E-commerce giant aims to build 230,000-square-foot property combining retail space with fulfillment operations in Orland Park, Illinois. ... Read full Story
Prime Midtown office buildings are so full that the largest tenants are inking leases for towers that won’t open their doors for another five to seven years. Citadel has leased part of the future 350 Park Ave. Deloitte is moving from Rockefeller Center to 70 Hudson Yards, now in development. C.V. Starr is going to the eventual... ... Read full Story
Over the next few years, the Big Apple will boom with playful mega-developments. Fresh markets, three new casinos — complete with hotels and entertainment venues — a revamped horse racing facility and a new soccer stadium will make the Big Apple feel even bigger. Pair that with tons of affordable housing, new office towers and... ... Read full Story
Your day at the office could soon feel like a day at the spa … or rec center. In a bid to attract top employers, who in turn hope to attract top employees, office buildings are being outfitted with bells and whistles like billiard rooms, racing simulators and speakeasies — anything to make you feel... ... Read full Story
A Palo Alto home that was mocked for its claim about its previous owner's children getting into Ivy League schools, has hit a big milestone. ... Read full Story
Construction has partially topped out on 1763–1771 Amsterdam Avenue, an eight-story senior housing facility in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. Designed by HCN Design and developed by Elmo Realty, the 85-foot-tall structure will yield 126 senior apartments with an average scope of 394 square feet. The project will also include a 49,703-square-foot community facility space, a cellar, and a 43-foot-long rear yard. The property is located between West 147th and West 148th Streets. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 1/22/2026 7:30 AM
A proposal has been submitted for review by the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to modify two adjoining buildings located at 112 and 113 South Street in Manhattan's Financial District. The application seeks approval to add dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes of both buildings. As documented by submitted materials, the project intends to expand habitable attic space within the existing structures. Each building currently stands four stories tall with an attic and includes three residential units and one commercial unit. The properties are located between Peck Slip and Beekman Street. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Glenmore Manor, an 11-story mixed-use building at 76 Christopher Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Think! Architecture and Design and developed by Brisa Builders, the structure yields 150 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 150 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $22,492 to $160,720. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 453 East 175th Street in Tremont, The Bronx. Located between Park and Washington Avenues, the lot is near the 174th-175th Streets subway station, served by the B and D trains. Shaya Schlesinger of YML Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
A majority of would-be homebuyers remained on the white picket fence in 2025. Less than 30% of Americans who planned to purchase a home last year actually went through with it, according to NerdWallet’s annual home buying survey. The data, collected online by the Harris Poll in November, found that a vast number of would-be... ... Read full Story
Renderings have been revealed for 554–558 Metropolitan Avenue, an 11-story residential building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by IMC Architecture and developed by Green Street, the 115-foot-tall structure will yield 70 apartments. The project will also include a roughly 32-foot-deep rear yard. The multi-parcel assemblage is located mid-block between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street. ... Read full Story
Plans have been revived for the supportive housing conversion of 1400 Pelham Parkway South, an underutilized medical building on the campus of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in Morris Park, The Bronx. Developed by The Fortune Society, the structure will yield 83 fully affordable permanent housing units for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers with complex medical needs. On-site services will also be provided by The Fortune Society in coordination with medical care from Jacobi Hospital. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 584 Gates Avenue, a six-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Gino Longo and developed by Joel Schwartz through 582 Gates USA LLC, the structure yields 28 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are nine units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $135,360 to $189,540. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a ten-story mixed-use building at 1490 McDonald Avenue in Mapleton, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Avenue M and McDonald Avenue, the lot is near the Avenue N subway station, served by the F train. Mayer Gottlieb of Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 31, 2026 is:
short shrift \SHORT-SHRIFT\ noun
Short shrift means “little or no attention or thought” or “quick work.” In religious use it refers to barely adequate time for confession before execution.
// Certain neighborhoods have received short shrift from the city government.
“[Charlie] Caplinger echoed the concerns of many speakers at the meeting, with charter captains saying the recreational fishing industry’s economic contributions were being given short shrift.” — Mike Smith, NOLA.com (New Orleans, Louisiana), 6 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
We’ve got a confession to make, but we’ll keep it brief: while it’s technically possible to make “long shrift” of something, you’re unlikely to find long shrift in our dictionary anytime soon. Short shrift, on the other hand, has been keeping it real—real terse, that is—for centuries. The earliest known use of the phrase comes from Shakespeare’s play Richard III, in which Lord Hastings, who has been condemned by King Richard to be beheaded, is told by Sir Richard Ratcliffe to “Make a short shrift” as the king “longs to see your head.” Although now archaic, the noun shrift was understood in Shakespeare’s time to refer to the confession or absolution of sins, so “make a short shrift” meant, quite literally, “keep your confession short.” However, since at least the 19th century the phrase has been used figuratively to refer to a small or inadequate amount of time or attention given to something.