The Closing: Landmarks Politics; World Financial Retail; Your Home’s Price Decline Mapped
By Jhanasobserver June 28, 2011 5:47 pm
reprintsCrown Heights gets 600-building historic district. [The Real Deal]
And the Upper West Side wants one too, along a stretch of nearly 40 streets on West End Avenue. [DNAinfo]
But it turns out that historic landmarks might not mean much to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. [Curbed NY]
The World Financial Center’s courtyard might be cleared of some of its restaurants to make way for high-end retail. [NY Post]
Extell transfers $375 million loan into servicing that specializes in restructuring troubled debt. [Bloomberg via The Real Deal]
Real-estate website Zillow maps home price declines by zip code. [Journal]
The Lower East Side’s Essex Street Market could relocate to across the street. Check out the proposed new design. [DNAinfo]
Amalgamated Bank snags senior piece of One Madison Park loan despite lawsuit from HFZ Capital. [The Real Deal]
More optimism about the Manhattan real estate market: office building sales are on the rise. [Crain’s]
Another construction union negotiates a new contract just in time, but more are still undecided as a Thursday deadline looms. [Crain’s]
