Construction is nearing completion on 321 West 38th Street, a 26-story Best Western Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect and developed by 319 West 38th Steel LP, the 250-foot-tall structure will span 44,200 square feet with an undisclosed number of hotel rooms and a collection of amenities. The property stands on two adjoining interior plots between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
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By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/14/2025 7:31 AM
Charney Companies and Tavros, in partnership with Incoco Capital, have secured $525 million in construction financing for a new 55-story residential tower in Long Island City’s Court Square neighborhood. Designed by FXCollaborative, the property will be built on a site located at 24-19 Jackson Avenue and 45-03 23rd Street. When complete, it will yield 636 condominiums.
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Permits have been filed for a nine-story residential building at 185-17 Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Located between Dainy Road and Chelsea Street, the lot is near the Jamaica-179th Street subway station, served by the F train. Howard Lorch of Ohel Children's Home and Family Services is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 5408 7th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Located between 54th Street and 55th Street, the lot is near the 8th Avenue subway station, served by the N train. Lihua Wu is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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A new analysis from HireAHelper paints a sobering picture of housing in the next decade if the average salary in every state doesn't rise significantly. ... Read full Story
The hilltop property that the Lakers star shelled out $36.75 million for in 2020 -- and subsequently razed -- is beginning to take shape. ... Read full Story
Construction is continuing on 126 East 57th Street, a 28-story residential tower on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by MRR Development, the 346-foot-tall structure will yield 147 condominium units with an average scope of 1,156 square feet, as well as 5,000 square feet of lower-level retail space. The property is located at the corner of East 56th Street and Lexington Avenue with a narrow panhandle extension to East 57th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/13/2025 7:31 AM
An agreement was recently reached between New York City and Related Companies to add nearly 50 percent more affordable housing units to Hudson Yards West, a new mixed-use development in Manhattan. Phase 2 of the project will now include approximately 4,000 residential units, with at least 625 designated as permanently affordable, an increase from the previously proposed 420 units. In addition, 139 existing units nearby will be preserved as permanently affordable. The $12 billion phase is part of the broader Hudson Yards development, now estimated to cost $32 billion in total, making it the largest real estate project in U.S. history.
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The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Botanica, a 17-story residential building at 931 Carroll Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Strekte & Strekte Architecture and developed by Cornell Realty and Carmel Partners, the structure yields 169 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 55 units for residents at 40 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $37,612 to $175,000.
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Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 2075 Honeywell Avenue in West Farms, The Bronx. Located between East 179th Street and East 180th Street, the lot is near the West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Arjan Kola of A&F General Construction LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
For those on the hunt for an oasis in the middle of Manhattan, a penthouse at 117 E. 29th St. delivers perfect amenities just in time for summer. ... Read full Story
A new report from Redfin underscores just how swiftly the luxury real estate landscape has shifted -- but buyers in certain Rust Belt markets can find deals. ... Read full Story
Excavation is progressing deeper at 570 Fifth Avenue, the site of a 29-story office skyscraper on the eastern edge of the Diamond District in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Extell, the 567-foot-tall structure will yield 637,312 square feet of Class A office space. The building will also contain retail space on floors one and two, an 80,000-square-foot flagship store for IKEA on the first two cellar levels, and a gym, swimming pool, basketball court, and juice bar on the third and fourth below-grade stories. The development is located between West 46th and 47th Streets. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/12/2025 7:31 AM
Malas Development has acquired a 2.5-acre parcel at 359 Alfred Avenue in Teaneck, New Jersey, to launch the second phase of The Marq, a rental community. The upcoming six-story building, designed by CPA Architecture, will add 248 residences to the development. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-July following the demolition of an existing industrial structure. This next phase follows the successful lease-up of Phase One, which brought 256 units to the market, 80 percent of which were leased within months of opening.
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The affordable housing lottery has launched for Verdant Fort Greene, a 30-story residential building at 240 Willoughby Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitefield Architects and developed by Rabsky Group, the structure yields 300 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 147 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $122,229 to $227,500.
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Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 2675 Decatur Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx. Located between East 194th and East 195th Streets, the lot is closest to the Kingsbridge Road subway station, served by the B and D trains. Alban Haxhari of KGCJ Development Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
"... flags should have simple elements, a limited number of colors, and no words. One of the tenets of vexillology is that the elements of the flag should be simple enough to be easily drawn by a child." — The Toledo (Ohio) Blade, 9 Jan. 2025
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"The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." Woodrow Wilson was speaking of the U.S. flag when he made that statement in an address in June of 1915, but those who engage in vexillology—that is, vexillologists—would likely find the comment applicable to any national banner. Vexillologists undertake scholarly investigations of flags, producing papers with titles such as "A Review of the Changing Proportions of Rectangular Flags since Medieval Times, and Some Suggestions for the Future." In the late 1950s, they coined vexillology as a name for their field of research, basing it on vexillum, the Latin term for a square flag or banner of the ancient Roman cavalry. The adjectives vexillologic and vexillological and the noun vexillologist followed soon thereafter.