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Vicki Been.

Vicki Been Returns to City Hall as New Housing and Economic Development Czar

By Nicholas Rizzi

3661 Broadway

Sales · Mixed Use

One of City’s ‘Worst Landlords’ Sells Off Hamilton Heights Building for $21M

By Nicholas Rizzi

Seiden Schein

Features · Legal

Jay Seiden and Alvin Schein Talk the Ins and Outs of NYC Affordable Housing

By Rey Mashayekhi

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

Construction at City Point in Brooklyn. Photo: Michael Nagle

Design + Construction · Construction

Contractor Groups Slam Legislation Raising DOB Fines

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As part of the redevelopment plan, there will be new pedestrian plaza's built in Far Rockaway.

Design + Construction · Urban Planning

Far Rockaway Rezoning Clears Key City Council Subcommittee

By Liam La Guerre

67 Hanson Place, a multifamily building in Fort Greene.

Finance · Sales

Hudson Companies Closes Second Phase of $107M Brooklyn Preservation Project

By Lauren Elkies Schram

Scott Metzner of Janus Property Company in his office at 423 West 127th Street in Harlem. PHOTO: Robert Paul Cohen for The Commercial Observer

Meet Scott Metzner, the Developer Who’s Transforming Industrial West Harlem

By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Vicki Been.

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

By Terence Cullen

The battle over 421a continues after the tax break expired (Illustration: Russ Tudor).

Design + Construction · Policy

Lapsed 421a Break Leaves City’s Real Estate Community Scrambling to Get the Program Back

By Tobias Salinger

438 East 12th Street (Photo: CoStar).

Finance · Construction

Steiner Takes $130M Loan From Bank of America for East Village Condos

By Danielle Balbi

One of the Metropolitan Avenue lots where Hudson Companies, ABS Partners Real Estate executives and the Tristani brothers are erecting an 80/20 rental building.

Finance · Construction

Hudson Companies Takes $47M in HFA Financing From Wells Fargo for W’burg 80/20 Project

By Lauren Elkies Schram

A rendering of St. Augustine Apartments (Image: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York).

Finance · Construction

Chase Lends $26M for Affordable Project at Former Church Site in the Bronx

By Danielle Balbi

1920 Loring Place South (left) and 974 Anderson Avenue.

Bronx Landlord Arrested, Jailed for Hundreds of Violations

By Scott Klocksin