Bidding Wars and Over-Ask Sales on the Rise in Brownstone Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Find out where to expect bidding wars
Rent-to-own programs are becoming an option for those with bad credit who want to one day own a home. [WSJ] The MTA sent Mayor Bill de Blasio a letter yesterday urging the city to provide the $3.2 billion that the agency needs to close its capital budget deficit. [New York Post] Go inside the under-construction, ultra-expensive penthouse at the famed Woolworth […]
Yesterday, we learned of Governor Cuomo’s plans for a major, $4 billion overhaul of LaGuardia Airport. The project includes consolidating the four terminals, moving the entire facility south, introducing a 24-hour ferry service, and launching AirTrain service that’ll connect travelers to the 7 line in Willet’s Point. Today, however, the revelry took a turn when it […]
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Donald Trump is estimated to be worth $2.9 billion by new accounts. Trump previously claimed $10 billion. [Bloomberg] Here are the Brooklyn equivalents of all the states. [Huff Po] Hockey Star Sean Avery lists his Hamptons house. [Curbed] After 40 years, the iconic Trash Vaudeville is leaving its St. Marks locale for a new space on 7th Street. […]
NIMBYs have become power players in New York’s real estate game. Here’s a closer look at the playbook they use to take new developments down. [Crain’s] Aby Rosen has found a new restaurant to replace the iconic Four Seasons in the Seagram building. [NYP] The MTA is kicking gardeners out of their greenspace beneath the […]
By age 60, “nearly four in five people experience some kind of economic hardship.” A look at the odds that you’ll be poor at some time in your life. [Wonkblog] How to make the best of a small one-bedroom apartment. [NYT] Harlem’s oldest townhouse has sold for $3.6M to a new owner who plans to turn it into a […]
BIG’s 2 WTC gets rave reviews from the Community Board 1. [Downtown Express] Focusing in on Roosevelt Island’s evolution into a place people actually want to live. [NYP] 200-square-foot mobile studios are now available to NYC artists and entrepreneurs. [Inhabitat NYC] Here are 10 NYC homes with their very own private pools. [Curbed] Images: Roosevelt […]
The Hudson Yards will be home to 28,000 plants when complete. [NYT] City Councilman Ben Kallos is leading a forum to block supertall, shadow-casting towers tomorrow night. [DNA Info] The Healthy Buildings Lab is working to help New Yorkers understand if toxic building materials have been used in their homes. [DNA Info] Donald Trump has […]
This morning we revealed renderings of Six Sigma’s upcoming condo at 435 West 19th Street, which offers private pools as one of its amenities (along with a sky garage). We first saw this perk pop up at SCDA’s Soori High Line a few blocks north on 29th Street, where 16 of its 27 units will feature heating […]