While it might not be as, uh, edgy as the Torre Verre, Hines unveiled another new Manhattan project today, one with a location even more enticing than next to MoMA. The Houston-based developer will construct a 28-story office tower at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street, across from Bryant Park. Read More
Notwithstanding the seemingly thousands of pigeons that have occupied Bryant Park, Manhattan is getting its first wild bird sanctuary. The Wild Bird Fund will be an 800-square-foot roost for all manner of feathered friend at 565 Columbus Avenue, between 87th and 88th streets. “This will be a great location for them," Winick Realty’s Brian Tregerman Read More
As malls across the United States suffer diminishing sales, and storefront rents across New York City fall, markets of the more old-fashioned variety are growing increasingly more popular among retailers.
“[T]his year we are witnessing about a 20 percent increase in demand,” said Sar Inbar, one of three partners behind Upsilon Ventures.
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It's Broadway in Bryant Park baby! And Off-Broadway too! Musicals will once again be performed at the midtown green spot this summer for the 106.7 Lite FM-sponsored "Broadway in Bryant Park" series. You can catch short performances and previews of upcoming and currently staged shows on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. on the Read More
Developers filed plans on Friday for the View at Bryant Park, a good year after the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved designs for a 31-story cloud-buster at 20 West 40th Street. The site has since had to go through ULURP, the city's land-use review.
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According to the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the Port Authority is one of many possible Read More
The problem? Fashion Week, Mr. Biederman said, eats into the Read More
Live actors dressed in ice-hockey, ski, and snow-boarding gear have been holed up in the two-story tall vinyl dome that's 20 feet in diameter since Friday to Read More
Despite the hype about green roofs; despite the rampant branding of luxury residences with names like the Solaire and Tribeca Green; despite the cachet that once-repulsive ideas have now garnered (waterless urinals! recycled rainwater!), technologies that allow buildings to generate at least a portion of their own power in a clean, efficient way are having Read More
Downtown Manhattan grabbed headlines throughout the end of February, as Governors Spitzer and Corzine endorsed—however begrudgingly—the Freedom Tower and the board of the Port Authority signed off on $500 million in funding for the skyscraper. Analysts ticked off the usual litany of benchmarks showing downtown’s resurgence in the last five years: the low vacancy rates Read More
Women's fashion boutique Elie Tahari has officially signed a 29,674-square-foot lease for the 50th floor at Doug Durst's One Bryant Park, a deal The Observer first reported earlier this month. In related news, The Real Deal reports in its current issue that Elie Tahari is also busy buying the entire east end Read More
The budding 54-story 1 Bryant Park is still a year from opening, but recent negotiations have moved the tower toward 100 percent occupancy. The Durst-developed building is on the verge of two new leases: one with the hedge fund Marathon Asset Management for two floors with a total of 75,000 square feet, said a source Read More
