New Developments

January 28, 2026

See the Flatiron Building’s first publicly listed apartments

By Devin Gannon

As condos at the iconic Flatiron Building continue to be snapped up off-market, new details emerged this week about the first publicly listed apartments at the landmarked tower.
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January 12, 2026

Extell adds 25-story tower to Upper West Side’s former ABC campus redevelopment

By Aaron Ginsburg

After a busy year, Extell Development is planning a major new residential project at the former Disney Campus on the Upper West Side.
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January 6, 2026

Avdoo plans luxury residential tower in hot Hudson Square

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new development promising an "elevated residential experience" is moving forward in Hudson Square. Avdoo last week closed on 68 King Street for $63 million, with financing from Valley National Bank.
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December 30, 2025

First housing phase of NYC’s net-zero Far Rockaway development moves forward

By Aaron Ginsburg

The development team behind New York City’s first net-zero community in Far Rockaway has secured $278.8 million for its first phase, which will bring 320 new homes to the neighborhood.
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December 30, 2025

Announcing 6sqft’s 2025 Building of the Year!

By Devin Gannon

The votes are in! 6sqft's 2025 Building of the Year is One Domino Square, a two-tower residential development on the southern end of Domino Park in Williamsburg.
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December 29, 2025

6sqft’s top stories of 2025!

By Devin Gannon

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.
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December 24, 2025

New transit-oriented Cypress Hills project has 200+ affordable units

By Aaron Ginsburg

A mixed-use residential project in Cypress Hills, set to deliver more than 200 affordable apartments just steps from the subway, moved ahead this week.
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December 23, 2025

Work to begin on $1.6B life sciences hub in Kips Bay next year

By Aaron Ginsburg

Work on a huge new life sciences campus in Kips Bay, aimed at cementing New York City as a national leader in the field, is getting ready to kick off. Gov.
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December 22, 2025

Former Midtown hotel to become 579 affordable apartments

By Aaron Ginsburg

A former Midtown hotel is slated to become a permanently affordable housing building with nearly 600 units.
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December 19, 2025

Vote for 6sqft’s 2025 Building of the Year!

By Devin Gannon

No matter what the rest of the world looks like, interest in real estate in New York City remains one of the few constants in life.
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December 19, 2025

NYC reveals plan for first combination affordable housing and rec center project

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City has selected a development team to build the city's first-ever combination affordable housing and recreation center project.
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December 18, 2025

$129M deal at 80 Clarkson could be downtown Manhattan’s biggest

By Devin Gannon

One of New York City's best-selling buildings of the year is about to set a real estate record.
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December 18, 2025

The highest penthouse in Brooklyn’s tallest residence lists for $16.75M

By Michelle Cohen

Silverstein Properties has just unveiled Penthouse 92 at The Brooklyn Tower at 85 Fleet Street, the borough's tallest building and its only supertall.
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December 15, 2025

See inside Queens’ tallest tower, a 70-story rental with a massive ‘backyard’

By Aaron Ginsburg

The tallest tower in Queens is getting ready for its first residents. The Orchard is a 70-story rental in Long Island City with 824 apartments and more than 100,000 square feet of amenities, including a massive backyard space with a swimming pool and apple orchard.
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December 9, 2025

City taps developer to replace 100 Gold Street with 3,700 apartments

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City has chosen a developer to turn an outdated Financial District government building into thousands of new apartments.
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December 3, 2025

500 affordable homes coming to East Harlem 125th Street development

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new addition to East Harlem's East 125th Street Development will bring nearly 500 affordable homes to the neighborhood.
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November 25, 2025

Naftali Group’s new limestone condo tower at 800 Fifth Ave gets approved

By Devin Gannon

Naftali Group's plan to demolish an existing Upper East Side residential building and replace it with a new condominium tower was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday.
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November 24, 2025

2,500 new homes proposed for New York Wheel site on Staten Island

By Aaron Ginsburg

Up to 2,500 new homes could come to Staten Island’s North Shore under a new city plan to finally reimagine the long-vacant New York Wheel site. Last week, the city's Economic Development Corporation revealed a plan to transform two sites in St.
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November 21, 2025

See plan to redevelop Bronx public library with 100+ affordable homes

By Aaron Ginsburg

A plan to transform a New York Public Library branch in the Bronx has been unveiled, bringing more than 100 affordable apartments atop a new, state-of-the-art library.
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November 20, 2025

Plan for 2,000+ homes at vacant Creedmoor campus in Queens approved

By Aaron Ginsburg

A plan to bring more than 2,000 new homes to the underutilized Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in eastern Queens won approval this week. Gov.
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November 19, 2025

Eliot Spitzer’s planned Fifth Avenue condo tower gets height boost

By Aaron Ginsburg

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposed Upper East Side condo project, which would replace a 1970s-era rental building with 26 luxury residences, just got a slight height boost.
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November 18, 2025

See inside an East Village condo transforming a former parking garage into luxury loft-like homes

By Aaron Ginsburg

New images were released this week of the luxury boutique condo replacing a shuttered East Village parking garage. Designed and developed by Arcus, 220 East 9th Street replaces a 175-space garage, which had been closed since 2023 due to structural issues.
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November 17, 2025

The best new apartment buildings near Prospect Park

By Devin Gannon

With its 585 acres of woodlands, waterways, and meadows, Prospect Park is a serene escape in the heart of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 1860s, the public park is one of Brooklyn's most beautiful places to wander and connect with nature.
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November 14, 2025

Get a first look inside the new Flatiron Building condos

By Michelle Cohen

Interior renderings of the condominium residences at the iconic Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue have been revealed. As 6sqft previously reported, the building is being converted to 38 condos after 120 years as a commercial property.
first look at the new flatiron condos, this way

November 11, 2025

Former Hoboken pudding factory launches sales for luxury condos, from $795K

By Aaron Ginsburg

Once home to a pudding factory, a historic Hoboken building has been reimagined as luxury condos, with sales now underway.
details here

October 29, 2025

500-unit high-rise coming to Surf Avenue as first phase of Coney Island West plan

By Devin Gannon

The city this week revealed details for the first housing project under the Coney Island West development plan. Rybak Development will build a $350 million 28-story mixed-use tower with over 500 apartments on a city-owned parking lot on Surf Avenue, between West 21st and West 22nd Streets.
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October 24, 2025

Extell proposes 71-story mixed-use tower with 130 apartments at Wellington Hotel site

By Aaron Ginsburg

Extell Development wants to nearly triple the height of its proposed tower at the site of Midtown's former Wellington Hotel and make it residential.
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October 17, 2025

Prada plans Fifth Avenue skyscraper with ultra-luxury apartments

By Devin Gannon

Prada is teaming up with Related to build a mixed-use skyscraper at 720-724 Fifth Avenue, with a store on the ground level and office space and luxury apartments above, as first reported by Commercial Observer.
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October 9, 2025

Pacific Park gets new developers and $12M for affordable housing

By Aaron Ginsburg

Pacific Park, Brooklyn’s years-long stalled megadevelopment, could finally move forward after securing new funding and a fresh development team.
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October 8, 2025

Midtown office tower to become 107 studio apartments, first major conversion under rezoning

By Devin Gannon

An underutilized Midtown office building is set to become over 100 studio apartments in its next life. Infinite Global Real Estate and Buttonwood Development, in partnership with 400 Capital Management, have acquired 29 West 35th Street, with plans to turn the 12-story tower into a rental building.
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October 7, 2025

Latest Midtown office conversion to bring nearly 450 apartments near Bryant Park

By Devin Gannon

Midtown's office-to-residential conversion boom continues. Developer Vanbarton Group announced last week it had acquired the building at 6 East 43rd Street after securing a $300 million loan from Brookfield.
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October 2, 2025

Flatiron Building condos will have enormous great rooms, unique layouts, and prices from $10.95M

By Devin Gannon

More details have been revealed for one of New York City's most anticipated new developments. The Flatiron Building at 175 Fifth Avenue is being converted to condominiums after over a century as a commercial property.
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September 25, 2025

Adams targets city-owned sites in Williamsburg and East Harlem for 1,700 homes

By Aaron Ginsburg

Two city-owned sites could be redeveloped into at least 1,700 new homes.
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September 25, 2025

Bensonhurst library to become new modern branch with 100% affordable housing

By Aaron Ginsburg

A Brooklyn public library will be redeveloped into a new modern branch with affordable housing above it.
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September 22, 2025

$3.5B Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment moves forward

By Aaron Ginsburg

A plan to redevelop 122 acres of Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront—adding thousands of apartments and a modern port—just cleared a major hurdle. A task force overseeing the $3.
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September 17, 2025

Construction to turn vacant Forest Hills hospital into 145 affordable apartments begins

By Aaron Ginsburg

Construction has begun on an intergenerational affordable housing development at the site of a long-vacant hospital in Forest Hills.
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September 16, 2025

Red brick and terra cotta-clad condo in Greenwich Village launches sales, from $1.4M

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new boutique residential building has launched sales this week, bringing luxury living to the crossroads of Greenwich Village and Chelsea.
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September 15, 2025

Louis Vuitton files plans for 25-story Fifth Avenue flagship

By Aaron Ginsburg

Louis Vuitton wants to make its Fifth Avenue flagship even more luxurious. Just in time for New York Fashion Week, LVMH has filed plans with the Department of City Planning (DCP) to construct a 25-story tower at 1 East 57th Street, replacing the existing 20-story building.
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September 8, 2025

Vornado reveals plans for apartment tower across from Madison Square Garden

By Aaron Ginsburg

Vornado Realty Trust has unveiled long-rumored plans for a new apartment building across from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
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September 8, 2025

Inside an Inwood rental with lush green space and a performing arts center

By Aaron Ginsburg

A huge mixed-use development in Upper Manhattan brings together mixed-income housing, a new performing arts space, and lots of green space to a single project.
take a look around

September 4, 2025

ODA’s pixelating concrete condo near Billionaires’ Row prepares to launch sales, studios from $1.4M

By Devin Gannon

A new condo in Midtown East wants to humanize Billionaires' Row living. Designed by ODA, the Malabar Residences at 126 East 57th Street rises 28 stories in cascading cast-in-place concrete tiers, described by CityRealty as a "playfully pixelated totem of apartments.
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August 27, 2025

122 apartments for low-income seniors available at new 17-story building in Hudson Square

By Aaron Ginsburg

Applications are now being accepted for 122 affordable apartments for seniors at a new development next to Google's Hudson Square headquarters.
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August 27, 2025

World’s tallest Passive House building in Brooklyn secures $535M in financing

By Aaron Ginsburg

The future tallest Passive House building in the world is moving ahead in Downtown Brooklyn.
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August 19, 2025

City-owned Boerum Hill parking lot to become 70 affordable homes and a job center

By Devin Gannon

The city unveiled plans to transform a Boerum Hill parking lot into a new development with affordable homes and a job center.
from parking lot to new housing

August 19, 2025

Next Greenpoint Landing phase includes 1,000 apartments across three towers

By Devin Gannon

More than 1,000 new apartments are headed to the Greenpoint waterfront.
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August 18, 2025

New Jersey development is a blueprint for neuroinclusive housing nationwide

By Dana Schulz

Neurodivergent individuals comprise between 15 and 20 percent of the U.S. population, according to the American Enterprise Institute.
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August 7, 2025

TF Cornerstone plans to convert Billionaires’ Row office tower into 350 apartments

By Aaron Ginsburg

A prominent New York City developer wants to convert a 32-story Billionaires' Row office tower into over 300 apartments, joining the city’s growing wave of office-to-residential conversions.
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August 6, 2025

Flatiron Building will be illuminated at night for the first time as part of condo conversion

By Aaron Ginsburg

After over 120 years as a commercial building, the Flatiron Building will shine brightly as a new condo development. Literally. The distinct triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue will be illuminated for the first time in its history when it reopens as luxury apartments.
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July 30, 2025

Upper West Side public library to be redeveloped with new branch and 850 apartments

By Aaron Ginsburg

As New York City explores every option to ease its housing crisis, officials are looking to build mixed-income housing atop a new library branch on the Upper West Side.
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July 28, 2025

NYC wants to build 3,000 new homes at former Flushing Airport site

By Aaron Ginsburg

A massive housing proposal in Queens would transform the long-vacant Flushing Airport into 3,000 new homes.
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July 22, 2025

Waldorf Astoria New York reopens for the first time since 2017

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City's legendary Waldorf Astoria has finally reopened after a major restoration project that transformed the 1,400-room hotel into 375 luxury condos and 375 hotel rooms. The landmarked Art Deco icon closed in 2017 and was originally scheduled for completion in 2021.
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July 18, 2025

Sales launch at 19th-century Gothic Revival church conversion in Fort Greene, condos from $1.195M

By Aaron Ginsburg

Sales have launched at a thoughtfully converted 19th-century Gothic Revival church in Fort Greene.
see inside the "house" of holies, ahead

July 17, 2025

Work begins on 10-building East New York development with 2,000 affordable homes

By Aaron Ginsburg

Construction has kicked off on the first phase of a transformative new housing development with 2,000 affordable homes in East New York. Gov.
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July 16, 2025

NYC Council approves 1,000-unit One45 Harlem development

By Devin Gannon

A residential development will finally rise on the corner of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem after years of delays and debates.
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July 11, 2025

283-unit affordable housing and cultural arts center moves ahead in Brownsville

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new all-electric development that will bring affordable homes and a cultural arts center to Brownsville is moving forward. City officials on Thursday announced that financing has closed for the Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments (BACA) at 366 Rockaway Avenue.
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July 1, 2025

See CetraRuddy’s 46-story residential tower set to rise in Long Island City

By Aaron Ginsburg

A 46-story residential tower designed by CetraRuddy is ready to rise in Long Island City after developers secured financing.
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June 25, 2025

Final phase of affordable La Central complex breaks ground in the South Bronx

By Devin Gannon

Work began last week on the second, and final, phase of La Central, a five-building affordable housing development in the South Bronx. The $343 million second phase includes two mixed-use buildings with 420 affordable apartments, with more than 60 units set aside for formerly homeless New Yorkers.
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June 24, 2025

East Village parking garage to become luxury, red-brick condo with 18 loft-style apartments

By Aaron Ginsburg

An East Village parking garage plagued by structural issues is getting new life as an attractive red-brick condo with 18 loft-like residences.
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June 23, 2025

$80M penthouse at 80 Clarkson could break downtown Manhattan sales record

By Aaron Ginsburg

A duplex penthouse at a new two-tower complex next to Google’s Hudson Square headquarters could set a record for downtown Manhattan.
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June 18, 2025

City looks to build mixed-use project with up to 900 homes on Hunter’s Point South parcel

By Devin Gannon

The city is seeking a developer to build a mixed-use development on one of the last vacant parcels in the Hunter's Point South neighborhood of Long Island City.
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June 17, 2025

One Domino Square penthouse sells for $7.45M, a new sponsor sale record for Williamsburg

By Devin Gannon

There's a new sponsor sale record for Williamsburg. A duplex penthouse at the new waterfront development One Domino Square is under contract for $7,450,000, developer Two Trees Management announced on Monday.
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June 16, 2025

Extell proposes 1,200-foot tower on the Upper West Side

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new supertall residential skyscraper proposed for the Upper West Side would become the neighborhood’s tallest building by a wide margin.
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June 13, 2025

In heart of charming Greenpoint, a new rental launches leasing, from $4,500/month

By 6sqft

Leasing has kicked off for a new apartment building on the quieter, northern stretch of Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. Located between Green and Freeman Streets, 1024 Manhattan Avenue rises seven stories and contains 31 apartments. Pricing starts at $4,500/month for a one-bedroom apartment.
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June 13, 2025

55-story Long Island City condo with over 600 units moves ahead

By Aaron Ginsburg

A massive 55-story condo tower with over 600 homes in Long Island City is moving forward after developers secured $525 million in construction financing.
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June 10, 2025

Brooklyn Tower relaunches sales, with studios from $965K

By Devin Gannon

Nearly a year after Silverstein Properties took control, Brooklyn Tower has relaunched sales, with a new marketing team and a new address.
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June 3, 2025

Bjarke Ingels unveils cascading concrete tower with 1,000 apartments along the Gowanus Canal

By Devin Gannon

It's going to be BIG. Architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) this week unveiled designs for a 1,000-unit mixed-use tower at 175 Third Street in Gowanus, expected to be the largest building in the neighborhood.
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May 22, 2025

Times Square office tower to become 1,250 apartments

By Devin Gannon

A largely vacant office tower in Times Square is set to become a mixed-use development with 1,250 new homes. The Empire State Development (ESD) on Thursday voted to approve the conversion of 5 Times Square, a 38-story building on 7th Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets.
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May 15, 2025

MTA proposes 684-unit development above future Second Avenue Subway terminus in East Harlem

By Aaron Ginsburg

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to rezone a block in East Harlem to allow for a nearly 700-unit residential building above the future terminus of the Second Avenue Subway.
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May 12, 2025

Adams allocates $52M to replace West Village rec center in proposed budget

By Aaron Ginsburg

Mayor Eric Adams is allocating $51.8 million to rebuild a beloved, but run-down, recreation center in the West Village. The 100-year-old Tony Dapolito Recreation Center has been closed since 2019 due to significant structural issues, including foundation damage.
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April 29, 2025

Leasing begins for apartments above new National Black Theatre in Harlem, studios from $3,145/month

By Devin Gannon

Here's a chance to live above a legendary Harlem theater.
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