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Developing
developing
May 12, 2022
The Trump International Hotel, Remembered by Yelp
“It reeks.”
By
Clio Chang
brick and mortar
May 4, 2022
Cheap Meat or Luxury Rentals? Inside the Fight at Western Beef
A son’s plan to upscale the grocery’s real-estate empire is reined in by his father.
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Jasper Craven
street view
Feb. 3, 2022
Most Green Buildings Aren’t Even Close to Being Carbon-Neutral — Yet
With a few exceptions, their claims — at least so far — are built on fuzzy math and borrowing against the future.
By
Justin Davidson
the metaverse
Jan. 28, 2022
Now You Can Get a Mortgage in the Metaverse
In crypto, of course.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Jan. 5, 2022
Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue, Known ‘Canyon of Mediocrity,’ Now Has $5M Penthouses
High-end developments begin to infiltrate among the gas stations and no-frills rentals.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Dec. 29, 2021
How New York City’s Skyline Will Change in 2022
The skyline-, neighborhood-, and city-changing projects for this coming year.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Dec. 14, 2021
The Site Chosen by Elizabeth Street Garden Supporters Gets Affordable Housing
But that doesn’t mean the garden will stay.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Dec. 14, 2021
A Family of Three Making $42,000 Will Be Able to Live in Soho
The neighborhood rezoning, expected to pass Wednesday, will prioritize affordability.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Dec. 10, 2021
If This Deal Is Any Guide, New York Rents Aren’t Going to Calm Down Anytime Soon
The buyers of the American Copper Buildings are betting on the numbers rising and rising some more.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Dec. 6, 2021
Architects Agree: The Buildings Around the High Line Are Terrible
The black hole of starchitecture.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Dec. 3, 2021
Elliman’s Top Brokers Are Selling Luxury Real Estate in the Metaverse
Taking the real out of real estate, for fun and profit.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Nov. 23, 2021
This Is the Beginning of Gowanus’s New Skyline
An expansive rezoning passed today has developers ready to build, build, build.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Nov. 11, 2021
A Billionaire-vs.-Millionaire Penthouse Battle
On the Upper West Side, Bill Ackman wants to build a remarkable glass house. But his neighbors have stones.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Nov. 10, 2021
Ben Kallos Really Didn’t Want the Blood Center Redevelopment
But the City Council is voting for it anyway.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Oct. 28, 2021
The Observation-Deck Wars Are Here
Edge, at Hudson Yards, offers a tethered outdoor climb 1,200 feet above the street — for $185.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Oct. 22, 2021
Farewell to the Half Bean, Tribeca’s Best Unfinished Landmark
The artist’s mini “Cloud Gate” is nearly complete — so go see it before it’s done.
By
Sophie Haigney
architecture review
Oct. 21, 2021
The Observation Deck at One Vanderbilt Is a Ridiculous Place
“Surely there’s a better way than assaulting them with lights and mirrors.”
By
Justin Davidson
developing
Oct. 20, 2021
A Lenape Tribe Finally Wrests Its Sacred Site Back From Developers
Fighting back the latest threat to the Ramapough people.
By
Saki Knafo
developing
Sept. 30, 2021
With Google Moving In, Hudson Square Is Trying to Spruce Up the Place
The neighborhood is now a major tech hub, so it should probably be connected to the rest of the city.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
architecture review
Sept. 30, 2021
Manhattan West Is (a Little Bit) What Hudson Yards Should Have Been
It’s still a corporate simulacrum of a city, but given the history of such gestures, it’s surprising they got it anywhere close to right.
By
Justin Davidson
developing
Sept. 24, 2021
It Just Keeps Getting Worse for 432 Park
A new lawsuit seems likely to spoil sales at the Billionaires’ Row tower.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Sept. 16, 2021
Continuum’s Towers Were Nixed by the City. So the Developer Is Suing.
The Botanic Garden fight may go another round.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Sept. 15, 2021
River Ring Gets Okayed, With 13 Conditions
Smaller towers, more affordable apartments, and a slew of other requirements.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Sept. 10, 2021
The Leaning Tower of Seaport May Finally Break Its Bad Luck
But it’s still tilting ever so slightly to the north.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Sept. 1, 2021
The “Horrendous” Luxury Rentals That Need Gut Renovations After Just a Decade
The life cycle of a high-end building is getting shorter.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
Aug. 27, 2021
Why Throgs Neck Homeowners Are Up in Arms About Two 8-Story Buildings
It’s not just the height, or the number of units — it’s who might end up living there too.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
developing
Aug. 20, 2021
Dreams, Demolished: Grand Prospect Hall Will Be Torn Down
The 129-year-old former opera house is being razed to make way for a new development
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Aug. 12, 2021
So Long, 666 Fifth Avenue
Its past lives included Noguchi art, a cigar lounge, that satanic address, and Jared Kushner.
By
Christopher Bonanos
developing
Aug. 9, 2021
Adams’s Office Gives a Thumbs-Down to Towers by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The greenhouses win out.
By
Kim Velsey
developing
July 15, 2021
The Brooklyn Skyline Is About to Change Forever With 9 DeKalb
Everything we know about the borough’s first supertall.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
developing
July 2, 2021
Developers Will Finally Have to Assess Who Gets Displaced by Rezonings
New legislation will require racial-equity reports for many major developments.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
July 1, 2021
The Bronx Could Get a Salsa Museum in the Kingsbridge Armory
The borough, where the genre was born, would be a perfect home.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
developing
May 13, 2021
The UES Battle Over a Blood Lab Is Not About Blood
Preservationists and elected officials fear pathogens could escape into the neighborhood.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
May 5, 2021
What’s a Crown Heights Supermarket Worth?
It’s a lifeline to local residents. It’s also a valuable development site. You can guess where this story is headed.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Apr. 9, 2021
A Brooklyn Building Is Screeching. We Asked an Acoustician Why.
Wind is creating an effect like “when you blow over the top of an empty soda bottle.”
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Mar. 23, 2021
Hudson Yards Has Landscaped Out the Food Vendors
“I’m not selling drugs. I’m a hot-dog guy.”
By
Valeria Ricciulli
developing
Jan. 27, 2021
Lawsuit Against Zoom Meetings Could Derail the Gowanus Rezoning (and Much More)
The challenge, if successful, could create a legal opening to stall developments.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Jan. 7, 2021
Build a Tower, Save a Museum?
That’s the gamble in the Seaport historic district.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Dec. 10, 2020
Queens Megaproject Passes With Barely Any Affordable Housing
Out of 1,725 apartments, just 90 will be below-market-rate.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Nov. 19, 2020
Will You Someday Want to Live on Rikers Island?
Once new jails rise elsewhere, the island could become a built-from-scratch neighborhood.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Nov. 13, 2020
Flowers Win Over Towers (for Now) in Shade Lawsuit
A judge has paused plans for two 39-story buildings that would starve the Brooklyn Botanic Garden of sunlight.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Nov. 10, 2020
Will Queens Activists Flush Yet Another Luxury Development?
There’s a new fight over a swath of undeveloped waterfront land in Flushing.
By
Caroline Spivack
developing
Oct. 21, 2020
Where Could the City Squeeze New Housing Into Soho?
The exclusive neighborhood could see thousands of new apartments — some of them “affordable” — if the city gets its way.
By
Caroline Spivack