In the face of gentrification, no group in Brooklyn can withstand the onslaught, whether it’s Poles in Greenpoint, African-Americans in Bed-Stuy, Italians in East Williamsburg, Mexicans in Sunset Park, West Indians in Flatbush, or even the…
In 2013, Emmes Realty paid $151 million (or $330 per square foot) to acquire the 25-story black modernist tower, built in 1971, at 180 Water Street, on the east side of the Financial District. Now, the owner…
A new building permit application was filed this morning for 35 Hudson Yards, the Related/Oxford Properties-developed mixed-use tower set to rise at the southeastern corner of 33rd Street and 11th Avenue, a block south of the new…
Early in Bloomberg’s term as mayor, a deal was struck to give Brooklyn Heights a new park. Rather than fund it out of the general budget – which might have been seen as unfair to…
Downtown’s new tallest residential building was ceremoniously topped-out last week, and 30 Park Place certainly holds its own on the New York skyline. Per DOB permits, the skyscraper will stand 937 feet tall, totaling 67 floors (almost all of…
