Category: Buildings

Many co-op and condominium buildings consider themselves fortunate to have income-producing commercial tenants on their ground floor. More often than not, these tenants are medical professionals: doctors, dentists, small outpatient treatmen…

The Rockefellers famously built the iconic Center in Midtown Manhattan that bears their name – most likely recognizable to young people as the setting for the TV sitcom  30 Rock – in the 1930s. Its family legacy also lives on via the Ro…

Despite some fits and starts , the process of converting 1,000 rooms at the Waldorf Astoria hotel into 375 condo units is nearly complete – and Chinese developer Anbang announced on June 11 th that it will be launching sales at…

Like many other American cities, New York City is currently mired in an affordable housing crisis. And the situation seemingly grows more dire by the day. As Gothamist reported earlier this year, weakened rent laws and economic pressure…

To actually remove floors or space from a newly-constructed building because of a violation of zoning rules is quite rare as it is drastic. And i t is a situation that a nearly-completed Upper East Side condo tower could be facing.   Manh…

The allure of owning a condo at Trump Tower has apparently worn off since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016. In a recent Bloomberg article, Trump Tower was deemed “one of the least desirable luxury properties in M…

Was your building’s elevator installed before 2009? If so, it will probably require the installation of a door monitoring lock in order to be in compliance with a new regulation passed by the City.   New York City adopted the new rule to…

Two major residential projects are garnering attention in a New York City neighborhood mainly known for stocks, bonds and derivatives. The area in question is the Financial District, where a couple of noteworthy office-to-condo conversion…

As members of Congress currently debate the issue of climate change down in Washington, New York City is already implementing its own Green New Deal--and the real estate industry will feel its impact On April 18, the City Council pas…

What’s more ‘New York’ than therapy? How many Woody Allen movies feature a scene where Allen’s character is lying on a comfortable couch in an impeccably decorated room overlooking the Hudson as he confesses to his psychotherapist? That sce…