Earlier today Curbed turned up some interesting plans at the Department of Buildings. It looks like the Durst Organization may be making a move on a site it owns way out on 57th Street and 12th, overlooking the Hudson.
The plans call for a five-story commercial building on the site — a rather meager Read More
Could Larry Silverstein’s stalled Four Seasons condo-hotel across from the World Trade Center–the brainchild of his daughter Lisa–finally be leaving winter for spring?
The downtown dean told The Wall Street Journal that while there is no financing yet in place, he expects to begin construction by 2012 and have the project finished by 2014. Read More
As if there were any doubt, New York is still it. This was the takeaway from some of this morning’s panels at the Bloomberg Real Estate Roundtable at the New York Public Library.
“There’s New York, and there’s New York, and…” said bad boy Billy Macklowe during one of eight panels. As his silence Read More
One of the few upsides to a down real estate economy is the plethora of deals to be had by the savvy investor with money on hand. That is certainly one way to describe the Fisher family, who began developing real estate in the outer-boroughs in 1915 and progressively worked their way in to some Read More
Brokers have already made Gary Barnett’s hit list, but the mega-developer has given them one more reason to hate his guts (while having no choice but to do business with the powerful builder). Crain’s is reporting that Barnett’s Extell Development has sued a handful of brokerages, including Brown Harris Stevens, over pre-paid commissions for Read More
The Real Estate Desk has closely followed the career of developer Gary Barnett since he first arrived on the city’s streets in the ’90s. Well, returned to the city’s streets from Belgium, where he had been dealing diamonds. The Lower East Side-born, Monsey-bred, Queens-residing man keeps a relatively low profile, especially considering his big Read More
