Deals & Dealmakers
Entertainment company and labor group signs with GFP on Eighth
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GFP Real Estate signed two deals totaling 52,769 s/f at 520 Eighth Avenue. Travel and entertainment company Entertainment Benefits Group is taking 12,769
Retail
Lori Shabtai joins TOWN Commercial team
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Retail veteran Lori Shabtai is hanging her license at luxury real estate firm, TOWN. LORI SHABTAI The former Winick Realty executive vice president will
Deals & Dealmakers
AROUND TOWN: Events, meetings, seminars & talks
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MDA Gala Jan. 9: Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Muscle Team NYC will hold its 2018 MDA Muscle Team Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers from 6 p.
Deals & Dealmakers
Marriott Vacations buys Garment District hotel for $158.5M
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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, the timeshare and vacation homes arm of hospitality firm Marriott International, has agreed to acquire the Strand
Deals & Dealmakers
Domenico Vacca retail space to have private club, apartments
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Celebrity designer Domenico Vacca has released the first renderings of his new $20 million flagship “destinationˮ off Fifth Avenue. Vacca has leased the
Deals & Dealmakers
NYC Health and Hospitals take half million s/f lease at 50 Water
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NYC Health + Hospitals signed a more than 500,000 s/f lease at 50 Water Street. The agency that operates the city’s public hospitals and clinics will use
REBNY Watch
New York remains a thriving tech hub
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As the dust settles following Amazon’s decision not to build a corporate campus in Long Island City, it’s time to look ahead and remember that New York
Deals & Dealmakers
Syska Hennessy takes 55,000 s/f at 1185 Avenue of Americas
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SL Green announced that Syska Hennessy Group, Inc., the engineering company, has signed a 15-year, 55,016 s/f lease at 1185 Avenue of the Americas.
Green Building
City building 5,000 curbside rainwater collection gardens
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Rainwater collection gardens are designed to prevent flooding and sewer overflow. Mayor de Blasio has announced a major expansion of New York City’s Green
Featured
Futterman unveils 25,000 s/f retail showcase at former Sony Building
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The Chetrit Group has tapped RKF to bring 25,000 s/f of retail space at the former Sony Building at 550 Madison to market. Sony will relocate from its U.
Deals & Dealmakers
PropTech investors bullish as appetite grows for innovation
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CBRE’s acquisition of 3-D startup Floored and Blackstoneʼs purchase this month of a slice of London-based temporary workspace business The Office Group
Deals & Dealmakers
More institutional investors pumping money into crowd
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Institutional investors are turning their favorable attitudes about the marketplace lending industry into action, increasing their investment in the sector