Leasing is brisk at 17 State St. near the Seaport since RFR Realty refinanced the harbor-facing, 571,000 square-foot office tower in January. The refi was one of three that RFR head Aby Rosen pulled off on previously strained properties -- the other two were retail portions of 670 Sixth Ave. and 150 E. 72nd St. ... Read full Story
The 420-unit building, behind the Coney Island boardwalk, will complete the final phase of a trio of properties BFC has brought to the once-underutilized blocks between West 16th and West 18th Street. ... Read full Story
The Four Seasons Private Residences deal closed off-market -- and the buyer made the purchase in cash for the fully furnished dwelling. ... Read full Story
Excavation is moving along at 930 First Avenue, the site of a 29-story residential building in the Turtle Bay section of Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Leandro Nils Dickson Architect for the 51 Street De Owner LLC, the 335-foot-tall structure will yield 83 condominium units with an average scope of 645 square feet. The project will also include 3,465 square feet of commercial space and a 20-square-foot rear yard. The property is alternately addressed as 401-405 East 51st Street and located at the corner of First Avenue and East 51st Street.
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Demolition is steadily progressing at 1482-1484 First Avenue, the site of a potential residential development from Alchemy-ABR on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The building at 1482 First Avenue formerly stood four stories tall and spanned 7,100 square feet, and the two-story 1484 First Avenue measured 13,600 square feet. Demolition is expected to cost a combined $1.8 million. The abutting properties are located by the intersection of First Avenue and East 77th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/28/2025 7:00 AM
Technology company Clear Street has signed a long-term lease extension and expanded its headquarters to nearly 88,000 square feet at 4 World Trade Center in Manhattan's Financial District. The firm will now occupy both the 45th and 46th floors of the 47-story tower developed and managed by Silverstein Properties.
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Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 28 Havens Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Atlantic Avenue and Herkimer Street, the lot is one block from the Atlantic Avenue subway station, served by the L train. Abraham Biller of 494 Jackson LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
The jewelry designer's abode, which was built in 2016, boasts eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 16,149 square feet of living space. ... Read full Story
Construction is complete on Link Apartments QPN, a 26-story residential building at 25-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Grubb Properties, the 311-foot-tall structure yields 417 rental units in studio- to two-bedroom layouts, with 126 designated as affordable housing. The project also includes 7,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The property is located between Crescent and 27th Streets, directly adjacent to the elevated Queensboro Plaza station served by the 7, N, and W trains. ... Read full Story
The ego has landed in Florida, as Robbie Williams has a slice of paradise for him and his family on the heels of leaving Los Angeles. ... Read full Story
For those with money to spend on an additional home, a long-trendy Western enclave has risen in the ranks -- and is opening itself to a new audience. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\ noun
Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.
// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.
// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
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Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.