 16 years after the developer purchased the site.
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More details and renderings ahead
March 29, 2016
Construction Update: The Style Condominium Takes Shape in East Harlem
Two years after renderings were first unveiled, 6sqft brings a construction update for a two-building condominium complex rising in East Harlem.
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More details ahead
March 28, 2016
New Views and Renderings of Eliot Spitzer’s ODA-Designed Williamsburg Mega-Development
Construction and excavation is now underway on Spitzer Enterprises' trifecta of towers along the South Williamsburg waterfront.
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Get a look at all the renderings
March 28, 2016
Toll Brothers Top Off West Village Development at St. Luke in the Fields’ Courtyard
Last November, 6sqft reported that Toll Brothers' upcoming residential building 100 Barrow Street had just made its way above ground to street level. Now just four months later, the West Village development has topped off at 12 stories and 130 feet.
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March 28, 2016
New Looks for Staten Island’s $200M Mixed-Use Complex Lighthouse Point
Earlier this year, after a decade of delays, Triangle Equities received $16.5 million in state subsidies for their three-acre mixed-use development on Staten Island known as Lighthouse Point.
All the renderings and details ahead
All the renderings and details ahead
March 26, 2016
Permits Filed for Karim Rashid’s Soho Condos at 30 Thompson Street
A new building application was filed yesterday for a seven-unit condominium at 30 Thompson Street in Soho. New York-based Karim Rashid has been reported as the project's designer, though Heritage Architecture is listed as the architect of record.
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March 25, 2016
SHoP’s Dancing East River Towers Top Out With Plenty of Flood-Proofing Below
Three-and-a half years after Superstorm Sandy, New York developers are taking to the sea at a faster pace than ever.
How is the project protecting itself from another possible storm?
How is the project protecting itself from another possible storm?
March 24, 2016
Rent at Soho’s Nearly Complete 75 Sullivan Street, Units Start at $8,500 Per Month
In the shadow of Property Market Group's bricky condominium at 10 Sullivan Place, P. Zaccaro Co., Inc. (PZCo) is putting the finishing touches on their ground-up, seven-story rental building at 75 Sullivan Street. In case you couldn't tell by the title, this is NOT an affordable housing story.
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More details on the rentals here
March 23, 2016
Curvaceous ‘Morph Tower’ Begins Its Rise at 15 Hudson Yards, Abutting the Culture Shed
The foundation mat has been poured, and Hudson Yards' first residential building, Tower D at 15 Hudson Yards, is beginning its climb into the burgeoning far west side skyline.
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More details and renderings ahead
March 23, 2016
Morris Adjmi’s 465 Pacific Street Tops Out, Only One Penthouse Unit Remains
When 6sqft checked in on Boerum Hill's 465 Pacific Street in November, it was little more than a hole in the ground with roughly 50 percent of its 30 condo units already in contract.
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Find out more right here
March 23, 2016
See New Nighttime Renderings of Long Island City’s Upcoming Dream Hotel
Near Long Island City's East River waterfront, work has begun on an eleven-story, 199-room DREAM Hotel conceived through a joint venture between Millhouse Peck Properties, Barone Management and MATT Development.
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even more details here
March 22, 2016
First Look at Scaled-Down West Village Condos Slated for 111 Leroy Street
Moving past a resounding rejection from the local community board, Property Markets Group (PMG) is forging ahead with a smaller, as-of-right plan to build a condominium and townhouse development at 111 Leroy Street.
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More details ahead
March 21, 2016
Slate Property Group Seeks to Convert Greenpoint Savings Bank Annex Into Apartments
Slate Property Group is seeking approvals from the Landmark Preservation Commission to convert the rear annex of the landmarked Greenpoint Savings Bank into apartments.
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More details ahead
March 21, 2016
Teaser Site Launched for Restored Harlem Gem on Morningside Park, Leasing Begins This Spring
Built in 1901 as a seven-story residential building, the distinctive Beaux Arts-style apartment house at 92 Morningside Avenue in Harlem has shed its scaffolding after a two-year renovation/restoration by ND Architecture & Design.
The full history of the site
The full history of the site
March 18, 2016
REVEALED: TRA Studio’s Eco-Conscious East Harlem Condo, ONE 112
On a rather typical East Harlem block, along 112th Street between First and Second avenues, Soho-based architecture firm, TRA Studio has drawn up plans for a 22-unit condominium that will mend a once derelict site back into Manhattan's taut urban fabric.
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Take the tour here
