6sqft’s top stories of 2025!
As we say goodbye to 2025, 6sqft is reflecting on the stories that resonated the most with our readers. From JPMorgan’s new Midtown headquarters and the Flatiron Building’s conversion into condos, you stayed updated on new projects shaping our city. You ate up articles about celebrity penthouse purchases, record-setting real estate, and new trash policies. Readers debated New York’s best pastrami spots and learned about new legislation to address the housing crisis, from rezonings and ADUs to bringing back single-room occupancy apartments. Below, find our most-read stories of the year. Thanks, as always, for reading!
New developments and commercial projects
- 72-story tower with 1,200 apartments proposed to replace Downtown Brooklyn ‘eyesore’
- JPMorgan opens soaring 60-story NYC headquarters at 270 Park Avenue
- Flatiron Building condos will have enormous great rooms, unique layouts, and prices from $10.95M
- Louis Vuitton files plans for 25-story Fifth Avenue flagship
- See inside an East Village condo transforming a former parking garage into luxury loft-like homes
Real estate trends
- NYC’s first wave of office-to-residential conversions could create over 17,000 new homes, report says
- Priced out of NYC? These are the best commuter suburbs, according to real estate experts
- Everything old is new again: Why NYC buyers are choosing pre-war apartments over new developments
- This map shows where rent increased the most by NYC subway stop
- The rise of the next Williamsburg: How Gowanus went from eyesore to eye-popping prices
Celebrity sales, new records, and residential milestones
- $80M penthouse at 80 Clarkson could break downtown Manhattan sales record
- Barbara Corcoran buys Carnegie Hill penthouse for $16M
- Nation’s largest office-to-residential conversion starts leasing for 1,300 apartments in FiDi
- Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost buy $13M Park Ave penthouse
- Gracie Abrams buys Greenwich Village penthouse for $5.5M
- Sabrina Carpenter buys Tribeca penthouse for $9.95M
NYC news
- West Harlem becomes first neighborhood in North America to fully containerize trash
- The 7 absolute best pastrami spots in NYC—and the stories behind them
- NYC’s plan to rezone Jamaica calls for 12,000 new homes
- 432 Park owners sue again over alleged facade crack cover-up
- NYC homeowners can now apply to build basement, backyard apartments
- New bill would revive single-room occupancy apartments in NYC
Openings and events
- Central Park’s new public pool is now open
- Erewhon is coming to NYC, but you’ll need $36K to get in
- Whole Foods to open first Queens location in Ridgewood
- The Met unveils last rooftop commission until at least 2030
- Printemps opens in NYC, bringing French flair and fashion to Wall Street
Affordable housing in every borough
- Lottery opens for 330 apartments at huge office-to-residential conversion in FiDi, from $932/month
- Bronx co-op launches lottery for 58 apartments for purchase, starting at $145K
- Crown Heights co-op opens waitlist for Mitchell-Lama apartments, for sale from $19K
- Former Beth Israel hospital building in Gramercy opens lottery for 22 rentals, from $963/month
- Former JFK Airport hotel launches lottery for 125 affordable apartments, from $784/month
