INTERVIEW: HS2 Architecture’s Tom and Jane Talk Residential Design and Their 20-Year Collaboration
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Brooklyn has the least affordable housing in the US. [Bloomberg] A Bed-Stuy townhouse sells for a record-breaking $3M. [Brownstoner] 100% Sold Out: All of the homes at The Townhouses of Cobble Hill have been scooped up after less than a year. [6sqft inbox] Related breaks ground on the first residential tower at Hudson Yards. [NYDN] Images: […]
Real estate issues to keep an eye on in 2015. [TRD] Extell’s proposal for a 16-story building along Park Avenue has failed to pass Landmarks muster. [Curbed] Investors are lending $1.55B to the Plaza’s owner in order to lock in control of the hotel. Part of the money will also go towards bailing Plaza chairman Subrata Roy out […]
David Wolkoff, the developer of the residential building replacing 5Pointz, has sold his 791 Park Avenue home for $10M. [NYO] BIG’s 57th Street pyramid gets its topper. [Curbed] A Bowery development site sold for $45M. [TRD] The Port Authority has lost the $175M Hudson Yards tower deal. [Crain’s] Landmarked Dudley Memorial townhouse at 118 Amity Street in Cobble […]
Related Companies is the latest landlord to ask property managers to turn in tenants for listing their apartments on AirBnb. [TRD] Another potential residential development site in Tribeca could fetch $50M. [Crain’s] A Hudson Yards strip club may be turned into a 46-story residential tower. [TRD] Are too many luxury buildings being constructed? Some developers are opting to […]
Robert A.M. Stern, the architect behind 15 Central Park West, is bringing a new 17-story tower to 20 East End Avenue. The building—said to be less pricey than Stern’s others—will have 43 units starting at $4.5M. Penthouses will go for $20M. [NYT] New renderings and listings appear for One John Street. [Brownstoner] East New York’s rapidly rising […]
You may have scoffed at the $200 Hudson Yards fragrance released earlier this year, but this “smell like an up-and-coming neighborhood” trend seems to be catching on. NYC fashion brand OAK has just released a brand new candle that will fill your home up with the scent of Bushwick. Mmmmm? Aptly titled ‘Mckibben + Bogart 03’ (named after the […]
The sultan of Brunei’s interest in the Plaza was all fluff, but the landmark hotel is still up for sale. The hotel will likely fetch $2B, but any deal will be extremely complicated given the current ownership structure. [NYT] Post-gentrifiers are upset with the post-post-gentrifiers that have driven Williamsburg’s prices sky high. [NYT] The George Washington Bridge Terminal […]
A combo 6,000 square-foot luxury pad at the San Remo just sold for a record-breaking $26.4 million. [NYO] A 33-story tower designed by Woods Bagot is coming to Downtown Brooklyn. The new building will include a hotel and 381 apartments. [Curbed] More buyers are heading to Harlem in search of seeking cheaper luxury apartments. [Crain’s] The Mall at […]
Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Sean Combs—whatever you want to call him—has re-listed his 2,292-square-foot Park Imperial loft for $7.9M. The new listing sees a $500K price reduction. [Curbed] New York is lagging other major cities in its pace of residential construction. Permits for 17,995 new housing units were issued in 2013—a little more than half […]
An Italian family has scooped up the NYC Church Missions House for $50M-plus. Luxury condos and retail are reportedly planned at landmarked 281 Park Avenue South structure. [TRD] LIVWRK has closed on a Red Hook building for $21.5M. The property recently housed a ship engine repair company. [CO] Vornado puts 1740 Broadway up for sale. The real […]
A municipal parking lot on prime real estate in downtown Flushing is up for grabs for just $1 [NYDN] There’s a 34-room hotel coming to Boerum Hill [TRD] A controversial plan to have the lower-income residents of a New York City luxury condo enter through a “poor door” has been approved [NY Post] Median sale […]
Is Jared Kushner plotting to turn 20 apartments into one giant West Village mansion? [Curbed] ACE Hotel is indeed coming to Downtown Brooklyn. Permits were just filed for a site along Bond Street. [Brownstoner] Harlem rents are up and a landlord is looking to rent a penthouse at 1080 Amsterdam Ave. for $10,500 a month. [NYDN] […]
To power up the vast $18 billion Related Companies project at Hudson Yards, the developers are looking to off-grid electrical systems. However, being green may also mean having to pay out more green. ConEd’s standby tariffs are canceling out any benefits for both big and small buildings alike. [Crain’s] The managers of the Empire State Building have asked a judge to dismiss a […]
IKEA Lamp Changes Colors with Your Mood: It’s the mood ring of the 21st century. PSFK examines how designer Vittorio Cuculo hacked an IKEA lamp so that the world may know exactly how he’s feeling. Invasion of privacy? Possibly. Totally awesome? Definitely. Architects Pushing Fashion Forward: Architizer shows us that architects love fashion, and demonstrates it […]