New York City Department of Buildings – Commercial Observer

Dealing with Condominium Construction Loan Defaults

By Stuart Saft

Finance · Construction

One Developer Out as Partner Takes $65M Construction Debt on Madison Avenue Tower

By Matt Grossman

Politics & Real Estate

Retail Vacancies in New York City Have Doubled Since 2007: Comptroller

By Nicholas Rizzi

East Williamsburg ‘Hipster Dorms’ Owner Owes $278K for Illegal Hotel Violations

By Nicholas Rizzi

Leases · Office

WeWork Takes 56K SF in Financial District

By Nicholas Rizzi

Design + Construction · Construction

Construction Training Serves Important ‘Porpoise,’ DOB’s Hogan Says

By Matt Grossman

Judge Temporarily Halts City’s Plan to Put Homeless Shelter on Billionaires’ Row

By Nicholas Rizzi

SCA Executive Melanie La Rocca Chosen to Head Department of Buildings

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Finance · Refinance

Valley National Lends $25M on Brooklyn Industrial Lots

By Matt Grossman

Finance · Refinance

CW Realty Seals $38M Refi on Converted Williamsburg Warehouse

By Matt Grossman

Leases · Office

Brooklyn Boulders Plans Second BK Outpost in Williamsburg

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Sales · Commercial

China Oceanwide Holdings Quietly Marketing 80 South Street for $300M

By Cathy Cunningham and Lauren Elkies Schram

Peak Construction? Are You Nuts?!

By Carlo A. Scissura

Design + Construction · Construction

Rick Chandler Steps Down After Five Years as DOB Head

By Chava Gourarie

Second Avenue Deli Owner Files $10M Lawsuit Over EV Building Construction Damage

By Nicholas Rizzi

Design + Construction · Construction

‘Glass-and-Steel Piece of Crap’ Could Replace Historic Hotel Deauville in Murray Hill

By Nicholas Rizzi

Design + Construction · Construction

Construction Is Still NYC’s Most Fatal Industry

By Rebecca Baird-Remba