NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Back in July, we learned that Extell's Nordstrom Tower will rise 1,775 feet–just one foot shorter than One World Trade Center, making it the tallest residential building in the world. Now, New York YIMBY has released renderings of how the 92-story supertall will look against the rest of the skyline.
More on the new development here

September 4, 2014

Archdiocese of New York Sells off St. Patrick’s School in Little Italy for $32M, Makes Way for Condos

By Diane Pham

On Christmas Eve 2013, the cash-strapped Archdiocese of New York put St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral School on the market for $29 million. Now it looks like Time Equities has purchased the Little Italy property, throwing down $32 million, according to city records filed today (233 Mott and 32 Prince).
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September 3, 2014

REVEALED: SHoP-Designed Condos by Anbau on the Upper East Side

By Dana Schulz

Looks like the Upper East Side will be adding another luxury condo project to its roster--but this time it's an "affordable luxury" building.
More details here

September 3, 2014

Gunn Landscape Architecture to Design the Rooftop of Williamsburg’s Futuristic Level Hotel

By Diane Pham

Williamsburg's upcoming Level Hotel is right on track for its 2016 opening as construction continues moves full speed ahead at 55 Wythe Avenue.
A look at the rooftop design here

September 3, 2014

Prodigy Network Closes on $85 Million FiDi Site for Their ‘Cotel’ Crowdfunded Hotel

By Dana Schulz

Back in June, we took a look at the winning designs for Prodigy Network's 17John 'Cotel' (collaborative + hotel = cotel), the city's first crowdsourced hotel and the world's first collaborative hotel.
More on the first-of-its-kind project in NYC

September 2, 2014

REVEALED: 125 Greenwich Street Will Rival One WTC and Become Downtown’s Tallest Residential Tower

By Dana Schulz

The latest in the world of New York City supertalls comes to us from New York YIMBY, who has revealed renderings for the Rafael Viñoly-designed 125 Greenwich Street.
More details and renderings here

August 21, 2014

Floor Plans of the Woolworth’s $110M ‘Pinnacle’ Penthouse Revealed

By Diane Pham

It looks like Alchemy Properties' plan to price the penthouse at the Woolworth building for $110 million has been approved by the New York Attorney General’s office, making it one of the most expensive listings to ever hit the downtown market at $11,700 per square foot.
More plans and pricing this way

August 13, 2014

Curb Appeal: The Psychology of Moving Buyers from Cab to Curb to Contract

By Lauren Price

Great neighborhood? Check. Great apartment? Check.
How a building's design tugs at your desire to 'be someone'

August 11, 2014

Scoping Out Staten Island: New Developments in the Oft-Forgotten Borough

By Dana Schulz

You won't find any Staten Island jokes or snarky references to secession here. No, we're celebrating the borough that so easily gets forgotten amid the shiny new towers of Manhattan and trendy culture waves of Brooklyn.
Check out our list and get ready to start packing

August 6, 2014

14 New Designs Proposed for Brooklyn Bridge Park Project – BIG, Asymptote and FXFOWLE on the Roster

By Diane Pham

The city has just received 14 new design proposals for the two remaining housing developments on the southern edge of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a site that has been the focus of a contentious affordable housing debate; namely whether such units should be added to the coveted waterfront site.
See all 14 proposals here

August 4, 2014

Greenland Forest City Partners Selects COOKFOX and Thomas Balsley for Pacific Park Brooklyn (Formerly Atlantic Yards)

By Dana Schulz

Forest City Ratner Companies and Greenland USA, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Greenland Group, announced today that their new joint venture, Greenland Forest City Partners, has selected COOKFOX Architects to design two residential buildings at their Pacific Park Brooklyn project.
Much more on the project here

August 4, 2014

Prices and More Images of the Landmark Beekman Hotel and Condo Conversion Revealed

By Diane Pham

It was announced back in May that the Beekman Hotel would finally being seeing its rebirth as a brand new condo and hotel.
Find out more here

August 1, 2014

Soo Chan’s Soori High Line Will Offer 16 Private, Heated Swimming Pools

By Dana Schulz

Forget public pools and health clubs, the Soori High Line will offer private, heated swimming pools in 16 of its ultra-posh residences.
More about the Soori's pools this way

July 31, 2014

New Renderings of What Will Replace Graffiti Art Mecca 5Pointz Emerge

By Diane Pham

If you loved 5Pointz, grab a box of tissues because you aren't going to be happy with what's planned for the soon to be demolished building.
More images this way

July 29, 2014

First Look Inside Zaha Hadid’s Futuristic Condos Planned for the High Line

By Diane Pham

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More views inside

July 28, 2014

INTERVIEW: George Schieferdecker Talks to Us About One Vandam and BKSK’s Future Projects

By Tag Brum

When it comes designing for contextual relevance (and Landmarks love), BKSK is a firm favored by many developers.
Read our interview with George here

July 23, 2014

INTERVIEW: Renowned Architect Piet Boon on Bringing Dutch Design to NYC

By Tag Brum

Architect Piet Boon may hail from the Netherlands, but his status as a NYC starchitect is on the rise.
Read our interview with Piet here

July 23, 2014

Greenwich Goes Industrial: Apartments in the Karl Fischer-Designed Nathaniel Now Up for Rent

By Diane Pham

Twelfth Street residents are about to get a flurry of new neighbors, as The Nathaniel launches leasing for its rentals today. The nine-floor building offers up 85 light-filled residences ranging from studios to three-bedrooms—all boasting some pretty nice living space.
Take a tour inside

July 23, 2014

Design of SCDA Architects’ Arty New Building for the High Line Unveiled

By Aisha Carter

Renderings for 515 High Line have been revealed, and it appears the Soo Chan-designed building will be quite the standout.
Check out more renderings here

July 22, 2014

Landmarks Deems S.L. Green’s One Vanderbilt Tower ‘Appropriate’ for Its Grand Central Site, Others Not Happy

By Carter B. Horsley

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing today on a proposal by S.L. Green to build a huge tower on the northwest corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and 42nd Street directly across from Grand Central Terminal.
Reactions from the hearing this way

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July 21, 2014

Back to Blueprints: House Hunters Are Buying Sight Unseen, Much Like the Pre-Crash Days

By Lauren Price

In the mid-2000s, when the real estate market was red hot with new developments, home seekers gave nary a thought to making what can be described as the biggest decision of their lives: Buying something sight unseen.
Is buying off blueprint back in full force?

July 19, 2014

INTERVIEW: NYC Architect Drew Lang Gives Us the Scoop on Hudson Woods, A Private Eco-Community in the Catskills

By Dana Schulz

Move over Hamptons — there's a new second-home hotbed for New Yorkers: the Catskills. The four-season destination has been growing in popularity over the past several years, but is now reaching new heights thanks to Drew Lang and Lang Architecture's forest getaway community Hudson Woods.
Read our full interview here

July 17, 2014

Still Portzamparc-ish: New Images of Extell’s Riverside Center Uncovered

By Ondel Hylton

On the website of Extell Development's latest residential tower, One Riverside Park, we uncovered some newer, more realistic renderings of their massive Riverside Center project.
See more images of this mega-development here

July 15, 2014

From Luggage to Luxury Hotel: Grzywinski + Pons-Designed Mixed-Use Building Rising at 119 Orchard Street

By Dana Schulz

The times they are a-changin. At least on Orchard Street, which used to be littered with affordable clothing and luggage stores and home to the famous Saturday street vendors peddling their wares.
Take a look at the construction photos as well as building renderings

July 15, 2014

551W21: Norman Foster’s Champagne-Colored Tower Rising Along Manhattan’s New Gold Coast (New Photos)

By Ondel Hylton

Many architects like to recycle their plans, reusing signature design elements from project to project. However, British architect Lord Norman Foster, with his firm Foster+Partners, enjoys keeping it fresh with designs that are unmistakably modern, yet profoundly contextual to their location.
See more photos and views after the break

July 14, 2014

Checking in on the Progress at One World Trade Center in Photos

By Dana Schulz

As many of you architecture buffs know, One WTC now rises a symbolic 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the third tallest in the entire world.
Check out some amazing photos of the progress at One WTC

July 10, 2014

Extell’s Nordstrom Tower Will Be Just a Foot Shorter Than One World Trade at 1,775 Feet

By Dana Schulz

The endless race to the top in the NYC skyscraper world continues with Extell's Nordstrom Tower, which will rise 1,479 feet, with a spire that reaches a height of 1,775 feet--just one foot shorter than One World Trade.
More on the newest soaring addition to the NYC skyline

July 2, 2014

Demolition Permits Filed at 101 Murray – The Site of Downtown Manhattan’s Future Tallest Condo

By Ondel Hylton

Demolition permits have been filed with the Department of Buildings for the tallest condominium building south of 'Billionaires' Row.
more on the new tower here

July 1, 2014

Park Slope’s Slim and ‘Super Green’ Condo Building Features a Solar Panel-Clad Facade

By Diane Pham

A brand new building has popped up in Park Slope and it's got quite an interesting facade.
More on the new solar powered building this way

July 1, 2014

The Air Up There: New Map Shows Untapped Development Potential of Every Manhattan Property

By Stephanie Hoina

When Extell Development, Hines and JDS Development Group tapped into air space along West 57th Street to push their projects to well above 1,000 feet, preservationist groups were up in the arms.
More on how the map was developed

June 27, 2014

NYC’s Billboards to be the Biggest in the USA: Even More Wattage Being Added to Times and Herald Squares

By Ondel Hylton

Billboard signs along Times Square, and now Herald Square, are growing ever bigger and brighter as LED displays become the top choice for developers of new supersigns.
See videos and images these eye-popping supersigns

June 19, 2014

Renderings of Pritzker Winner Tadao Ando’s Concrete and Glass Condo for Nolita Revealed

By Diane Pham

It was announced back in March that Pritzker Prize winning architect Tadao Ando would be bringing his signature style to Nolita, and we've been waiting with bated breath to see what beauty he would design for the city. Wait no more...
See more images of 152 this way

June 19, 2014

NIMBY: Residents Lose Out to Hudson Properties’s Plan to Build a 23-Story Tower Near Prospect Park

By Diane Pham

Workers will resume construction today on the 23-story residential tower planned for 626 Flatbush Avenue at the edge of Prospect Park in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Yesterday, a judge threw out a lawsuit placed against Hudson Properties that demanded they chop their tower down to just eight stories.

June 18, 2014

Jared Kushner and LIVWRK Make Plans to Buy a Gowanus Property, Possibly for Luxury Condos

By Diane Pham

Jared Kushner and LIVWRK could soon be making their way to Gowanus.
More details here

June 18, 2014

Printhouse Lofts are Ready to Make Their Mark on the Williamsburg Real Estate Scene

By Dana Schulz

If you follow Williamsburg real estate news, you likely read about a lot of glassy waterfront towers and swanky hotels.
Take a tour through one of these stunners

June 17, 2014

Growth Spurt: Brooklyn’s Tallest Tower at 333 Schermerhorn Will Soar Even Higher Than Expected

By Ondel Hylton

Construction filings from the Department of Buildings have revealed that Douglas Steiner's mixed use tower at 333 Schermerhorn Street, dubbed the Hub, will soar 30 feet higher than previously reported; making it the top contender for Brooklyn's tallest building at 607-feet.
More about The Hub and Brooklyn's tallest this way

June 16, 2014

Fortis Property Group Will Build Condos and Medical Clinic on Site of LICH

By Patty Lee

Perhaps the third time will be the charm — after multiple bids, the State University of New York may have found a buyer for its cash-strapped Long Island College Hospital.
Details on the deal straight ahead

June 12, 2014

Crazy Futuristic Hotel at 55 Wythe in Williamsburg Now Under Construction, Developer Zelig Weiss Scores a $18.4M Loan for the Site

By Diane Pham

The new Level Hotel planned for 55 Wythe in Williamsburg wasn't much more than a rendering when it was revealed last month, but one of 6sqft's intrepid reporters swung by the site recently only to find that construction on the Jetson's-like building had commenced.
More details and photos here

June 11, 2014

Is Vinegar Hill the Next DUMBO? A Storage Warehouse Owner is Banking on It

By Annie Doge

In New York, if there is anything we talk about more than weather, it’s how “____ is the new ____”. Now, the owner of a storage building at 80 Hudson Avenue in Brooklyn is banking on Vinegar Hill becoming the new DUMBO. Globe Storage and Moving Co.

June 11, 2014

Chinese Property Company Taps Fortress Investment Group for $165M for the Oosten Williamsburg Condos

By Diane Pham

Back in 2012, Chinese company Xinyuan Real Estate Co. purchased a $54.2 million, 92,000-square-foot, Kent Ave. site in Williamsburg for its first development in the U.S. — which they said, of course, would be slated for a luxury condo building.
Details and Renderings of Xinyuan's development here

June 10, 2014

Philip Johnson-Designed Sony Building to Get 96 Luxury Condos by Chetrit Group

By Dana Schulz

The Philip Johnson-designed Sony Tower at 550 Madison Avenue, one of the most notable postmodern office towers in New York City, is set to be partially converted to high-end condos, as states planes filed by developer Chetrit Group.
Find out more about the development here

June 6, 2014

Naftali Group’s Upcoming Chelsea Condo References City’s Industrial Past

By Ondel Hylton

Here’s a first look at the Naftali Group’s upcoming 60-unit condominium building sited along 265 West 25th Street in Chelsea. The building will rise 12 stories along a charming tree-lined stretch between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Residences will range from one to three bedrooms.
More on the Development Here

June 2, 2014

New Rendering of Ian Bruce Eichner’s Flatiron Supertall Tower Revealed

By Diane Pham

A new rendering of the 777-foot high supertall tower being developed by Ian Bruce Eichner has just been released by the project’s architect, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The image, first spotted by Curbed, offers us a street view of the 83-unit condo (previous reports noted 80 units) at dusk.

June 2, 2014

Woolworth Penthouse to be Priced at a Record-breaking $110 Million

By Diane Pham

According to Bloomberg News, the penthouse at the Woolworth building will ask for a jaw-dropping $110 million when units hit the market this Fall. This is the highest-ever ask for an apartment in downtown Manhattan, and one sure to send the market into a frenzy.
More about the penthouse this way

May 22, 2014

Developer Harry Macklowe Pays $585 Million for the Bank of New York Tower

By Diane Pham

According to the Wall Street Journal, a group of investors, led by developer Harry Macklowe, has just paid $585 Million for One Wall Street, the headquarters of Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

May 21, 2014

Plans Filed for the SOM-designed Apartment Tower at 401 West 31st Street

By Diane Pham

Brookfield Office Properties filed its first plans yesterday for their SOM-designed residential tower located at 401 West 31st Street, adjacent to all the Hudson Yards hoopla. The 756,674-square-foot, 702-foot-tall tower will host 790 apartments with 3,438 square feet of retail on its ground level.

May 20, 2014

Catsimatidis’s 30 Year Development Plan on Myrtle Avenue is Finally Underway

By Aisha Carter

Patience is a virtue; one that billionaire tycoon and former mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis clearly has in droves.
Learn more about Catsimatidis' development project here

May 19, 2014

Downtown Brooklyn Continues to Boom: Tallest Residential Tower in the Borough Now 50 Percent Leased

By Diane Pham

Downtown Brooklyn is booming across the board, and buyers are keen to get in on the changes afoot. Five months after hitting the market, Brooklyn’s tallest tower is filling out fast, with half of the units now leased.

May 16, 2014

Proximity to the High Line Yielding Record Breaking Parcel Prices in Chelsea

By Stephanie Hoina

In the last few days the streets surrounding the High Line in Chelsea have had their fair share of development speculation, with two major developers potentially scooping up sites on West 18th, West 19th and West 24th .

May 13, 2014

Works Commence on the BAM North and South Towers in Fort Greene

By Diane Pham

It's going to be a noisy summer for those living in the BAM Cultural District. Works have started on not one, but two of the glassy towers planned for the area.
More on the two towers here

May 8, 2014

Gateways: Filling in the Architectural Gaps Along Cobblestoned Bond Street

By Carter B. Horsley

If you've spent time in the NoHo Historic District and Extension, then you've probably notice that there are two highly visible voids in the short stretch between Broadway and the Bowery — a destination that has become one of the city’s most interesting and admired architecture ensembles.
More on the new buildings and our city's gateways here

May 5, 2014

35XV: Chelsea’s New High-Tech Condo Tower by FXFOWLE Nears Completion

By Carter B. Horsley

East Chelsea's stunning new landmark, the 35XV, is almost complete! We recently stopped by the site to survey the work that's been done over the past few months, and by the looks of things, 35 West 15th Street is just waiting for an outer-skin for its podium.
More photos of the progress that's been made

April 25, 2014

Eyeing the Drake: The Macklowe Construction Brings a “Patriotic” Burst of Color to Park Ave

By Carter B. Horsley

One of the city’s noblest professions is “sidewalk superintendent.” These intrepid pedestrians love to peer through holes in the wall to watch large equipment playing the construction game.
For sidewalk superintendents, the former Drake is startlingly colorful

April 24, 2014

Bruce Eichner’s New 777-Foot Supertall Tower Will Dwarf the Flatiron

By Diane Pham

New York YIMBY has given us our first look of developer Bruce Eichner‘s tower planned for 41 East 22nd Street. The 777-foot skyscraper, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox and Goldstein Hill & West, will boast 60 stories hosting 81 residential units.

April 21, 2014

Condos at the Shigeru Ban-Designed Cast Iron House Now Up for Sale!

By Diane Pham

Want to live in a Pritzker prize winning architect-designed condo? Five units in the Shigeru Ban-designed Cast Iron House were placed on the market today, including the East penthouse.
More photos and floor plans ahead

April 21, 2014

Brooklyn Expo Center to Open in Greenpoint This Fall

By Patty Lee

If convention-goers thought the Javits Center was hard to get to, wait until events start taking place at a Greenpoint exhibition complex set to open later this year.
More on the new expo here

April 18, 2014

Construction Begins on Manhattan’s Tallest Condominium Tower

By Diane Pham

Construction on the SHoP Architects-designed tower at 111 West 57th Street has finally begun! Yesterday evening, one of 6sqft's reporters walked past the site and took a quick snap of the newly arrived construction vehicles and equipment.
More on the tower

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