Deals & Dealmakers
Mobbed up? Not us says union leader on eve of crucial membership vote
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By Al Barbarino The leader of a breakaway construction union said this week he wants to “set the record straight” before a group of dock builders vote
Deals & Dealmakers
IN PICTURES: Savanna shows off 95 Evergreen in Bushwick
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Savanna celebrated the completion of its major redevelopment of 95 Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn with over 400 guests from the New York City commercial
Construction & Design
Carolyn Maloney leads fresh call to seize Brodsky site for Bushwick park
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After a $100 million offer expired, politicians and officials are calling for the city to use eminent domain to seize a waterfront site in Brooklyn long-promised
Deals & Dealmakers
Legal Aid expands at Melrose Building
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JRT Realty Group, the nation’s largest woman-owned commercial real estate services firm, has arranged a 22,070 s/f lease for the Legal Aid Society in The
Deals & Dealmakers
TRANSACTIONS: Meridian Capital, GCP, and Eastern Union announce latest closed loans
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Meridian Capital announced the following transactions: • A new mortgage of $5,000,000 was placed on a six-story, 53-unit multifamily property located on
Debt & Equity
Super financing: In a red hot residential market, how do you fund the cost of superintendent units?
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By Robbie Gendels, senior loan officer ROBBIE GENDELS National Cooperative Bank New York’s residential market is moving at lightning speed, with new condominium
Deals & Dealmakers
LEASES: Kaufman lands “hippie” retailer, media company takes space in Long Island City’s Zipper Building
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NEW YORK The Kaufman Organization secured a 5,909 s/f three-year lease for Haute Hippie, a lifestyle fashion designer, at 15 West 27th Street (15W27).
Deals & Dealmakers
Stawski signs Fifth Ave. lease
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JLL has completed a new, direct transaction with HUBB NYC Properties LLC at 579 Fifth Avenue for building owner Stawski Partners. The real estate investment
Construction & Design
Work underway on Bronx health facility
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Spector Group announced that construction is underway on a new $350 million medical campus at 1500 Waters Place in the Bronx. Working on behalf of the
Featured
Jersey City becoming increasingly popular alternative to Manhattan living
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Feeling cramped in a New York City apartment? You may want to cross the Hudson River and relocate to Jersey City. Jersey City, which is a hop and skip
Retail
Los Tacos No.1 signs lease at Kushner’s 229 West 43rd St.
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Kushner Companies announced the signing of a 15-year lease agreement to bring LOS TACOS No. 1 to Times Square in the former New York Times building.
Residential
DONE DEALS: Rent-to-buy route
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JAY MOLISHEVER Citi Habitats agent Jay Molishever helped turn renters into buyers, but took some patience and tenacity to make his clients’