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New facade rules planned

REW December 24, 2019 December 24, 2019

by REWDecember 24, 2019December 24, 20192198

By Sabina Mollot The Department of Buildings is pressing ahead with its plan for tough new rules to keep building facades safe. A public hearing is scheduled for December 30 on changes to the Facade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP), also known as Local Law 11. The law requires owners...

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RAB strikes contract deal with building service workers

REW December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019

by REWDecember 20, 2019December 20, 20192983

The labor agreement means New York City’s 32BJ members will continue to be among the highest paid commercial building service workers in the country in o

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DOB races to check scofflaws after falling facade kills woman

Sabina Mollot December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019

by Sabina MollotDecember 18, 2019December 18, 20194049

Inspectors go building by building to make sure 1,300 buildings don't pose immediate danger to pedestrians.

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Rent overcharge cases surge

REW December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019

by REWDecember 18, 2019December 18, 20195238

Landlord attorneys say they’re responses to rent nonpayment claims By Sabina Mollot Half a year after the new laws limiting how landlords can raise regulated rents were decided in Albany, the real estate industry is still trying to figure out all the potential ramifications. But one challenge for owners that’s...

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How pop-up shopping transformed the retail sector in 2019

REW December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019

by REWDecember 18, 2019December 18, 20193246

Scores of digitally native brands broke into bricks-and-mortar physical spaces

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Rent control clouds otherwise upbeat retail convention

Linda O'Flanagan December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019

by Linda O'FlanaganDecember 18, 2019December 18, 20192925

Brokers optimistic that the continuing evolution of a sector battered by e-commerce and evolving shopping habits is on the road to full recovery.

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State goes after Chang after 50 hotel workers are fired en masse

Sabina Mollot December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

by Sabina MollotDecember 17, 2019December 17, 20192797

Hotel developer denies effort to bust union organizing

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In Jersey City, owners say amenities are more important than ever

Sabina Mollot December 13, 2019 December 13, 2019

by Sabina MollotDecember 13, 2019December 13, 20193334

In Jersey City, the amenity war is just as raging as the one across the Hudson, and experts at a recent panel for development in the city said they’ve been key not only in attracting residents but retaining them. Additionally, Jersey City buildings these days are likely to boast services...

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ICSC New York Deal Making show draws 10,000

REW December 13, 2019 December 13, 2019

by REWDecember 13, 2019December 13, 20192776

Attendance on par with previous years, say organizers

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Alloy cuts off the gas for all-electric Flatbush tower

REW December 12, 2019 December 12, 2019

by REWDecember 12, 2019December 12, 20192101

Alloy Development announced that 100 Flatbush, the first tower of its planned 80 Flatbush project in Downtown Brooklyn, will be 100 percent electric – the first of its kind in the city. At the same time, the project’s two new public schools will be the first in the city designed...