Brooklyn
Safe Sidewalks Near Busy Streets
An intersection in Queens, NY, shows why New York City is becoming safer for pedestrians. A pedestrian island and a… Read more
Rents Rise at Fulton Mall
Brooklyn’s main shopping street is getting a major upgrade — along with higher retail rents. Ten years ago, Fulton Mall… Read more
Living Rent Free in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, landlords offered concessions on more apartments than ever before in January 2017. More than 18% of apartment listings… Read more
$80M Construction Loan Obtained for Hotel
A joint venture of the Starwood Capital Group and Toll Brothers obtained new $80 million construction/mini-perm loan for the soon-to-be-completed,… Read more
$136M Film and Fashion at Brooklyn’s Waterfront
A new ‘Made in New York’ campus will highlight the Brooklyn waterfront in a few years. A $136 million redevelopment… Read more
$36M in Financing for Gowanus Flex-Space
Two flex-office and industrial properties won permanent financing totaling $36.5 million from balance-sheet lenders in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.… Read more
Co-Working Comes to Crown Heights
Ignitia Office is planning a 17,000-square-foot space at 1002 Dean St., in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, featuring a… Read more
Help Desk for Homeowners
Homeowners gathered at Public School 9 in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood recently for the first “East New York Homeowner Help… Read more
Lightning-Fast Leasing at 365 Bond
The apartments at 365 Bond are already 80% leased — even though work just finished on all the indoor and… Read more
Northern NJ Effective Rents Forecast to Rise 5%-Plus
Most of the 7,000 new apartments that open in Northern New Jersey in 2017 will be in Jersey City. “Leasing… Read more
Has Williamsburg Hit its Peak?
The Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods together make up the only housing submarket in Brooklyn where the median price of a… Read more
30K New Apartment Units for NYC
Developers are expected to open 30,000 new, rental apartments in New York City this year, mostly in Brooklyn and Manhattan.… Read more
$60M Comes to Navy Yard . . . Through Immigrants
Immigration brought $60 million to the first phase of redevelopment at Brooklyn Navy Yard, through the federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor… Read more
Williamsburg Condo Prices Up 18%
Condo prices are rising fast in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn — largely because of one building. The Oosten, at… Read more
NYC Least Affordable City
Out of 20 leading U.S. cities, New York City is the least affordable, according to a new study by AppFolio.… Read more
Double-Digit Price Hikes for Apartment Buildings
Prices for apartment properties rose quickly in the outer boroughs of New York City in 2016, even though investors bought… Read more
New Crown Heights Home for Cabinet Maker
The real estate boom on the Brooklyn waterfront has pushed a family-owned cabinet maker to move to a new space… Read more
Mayor de Blasio Talks Building
The biggest worry many New Yorkers face is getting priced out of the city they love, according to New York… Read more
$20M Refi for Single-Tenant Office Building
The owners of an office building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY managed to get an attractive refinancing —… Read more