Trader Joe’s to Open in Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point; REBNY Landmarking Report Flawed Says Data Source

By Diane Pham

September 16, 2015

Trader Joe’s to Open in Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point; REBNY Landmarking Report Flawed Says Data Source

Trader Joe’s has officially inked a 13,700-square-foot lease at the 1.9-million-square-foot site at City Point. It’s scheduled to open in 2016. [City Point; 6sqft inbox]
Here are the before and afters of the numerous towers going up in Queens. [Rent Cafe]
Red Hook’s upcoming massive waterfront tech campus has gotten an updated design. [Curbed]
Airbnb is partnering with the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce to try to improve its reputation and bring tourism to new Brooklyn neighborhoods. [Crain’s]
The latest REBNY landmarking report has holes in it, according to John Krauss, a blogger who the group culled stats from for their study which concluded that landmarked districts don’t protect affordable housing. [Crain’s]
A lawsuit pointing to the Dakota co-op board as “racist” has been dismissed. [NYT]

Images: Rendering of the new Trader Joe’s (L); Crown Heights historic district (R)

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$50M penthouse is the last residence available at the Upper East Side’s famed Surrey Hotel

By Aaron Ginsburg

Manhattan's famed Surrey Hotel is making a comeback. Following bankruptcy proceedings, new owners, and a renovation, the 100-year-old Art Deco landmark at 20 East 76th Street on the Upper East Side reopened last month as a condo hotel, with 100 hotel rooms and 14 condos, part of the Surrey Residences. Now, after a whisper sales campaign, just one remaining apartment is about to hit the market: a three-bedroom duplex penthouse asking $50,000,000. The sprawling residence, the building's most expensive, offers 5,195 square feet plus 2,346 square feet across three terraces and a private rooftop.
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