Ben Kallos

An Airbnb in Los Angeles.
Policy
New York City

What to Know About NYC’s New Short-Term Rental Registration Law

By Celia Young
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Rendering of a large, boxy building along a sidewalk.
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

NY City Council Approves Contentious New York Blood Center Rezoning

By Mark Hallum
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Rendering of a large, boxy building along a sidewalk.
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

City Planning Commission Approves New York Blood Center Rezoning

By Celia Young
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Ben Kallos
Investments & Sales  ·  Policy
New York City

Bill Would Require NYC to Be Notified of Certain Vacant Property Sales

By Celia Young
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Ben Kallos overlooks the East River on a sunny day in New York. A bridge is visible behind him.
Policy
New York City

NYC Councilman Aims at Airbnb With New Registry

By Celia Young
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A man smiling with his hands in front of him on a railing.
Features
National

Sunday Summary: Employees Gear Up to Return to Office as CEOs Put Foot-in-Mouths

By The Editors
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Ben Kallos
Policy
New York City

New York City Council Bill Would Tighten Regulations on Airbnb

By Celia Young
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Developers of new hotels in New York City would have to go through the city's special permit process in order to build if the citywide hotel text amendment is approved.
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

Controversial NYC Hotel Amendment Gets Its First Public Hearing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Left to right, top to bottom: Yousef Salama of Turner & Townsend, Michael Garner of MTA, Lillian Valenti of the Port Authority, Timothy Pullen of Port Authority, Cali Williams of Karp Strategies.
Development  ·  Construction
New York

CO Panel: More City, State Contract Work Needed With Firms Owned By Minorities, Women

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Updates to the city charter could mean more developments fail to make it through the city rezoning process. Here are three projects that died in ULURP (left to right): 50-25 Barnett Avenue in Sunnyside, Queens, 4650 Broadway in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood and 6208 Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

RIP, ULURP: What City Charter Changes Might Mean for Real Estate

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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City Hall.
Features  ·  Players
New York City

Power Politicians: The Officials Who Call the Shots on Real Estate

By Rebecca Baird-Remba
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A rendering of the base of the Sutton 58 tower at 430 East 58th Street.
Development  ·  Construction
New York City

City Planning Approves Zoning Change, Allows Construction of Sutton 58 Resi Tower

By Mack Burke
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Robert Knakal of JLL.
Columnists
New York City

City Council Wants to End as-of-Right Zoning? Yikes!!!!

By Robert Knakal
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3 Sutton Place.
Development  ·  Construction
New York City

City Planning Holds First Hearing On Fate of Gamma Real Estate’s Sutton Place Development

By Mack Burke
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Public officials including (from left) Gale Brewer, Bill de Blasio and Ben Kallos supported the New York City Council's passage of legislation reforming the city's Board of Standards and Appeals.
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

City Council Seeks to Reform the ‘Most Powerful Agency That No One Has Heard of’

By Rey Mashayekhi
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3 Sutton Place.
Development  ·  Finance
New York City

City Reaches Compromise On Scale of Gamma’s 3 Sutton Place

By Mack Burke
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Jonathan Kalikow. Photo: Sasha Maslov/for Commercial Observer
Finance  ·  Features
New York City

Sutton Strike: Gamma’s Jonathan Kalikow on the War Over 3 Sutton Place

By Mack Burke and Cathy Cunningham
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Long Island City's Pepsi-Cola sign was in the landmarking backlog (Photo: Dianne Rosete/Flickr).
Development  ·  Policy
New York City

LPC Forced to Pick Up Pace With One-Year Deadline for Landmarking Process

By Terence Cullen
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