Deals & Dealmakers
SELLING POINTS: Modern Spaces marketing LIC development site; Marcus & Millichap sells Williamsburg building
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● MODERN SPACES Cleaned-up LIC site has tax bonus to boot Modern Spaces Commercial & Investment Division has been retained to handle the sale or ground
Retail
Savitt adds vegan to menu in the Garment District
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Chef-driven, vegan restaurant by CHLOE has opened a new location at 1385 Broadway in the Garment District’s new restaurant corridor.
Retail
ABS signs first retail tenant for Crown Heights project
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Union Market rendering ABS Partners secured a 10,600 s/f lease for Union Market at 1525 Bedford Avenue, a 176-unit, mixed-use development in Crown Heights
REBNY Watch
Transit trumps potential landmark status in Midtown East
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By REBNY President John Banks The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) recently held a public hearing on five of the 12 buildings considered for landmarking
Deals & Dealmakers
Amazon HQ2 advisory groups set up
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The city and state have created community committees to weigh in on Amazon’s HQ2 plans for Long Island City. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo
Deals & Dealmakers
Landlords, tenants equally vexed as New York rent deadline looms
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By Sabina Mollot Marietta Hawkes (right) the the RGB meeting With the Rent Guidelines Board set to decide on rent increases for over one million rent stabilized
Featured
Tech workers reverse trend for West Coast living and head to NYC
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For urbanites, east versus west coast is a time-honored debate — a living, breathing, competition hashed out via earnest and often intractable comparisons
Construction & Design
Little guys seeing big action in cityʼs booming new construction sector
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While showcase developments such as Hudson Yards grab most of the headlines, New York construction’s middle market has become a powerhouse.
Deals & Dealmakers
Queens no longer an investment wallflower
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Bargain-hunting investors have driven pricing in Queens to new heights and the search for ROI is leading to wallflower neighborhoods that include Sunnyside
Deals & Dealmakers
ON THE SCENE: C&W tapped for $6.8M Flushing condo, Cignature closes $6M Manhattan building
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AGENTS A team from CBRE and Pantheon Properties, on behalf of AEW & MRP Realty, is marketing the vacant, recently renovated 120,000 s/f single-story
Deals & Dealmakers
Industry veteran Todd Korren continues to move things forward
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As February came to a close, Todd Korren, principal and chief operating officer of EVO, met with Real Estate Weekly at the firm’s 40th &
Featured
Astoria Rising: Queens neighborhood primed for vertical expansion
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As far as outer-borough enclaves go, Astoria is anything but typical. Other neighborhoods along the once-blighted Brooklyn-Queens industrial belt have