Department of City Planning – Commercial Observer

Gowanus Canal

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

New York Releases Zoning Plan for Gowanus Manufacturing Area

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

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.

Politics & Real Estate

New York’s Controversial Citywide Hotel Permit Enters Public Review

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Landlords along Soho in Broadway are pushing for a rezoning that would allow them to legalize stores and residential uses.

Lawsuit Wants to Stop SoHo Rezoning Procedures

By Nicholas Rizzi

TSX Broadway

Design + Construction · Features

A Proposed Permit for Hotel Construction Could Croak NYC’s Hospitality Recovery

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The de Blasio administration announced an expansion of zoning incentives for grocery stores, which allow developers to build larger residential buildings in exchange for including a supermarket.

Design + Construction · Policy

City Hall Expands Zoning Bonuses for Grocery Stores, Transit Improvements

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

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 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 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