Category : Featured

Javits Center cracks the code for green living in the city

REW July 25, 2019 July 25, 2019

by REWJuly 25, 2019July 25, 20193341

The Javits Center has become an unlikley hero of the green building movement. In its latest sustainability report, the 2.1M s/f expo center says efforts to improve sustainability are helping breed wildlife, power properties, slash fuel bills and make people happy. “This report proves that smart, simple and sustainable changes...

Deals & Dealmakers Featured

Brits look to Boris for real estate boost

REW July 24, 2019 July 24, 2019

by REWJuly 24, 2019July 24, 20191740

By Linda O’Flanagan Britain’s real estate industry is looking to the country’s new prime minster Boris Johnson to ease restrictions on city landlords. The Eton-educated former Mayor of London handily won the Conservative leadership contest to replace Theresa May on a pledge to deliver Brexit by October 31. His platform...

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Brooklyn Navy Yard seeks developer for food manufacturing facility

REW July 24, 2019 July 24, 2019

by REWJuly 24, 2019July 24, 20192297

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the development, lease and operation of a food manufacturing facility at its 20,000 s/f Building 50. The RFEI seeks entrepreneurs and/or developers to create and operate a food manufacturing hub. Building 50 will...

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Industrial sector props up Brooklyn’s lackluster sales

REW July 24, 2019 July 24, 2019

by REWJuly 24, 2019July 24, 20191635

The Brooklyn multifamily market took at second quarter hit as the new rent regulations sent sales tumbling. Multifamily sales volume fell by 55 percent while a bouyant industrial and office sector helped the overal sales consideration hold at $2.7 billion for the first half of the year. “The decline in...

Construction & Design Featured

Work starts on turning old Bronx jail into housing

REW July 17, 2019 July 17, 2019

by REWJuly 17, 2019July 17, 20193111

Hudson Companies and Gilbane Development are partnering with the city to build the first residential phase of the Peninsula on land once occupied by the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center.

Featured Retail

Retailers asking: If you feed them, will they come?

Sabina Mollot July 17, 2019 July 17, 2019

by Sabina MollotJuly 17, 2019July 17, 20195121

Retail real estate industry professionals are betting that a little caffeine buzz is just what businesses need to reclaim elusive brick-and-mortar customers

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Manhattan’s investment sales plummet to 10-year low

Linda O'Flanagan July 16, 2019 July 16, 2019

by Linda O'FlanaganJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20193774

Woeful second quarter numbers propped up by the single $2.2 billion sale of the 30 Hudson Yards office condo.

Featured Property Managers

Industry joins with city to slam plan to ban immigrants from public housing

REW July 16, 2019 July 16, 2019

by REWJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20193179

Trump plan would ban anyone who cannot verify their immigration status from public housing , even if their child or other family members are eligible for assistance.

Featured Lawsuits

Owners sue over new rent regulations

Sabina Mollot July 16, 2019 July 16, 2019

by Sabina MollotJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20196673

Seven New York landlords have joined the Rent Stabilization Association and Community Home Improvement Program to sue over regulations they claim are ‟unconstitutional.”

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Citi Bike to expand throughout the boroughs

REW July 16, 2019 July 16, 2019

by REWJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20192802

The nation’s largest bike share system is about to get even bigger, thanks to an investment of $100 million by Lyft that’s aimed at bringing Citi Bike to a more “economically diverse range of communities.” The announcement, made by Mayor Bill de Blasio alongside reps from Lyft on the steps...