Real Estate Wire: 15 Hudson Yards Gets a Makeover; Tips for Buying Waterfront Property in NYC

• Diller Scofidio + Renfro gives 15 Hudson Yards gets a makeover, taking away some of its flair. [NY YIMBY]
• 9 things you should know before buying a waterfront property in NYC. [DNA Info]
• A map of the 1,100 affordable housing units coming to Downtown Brooklyn. [DNA Info]
• The nation of Qatar has backed out of a $90M purchase of an Upper East Side townhouse at 19 East 64th Street. Had the deal closed, it would have been the city’s priciest commercial townhouse sale. [TRD]
• No Walmart for Astoria Cove. An anti-Walmart coalition is demanding that the mayor keep the chain out of Queens. [NYO]
• 190 Bowery might be up for sale for the first time in 50 years. The property has popped up on Aby Rosen’s RFR Realty, and many are wondering if artist Jay Maisel, who has lived at the property with his family since 1966, is finally looking to cash in. Maisel originally bought the building for $102K, but 2008 estimates put its value at around $50M. [Crain’s]

15 Hudson Yards (left); NYC waterfront (right)