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Foreign buyers bid adieu to US homes market
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Home purchases by international buyers have dropped by over one third since last year, according to an annual survey released by the National Association of Realtors.
Construction & Design
State looks to bring wow factor to 21st century JFK
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Cuomo wants something cool like Singapore’s Changi Airport ten-story ‘lifestyle destination’ offering a mix of dining, retail and experiences.
Construction & Design
Javits Center cracks the code for green living in the city
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In its latest sustainability report, the 2.1M s/f Javits Center says efforts to improve sustainability are helping breed wildlife, power properties, slash
Deals & Dealmakers
Brooklyn Navy Yard seeks developer for food manufacturing facility
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the development, lease and operation
Deals & Dealmakers
Owners put rehabs on hold
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L-r: Brad Hargreaves, Andrew Dansker, Josh Bobrowsky, Anita Gupta and Peter von der Ahe. New York City’s biggest landlord has stopped apartment renovations
Deals & Dealmakers
Industrial sector props up Brooklyn’s lackluster sales
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The Brooklyn multifamily market took at second quarter hit as the new rent regulations sent sales tumbling. Multifamily sales volume fell by 55 percent
Deals & Dealmakers
FIRST LOOK: Renderings released for Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower buildings transformation
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Columbia Heights Associates – a partnership of CIM Group, LIVWRK Holdings and Kushner Companies – has released renderings of its proposed transformation
Deals & Dealmakers
Brooklyn market expected to dip as 421-a tax program expires
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Commercial property sales in Brooklyn were incredibly robust in 2015, rising to around $9.5 billion in total dollar volume, according to one market study
Deals & Dealmakers
HPD commissioner steps down to join Ford Foundation
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Maria Torres-Springer, commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, will step down in early March, according to an announcement
Deals & Dealmakers
Shvo tax evasion case adjourned for the fourth time
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Developer Michael Shvo is due back in court next month, after his tax evasion case was adjourned for the fourth time since last October.
Featured
Taking stock: Harvard report paints cloudy picture for housing despite economic recovery
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The national housing market has now regained enough momentum to provide an engine of growth for the US economy, according to the latest The State of the
Construction & Design
Proposed zoning targets 21st century jobs in industrial North Brooklyn
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The de Blasio Administration wants to open North Brooklyn for business. Zoning changes may soon be coming to the borough’s industrial northwest corner