NYC Real Estate News

The General Services Administration renews its FiDi lease, and KKR closes on part of its Brooklyn multifamily portfolio

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Manhattan’s luxury real estate market saw buyers ink 50 deals in seven days for properties asking a combined $484 million, the largest dollar volume in a single week since 2013. It’s the third time this year the number of contract signings for luxury Manhattan homes hit 50 or more, according to the Olshan Report, which tracks Manhattan contract activity for homes asking at least $4 million. The highest weekly volume, in terms of combined asking

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Community groups are at odds with the city over the project’s ecological impact

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All photos courtesy of Tishman Speyer Rockefeller Center last week kicked off a nearly two-week celebration of Mexican culture and Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with the installation of larger-than-life Mexican folk-art sculptures and other artworks around the plaza. As part of the campus-wide commemoration, see an 11-foot dragon and a 13.5-foot feathered jaguar, an exhibition of fashionably dressed skeleton figures, a Día de Los Muertos display altar, and a floral installation adorning the center’s iconic bronze statue Atlas. As part of a partnership between the Consulate General of Mexico in New York, the Mexican Cultural Institute, and Rockefeller Center, “Mexico […]

Residents in basement apartments urged to be on high alert after devastation from Ida

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The “taxi king” is no more. Evgeny “Gene” Freidman, an immigrant cabdriver’s son who amassed the largest collection of taxi medallions in New York City and parlayed some of his fortune into real estate before creditors and authorities caught up to him, died Sunday. He was 50, and the cause of death was a heart attack, sources close to the family told The Real Deal. “Gene will be remembered for his unique and colossal personality,

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A24 Films signed a 15-year deal at 1245 Broadway

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Images courtesy of Douglas Elliman. At a vast 5,499 square feet, this new-to-market Tribeca penthouse at 37 Warren Street is nothing short of a modern sky mansion, wrapped with an outdoor terrace for al fresco living and watching your garden grow. On the market for $19,995,000, the two-floor condo has four bedrooms, five full baths, two half baths, and pristine interiors designed by Steven Harris Architects. Wide-open living spaces lookout on the greenery just outside through ceiling-height windows in every room on the main floor. There’s always plenty of light and color to offset the pale, minimal interior palette. Starting with a private elevator landing, the […]