JPMorgan Chase officials on Tuesday held a ribbon cutting to mark the official completion of the company’s 1,389-foot supertall headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Tishman Speyer, the 60-story skyscraper yields 2.5 million square feet of office space with a capacity of 14,000 employees, and is the tallest structure in New York completely powered by upstate hydroelectric energy. Adamson Associates was the architect of record, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed eight expansive trading floors spanning 500,000 square feet that can accommodate 4,000 traders, and Gensler was the workplace designer for the $3 billion project, which occupies a full city block bounded by East 48th Street to the north, East 47th Street to the south, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 10/23/2025 11:30 AM
Empire State Development has invested $55 million to support the advancement of Fordham Landing South, a two-building affordable housing development in University Heights, The Bronx. The funding will enable infrastructure improvements and site preparation to support the mixed-use complex, which will rise along the Harlem River waterfront on an underused stretch of land just south of the University Heights Bridge. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The East, a 24-story residential building at 644 East 14th Street in East Village, Manhattan. Designed by Fischer + Makooi Architects and developed by Madison Realty Capital, the structure yields 196 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 60 units for residents at 70 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $68,023 to $227,500. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a four-story residential building at 966 Greene Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Patchen Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, the lot is near the Kosciuszko Street subway station, served by the J train. Arie Bar Chaim of Brooklyn AZ Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
From his decaying Calabasas, CA, ranch to his torched church and his crumbling Yeezy headquarters, the pictures reveal the true extent of the neglect shown to West's commercial and residential property purchases. ... Read full Story
RXR has officially launched leasing at Eighty Nine DeKalb, its new and long-awaited rental development located at the nexus of Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. Perkins Eastman designed the 30-story residential tower, while Whitehall Interiors handled the interior design. The all-electric building comprises 324 units in a mix of affordable and market-rate housing, 16,400 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities, and academic and office space for Long Island University. Eighty Nine Dekalb is RXR’s second collaboration with LIU following their successful partnership on nearby residential tower, The Willoughby. With its prime location, sustainable design, and top-tier amenities, Eighty Nine DeKalb is redefining what it means to live in one of Brooklyn’s most sought-after neighborhoods.
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Construction is rising on 455 Main Street, the 17-story second phase of Stella, a two-tower residential complex in New Rochelle, New York. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed in a collaboration between Wilder Balter Partners, Inc. (WBP) and L&M Development Partners, the structure will yield 126 affordable condominium units. The project will also include 3,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 101 enclosed parking spaces available for purchase. The 0.4-acre property is located at the corner of Main Street and North Avenue. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 10/22/2025 11:01 AM
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced an infrastructure and housing initiative for the Jewel Streets neighborhood, spanning East New York in Brooklyn and Lindenwood in Queens. The Jewel Streets Neighborhood Plan follows more than two years of community engagement and will bring over $146 million in public investment. The plan includes a full drainage overhaul to address chronic flooding, traffic safety upgrades along Linden Boulevard, and a large-scale rezoning to support new housing. The project is being spearheaded by multiple agencies including NYC DEP, DOT, and DDC, with the city set to begin implementation immediately. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 3057 Sedgwick Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights, The Bronx. Located between Perot Street and West 231st Street, the lot is near the 231st Street subway station, served by the 1 train. Roman Malakov of Sedgewick Ave NY 2 LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
The Billionaires' Row building now finds itself under intense scrutiny from engineers, litigators and brokers alike. As for residents, that's a different story. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2025 is:
arbitrary \AHR-buh-trair-ee\ adjective
Arbitrary describes something that is not planned or chosen for a particular reason, is not based on reason or evidence, or is done without concern for what is fair or right.
// Because the committee wasn’t transparent about the selection process, the results of the process appeared to be wholly arbitrary.
// An arbitrary number will be assigned to each participant.
“The authority of the crown, contemporaries believed, was instituted by God to rule the kingdom and its people. England’s sovereign was required to be both a warrior and a judge, to protect the realm from external attack and internal anarchy. To depose the king, therefore, was to risk everything—worldly security and immortal soul—by challenging the order of God’s creation. Such devastatingly radical action could never be justified unless kingship became tyranny: rule by arbitrary will rather than law, threatening the interests of kingdom and people instead of defending them.” — Helen Castor, The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, 2024
Did you know?
Donning black robes and a powdered wig to learn about arbitrary might seem to be an arbitrary—that is, random or capricious—choice, but it would in fact jibe with the word’s etymology. Arbitrary comes from the Latin noun arbiter, which means “judge” and is the source of the English word arbiter, also meaning “judge.” In English, arbitrary first meant “depending upon choice or discretion” and was specifically used to indicate the sort of decision (as for punishment) left up to the expert determination of a judge rather than defined by law. Today, it can also be used for anything determined by or as if by chance or whim.