New York City
NYCHA Gets Design-Build Authority
As Gov. Cuomo demands action on long-delayed repairs to public housing, the New York City Housing Authority has been granted… Read more
HPD Says There’s Still a Need for Rent Regulation
Initial results from the 2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey show a net rental vacancy rate of 3.63%… Read more
NYC’s Housing Supply Reaches All-Time High
New York City’s housing supply is at an all-time high of 3.47 million units, and will see about 50,000 more… Read more
Bulova Campus in Woodside Sells to Terreno REIT
Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired Bulova’s corporate campus in the Woodside section of Queens from Bulova for $25.2 million. The… Read more
Amsterdam Joins Colliers as Eastern Region President
David Amsterdam has joined Colliers International as president – investments, leasing for the Eastern U.S. Region. Amsterdam will lead the… Read more
CIT Renews Headquarters Lease 3 Years Early
Middle-market commercial lender CIT Group has opted for an early renewal of its 150,000-square-foot headquarters at Tishman Speyer’s 11. W.… Read more
Multi-Level Air Cargo Facility Coming to JFK
New York City will be getting its first multi-level, multi-tenant air cargo and distribution facility, courtesy of Triangle Equities, which… Read more
Lightstone Tops Out on Moxy Project with Marriott
Lightstone has topped out the second of four Moxy hotels it’s developing in New York City in partnership with Marriott.… Read more
Landmarks Commission Moves to Streamline Process
New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has scheduled a March 27 hearing on proposed changes to its approvals process. The… Read more
Connect Media Bolsters Editorial Team with Bubny Hire
Veteran commercial real estate reporter Paul Bubny joined the Connect Media team as an editorial director, with responsibility for the… Read moreTop Broker Honoree: Colliers’ The Cabrera Team
The Cabrera Team at Colliers International arranged leases totaling 15.8 million square feet of office space in 2017. These 42… Read moreTop Broker Honoree: CBRE’s Sacha Zarba
Sacha Zarba of CBRE was responsible for 1.4 million square feet of office leasing in 2017. These 32 transactions had… Read moreTop Broker Honoree: C&W’s Michael O’Neill
Michael O’Neill of Cushman & Wakefield closed retail leases totaling 179,000 square feet in 2017. These 44 transactions had a… Read more
NYC Looks for Partners to Build Modular
New York City is getting serious about modular construction, which is the process of constructing buildings from modules that are… Read more
James Kinsey Joins Avison Young
Investment sales specialist James Kinsey has joined Avison Young’s New York City office as principal and director of Tri-State Investment… Read more
Deregulation Could Create Affordable Housing: New Research from the NYU Furman Center
Developers could build new housing that an average New Yorker could afford — if it changed the rules on what… Read more
Jed Resnick Joins Douglaston Development
Douglaston Development, one of the largest residential and mixed-use developers in New York City, has named Jed Resnick chief operating… Read more
Two Top Firms Involved in Most Top Office Leases in 2017
CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), represented the landlord or tenant in most of the 50 biggest lease transactions in… Read more
New Yorkers Willing to Spend for Housing: New Data from StreetEasy
Despite the high cost of living in New York City, most New Yorkers are making it work, often by blowing… Read more