Department of City Planning – Commercial Observer

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.

Design + Construction · Policy

Controversial NYC Hotel Amendment Gets Its First Public Hearing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Gowanus and its eponymous canal.

Design + Construction · Policy

Gowanus Rezoning Could Include New Space for Artists, Light Manufacturing

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Lev Kimyagarov.

A Fresh Look at FRESH

By Lev Kimyagarov

A look at the new Bronx jail planned for 320 Concord Avenue in Mott Haven.

Design + Construction

Bronx Residents Sue City Over Rikers Replacement Jail

By Chava Gourarie

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

A rendering of the current development proposal for 6208 Eighth Avenue, which is now on the market.

Sales · Commercial

Sunset Park Developers Who Struggled With Rezoning Put Massive Site on the Market

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Gowanus and its eponymous canal.

Design + Construction · Policy

Gowanus Rezoning Paves Way for 22-Story Buildings and Canal Improvements

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The industrial corridor along Newtown Creek in Brooklyn is getting rezoned to encourage new development and protect existing industrial businesses.

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

City Unveils Plan to Allow More Development in Industrial North Brooklyn

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Regina Myer

Features · Neighborhoods

Regina Myer Is the Urban Planner With Big Designs for Downtown Brooklyn

By Rey Mashayekhi

Floor-to-ceiling glass goes in on the western wall of 25 Kent.

Design + Construction · Architecture

Under Construction: Industrial and Office Space at 25 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

From left: Joanne Podell, Rick Cotton, Toby Moskovitz and Sundar Pichai

Features · Players

Welcome to the List

By Max Gross

69-02 Queens Boulevard.

Design + Construction · Construction

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

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

420 Carroll Street in Gowanus.

Finance · Acquisition

Domain Companies Secures $38M in Debt to Finance Gowanus Warehouse Acquisition

By Matt Grossman

Jerome Avenue beneath the elevated 4 tracks in the Bronx.

Design + Construction · Features

A Massive Rezoning Promises to Remake the Central Bronx

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The elevated 4 train station at Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues, which is in the rezoning area.

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

City Planning Commission Gives the Go-Ahead to Jerome Avenue Rezoning

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

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.

Design + Construction · Features

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

By Rey Mashayekhi

One Grand Central Place at 60 East 42nd Street.

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

City Planning Commission Greenlights 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