New York
$55M for the Royalton Hotel
Highgate and Rockpoint Group paid $55 million for the Royalton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The 168-key Royalton is an iconic,… Read more
Zar Property Buys SoHo Retail with No Brokers
Zar Property NY paid $9.3 million for the entire retail component at 47-49 Mercer St. in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. CoCoMat,… Read more
ONE UN Joins the Hilton Family
ONE UN New York, a landmarked hotel alongside the United Nations headquarters, will join the Hilton network as Millennium Hilton… Read more
Estée Lauder Renews for Less Space
Estée Lauder Companies has renewed two giant leases totaling over 400,000 square feet in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan.… Read more
$52M Spec Development Underway in Oceanside
Laguna Beach, CA-based McDonald Property Group broke ground on a $52-million speculative industrial development within the 25-acre Pacific Coast Business… Read more
Amazon U.S. Job Fair Breaks Records
Amazon hosted a national hiring day, and thousands of candidates showed up hoping to claim one of the 50,000 jobs… Read more
Accenture Takes 250K-SF at Brookfield’s 1 Manhattan West
Accenture signed a 250,000-square-foot lease at Brookfield Property Partners’ One Manhattan West in Hudson Yards. The management consultant committed to… Read more
Long Island City Gets Powerhouse Gym
Powerhouse Gym will fill 10,323 square feet at “The Apple Building” at 30-30 Northern Boulevard in the Long Island City… Read more
Washington Heights Apartments Get $40M
Investors paid $40.1-million for two six-story buildings in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. “Getting a deal signed on acceptable terms was… Read more
Kips Bay Apartments Sell $700K-Per-Unit
A private buyer paid $19 million for a six-story apartment building in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood. Built in 1920, the… Read more
One Million Riders for NYC Ferry
Wall Streeters will be able to ride the New York City Ferry to their new apartments in Long Island City… Read more
$300M Loan for Midtown Condo Tower
Ceruzzi Properties and its partners closed a $300-million construction loan for a 72-story mixed-use development at 138 East 50th St.… Read more
New Plan for 450K-SF Office Tower in Downtown Brooklyn
JEMB Realty Corporation has taken possession of the site at 420 Albee Sq. in Downtown Brooklyn where it will build… Read more
Development Drives West Side Retail
In Manhattan, five of the 10 submarkets with the highest asking rents are along the west side of the island.… Read more
Shamballa Jewels to Open in SoHo
Shamballa Jewels signed a lease for their first first store in the U.S. It’s a 2,000-square-foot space in Manhattan’s SoHo… Read more
Call to Action from the Building Congress
New York City is on schedule to meet Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ambitious goal to build new affordable housing. But… Read moreAnother Top Restaurant for Hudson Yards
A new restaurant will open this fall at Hudson Yards — and it sounds like a winner. The wine list… Read more
Best ‘To Go’ Eats for Summer Picnics in NY and London
With Summer in full swing, foodies are longing for the tastiest take-outs for a relaxing sun-washed picnic. And New York… Read more
Fire Up the Barbecue in NYC Again
NYC’s recent crackdown on rooftop and terrace spaces appears to be easing. Building owners received notice from the city’s Department… Read more