This neighborhood has been known as various names throughout its storied history from Clinton and Hell’s Kitchen to Midtown West. It was once a rough-and-tumble area and soon it will be transformed into a mecca of residential and commercial…
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced in January that it will begin to track illicit cash purchases of luxury condos in New York and Miami. In New York, the new regulations will apply to cash transactions of $3 million or more. The federal…
The current political landscape may resemble a jungle (or the dark side of the moon), but one thing’s for sure: the unrest and uncertainty on that front hasn’t slowed the brisk pace—or sky-high price tags—of New York City residential develo…
Gone are the gusts of wind blowing fermented hops through the streets, the storefronts in German. But a link to Yorkville’s past comes in the unlikely form of condo towers. Ruppert Yorkville Towers Condominium sits between 90th and 92nd Str…
Though the price of gas has fallen recently, so has the price of electric cars. And unlike gasoline, electric cars are only going to get cheaper. As they become more widespread, and more and more people begin to go green in all parts of th…
Concerted efforts by a group of industry professionals are about to bear fruit, as a Big Apple Chapter nears certification by the international Community Associations Institute (CAI). The new chapter—representing condominiums, cooperatives,…
Tis the season to be…watching football! Football seems to dominate American culture at this time of the year. There are pro games every week, preseason, post-season and Pro Bowl games, college, indoor, fantasy football, and of course the de…
After years of dissent, racial and economic woes and political infighting, Yonkers, Westchester County’s largest city and New York State’s fourth most populous town, has transformed itself into a vibrant residential community and a prime de…
Condo fever continues to spread across New York real estate, replacing any available land with shiny towers. Now that the most obvious places for construction have been exhausted, developers are increasingly turning to smaller co-ops to buy…
(Photo courtesy of nARCHITECTS) Carmel Place, New York City’s first all-micro-unit building, will open in March at 335 East 27th Street. The development started as a pilot program in 2013 under the Bloomberg administration, essentially a c…