Bill Blass Group buys East Midtown building
By Sabina Mollot Fashion footwear company Bill Blass Group has purchased an East Midtown office building at 3 East 44th Street, a 14,175 s/f office property....
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Slow-motion change as East Midtown goes solo
East Midtown rezoning got its biggest endorsement to date last month: buy-in from one of the neighborhood’s oldest and most important corporate occupants, JPMorgan Chase....
City group okays new Grand Central pedestrian plaza
A city group has given the go-ahead for a new pedestrian plaza at Grand Central Station. The East Midtown Public Realm Improvement Fund Governing...
Now that East Midtown has been rezoned, the hard work begins
Now that the City Council has made it’s long anticipated decision on the Greater East Midtown rezoning plan, where do we go from here? First...
East Midtown rezoning may open market for hotel-to-office conversions
Host Hotels, which operates the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel and the Westin New York Grand Central, is viewing the benefits of the rezoning...
A positive step forward for East Midtown
Last week’s City Planning Commission (CPC) hearing on the long-awaited rezoning of East Midtown demonstrated that the proposal is moving in the right direction –...
A Stronger Plan to Revitalize East Midtown
This Thursday’s meeting of the Manhattan Borough Board marks another step in the closely watched public review process that will determine the future of East Midtown....
City considering street closures as part of East Midtown rezoning
The city is exploring closing down under-utilized streets in East Midtown as part of its plan to rezone the district. The possible closures, which are...
City says it won’t intervene on pricing of East Midtown air rights
The city’s rezoning proposal has put 3.5 million s/f of air rights in play in East Midtown. It’s still unclear how the deluge will affect the...
Garodnick: East Midtown transit problems too big to be solved through rezoning
While the rezoning of East Midtown has been tied to transit improvements with promises of reworked subway stations, its overall effect may amount to a...