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Rikers Island.

Design + Construction · Policy

City Councilmembers Take Aim at Plan for Rikers Replacement Jails

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The former Toys R Us at 35-00 48th Street in Long Island City is becoming a Burlington Coat Factory.

Leases · Retail

Burlington Coat Factory Plans LIC Store

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Lawmakers and residents are worried the city's plan to rezone a portion of Bay Street in Staten Island does not account for improved infrastructure to handle the influx of new residents.

The Bay Street Rezoning Could Be a Boon to the Area or a Migraine for Residents

By Nicholas Rizzi

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.

Design + Construction · Features

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

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Amazon is getting $2.5 billion in city and state incentives to build in Long Island City, Queens.

Design + Construction · Policy

What Is Amazon Promising New York City?

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The William Vale Hotel in Williamsburg.

Design + Construction · Policy

Some Hotel Owners Cheer City’s Plan to Limit Hotel Development

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

69-02 Queens Boulevard.

Design + Construction · Construction

Madison Realty Capital Plans 500-Unit Resi Development in Woodside, Queens

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

666 Fifth Avenue.

Sales · Commercial

Vornado Plans to Sell 666 Fifth Stake to Kushner, Maybe Build Big Penn Plaza Towers

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The city's decision to set the price of air rights in West Chelsea may affect development along the High Line.

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

City Sets Price for West Chelsea Air Rights at $625 a Foot, Favoring Buyers

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

John Banks.

Features · Legal

Friend of the Court: REBNY Is Not Afraid to Dip Its Toes in Legal Matters

By Lauren Elkies Schram

The planned redevelopment of the Bedford Union Armory.

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

Controversial Bedford Union Armory Development Sails Through Planning Commission

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rendering of 436 Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn.

A Big Chunk of Downtown Brooklyn—on Albee Square West—Is Finally Having Its Moment

By Lauren Elkies Schram

One Grand Central Place at 60 East 42nd Street.

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

City Planning Commission Greenlights Midtown East Rezoning

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Design + Construction · Neighborhoods

Tracing Five Years of the Midtown East Rezoning

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rendering of One Vanderbilt.

Design + Construction · Features

After Five Years, Midtown East Rezoning Inches Toward the Finish Line

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Vicki Been.

Two City Agencies Play Musical Chairs in Wake of HPD Head’s Departure

By Terence Cullen

Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed plans today for a long-awaited commission on property tax reform.

Who are the City’s Biggest Non-Landlord Landlords?

By Lauren Elkies Schram