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CurbedWire: Old Spooky Building Getting Fixed; The 505 Goes Halfsies
August 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
EAST VILLAGE—Looks like the renovation of the East Village’s 147 First Avenue will soon get underway, if the scaffolding going up is any indication. Also, the old Angelica’s Herbs store is going to become a snazzy new restaurant, maybe. [CurbedWire Staff]
HELL’S KITCHEN—We got an e-mail from The 505 pointing out that the building, home to one of the best feuds ever, is now over 50% sold. Not only that, The 505 “currently has the lowest average prices on one bedroom units in the area (from 14th Street to 96th Street, West of Fifth Avenue), among both re-sale and new development units – with the lowest one-bedroom unit priced at $631,000.” We bring this up mostly because we were just cleaning out our office getting ready for our big move and we found an old bottle of The 505-branded hot sauce (”Hell’s Kitchen’s hottest condominium!”). It looked old and dusty and reminded us of 2008. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Gramercy 145 Sells Out; Durst Does 1 WTC
August 5th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
KIPS BAY—Old obsession Gramercy 145, which is not actually in Gramercy and is pretty much the condo building version of a mullet (businessy facade in the front, party in the back), is sold out! Our friends at Nest Seekers International tell us the final unit, a 3BR/2.5BA duplex penthouse, just sold for $2.4 million. It was originally listed at $3.469, so that’s quite the markdown. Living room shot above. [CurbedWire Inbox]
FIDI—The Port Authority sealed the deal to sell a stake in 1 World Trade Center to the Durst Organization, paving the way for Condé Nast to one day call the skyscraper home. Boring stuff: “Under the agreement, Durst will make a minimum equity investment of $100 million for its membership interest in One World Trade Center LLC. At the Port Authority’s option to be determined in the future, Durst will commit an additional $100 million under the same terms as the initial $100 million, or an additional $200 million in preferred equity that would draw a fixed rate of return on the investment.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Staten Island Beach Houses Threatened; EVil Teardown Reaction
August 5th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
STATEN ISLAND—Beach bungalows on Staten Island? They exist, barely. Cedar Grove, a collection of 41 pre-war bungalows in New Dorp, survived the wrecking ball of eminent domain in the 1960s, which wiped out other beach clubs on the Staten Island shore for an expressway that was never built. The land is owned by the city, which leases it back to the club, and the Parks Department has announced plans to demolish the cottages. The campaign to save the historic beach houses is reaching the critical stage, and the Historic Districts Council is on the case. Check out the letter calling on the city to save the place. There is also a Facebook group, of course. [HDC]
EAST VILLAGE—The lawyer for developer/landlord Ben Shaoul was pretty pleased about the BSA’s ruling that let part of a rooftop addition to 514-516 East 6th Street stand, even if the penthouse level on the tenement buildings has to be torn down for fire safety purposes. The tenants’ lawyer is also taking a victory lap, saying in a press release, “While the strongest message would have been a requirement that all of the illegal construction come down, tenants have sent a clear signal that the Department of Buildings and landlords will be held accountable for ignoring the law and basic protections given to tenants.” Guess they’ll have to agree to disagree. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Greenpoint Park Finally Breaks Ground; New Yorker Condo Sells Out; Mayor Bloomberg Silences Mosque Haters
August 4th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
[The 2008 Transmitter Park plan, via NYS.]
GREENPOINT—Plans for Transmitter Park on a waterfront plot of city-owned Greenpoint land were unveiled in 2008, but it’s been better known as The Vacant Lot at the End of Greenpoint Avenue. No longer! The Parks Department finally broke ground on the $12 million project today. Coming in 2012: “the construction of a pier at the foot of Kent Street, an upland connection to the pier, an esplanade for passive recreation, and 1.6-acres of open space to provide residents and visitors with increased access to the Greenpoint waterfront.” As always, we remind you not to actually go in the water. [CurbedWire Inbox]
UPPER EAST SIDE—We forgot about the New Yorker Condominium, the conversion of 1474 Third Avenue (btwn 83rd and 84th Streets) into 32 one- to four-bedroom units, but buyers didn’t. It’s sold out! The first closing was two years ago. [CurbedWire Inbox]
FINANCIAL DISTRICT—Appearing on Governors Island backed by religious leaders and the Statue of Liberty (here’s Flickr proof), Mayor Bloomberg gave a passionate speech about the “ground zero mosque” today. He saluted the LPC’s decision and added, “Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question – should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion? That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here.” Read the full text here. [CurbedWire Inbox/NYDN]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Classic Haus Hits the Market; Plaza Listing is Too Honest
August 3rd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
SCARSDALE—We don’t get up to the wilds of Westchester very often, but when everybody’s favorite 20th-century German architecture movement comes calling, the CurbedWire answers! On the market is 39 Penny Lane, eight bedrooms and 6,000 square feet of Bauhaus goodness designed in 1937 by Paul M. Doering, who studied at the Bauhaus school and came to the U.S. when Hitler shut the institution down. Bonus fun fact: According to a press release, the house was once owned by soap star Gillian Spencer! Surely that means something to someone. Asking price: $1.85 million. More pics on the listing, but we’ve got a foyer shot after the jump. [CurbedWire Inbox]
MIDTOWN—“I thought the good people at Curbed might enjoy this one,” a tipster writes, and we do enjoy anything related to the Plaza. “It is a 1200 sq ft 1-bedroom in the Plaza listed at the improbable price of $5.1 million. The listing states: ‘The apt is specious and faces Central Park.’ According to the OED via Google: spe·cious/ˈspēSHəs/Adjective 2. Misleading in appearance, esp. misleadingly attractive: ‘a specious appearance of novelty.’ I for one appreciate the broker’s unintentional honesty!” [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: The Other Cool New Playground; ‘WTC Mosque’ Vote Scheduled
July 30th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
It’s another Curbed Summer Friday ‘10! We’re signing off early. Hugs.
SOUTH BRONX—The David Rockwell-designed Imagination Playground down near the Seaport grabbed all the headlines this week, but the South Bronx has a proud tradition of getting cool under-the-radar play areas (see: Concrete Plant Park). Check out Printers Park, a new playground at Aldus Street and Hoe Avenue with equipment modeled after a rotary printing press. It pays tribute to Richard March Hoe, who patented the world’s first “lightning press” and owned the land in the 19th century. Who says print is dead? [CurbedWire Inbox]
FIDI—The Landmarks Preservation Commission has scheduled its vote on whether to grant landmark status to 45-47 Park Place—the site targeted for the controversial Park51 Islamic community center/mosque—for Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 9:30 a.m. Shouty sign-wavers and the media should report to the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University at that time. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Domino Construction to Start in 2011; 1BBP Sales Update
July 29th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
WILLIAMSBURG—Whew, those were some crazy years of controversy, but the City Council finally approved the New Domino project today, which will turn the old sugar refinery into a 2,200-unit village by the sea designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, among others. Village by the river. Whatever. The landmarked Refinery building will be preserved, converted and topped in glass, and the 11.2-acre site will sprout a number of new towers, the tallest being 34 stories tall. Developer CPC Resources says the 10-year buildout will begin at the end of 2011, so there’s still a few years of riding the L train under the normal crammed conditions instead of the upcoming god-awful conditions. [CurbedWire Staff]
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS—It seems like every week there’s an item on Brownstoner about an apartment at One Brooklyn Bridge Park selling for big bucks, but where does the converted bible factory stand overall? According to reps, 1BBP is “approaching its 50% sold milestone,” and 202 units have found buyers. Sales have “surged” since Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 opened a few steps away. Not bad for a building that was not too long ago trying to recruit renters, right? [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Turkey Admires New Subway Station Like it Owns the Freakin’ Place
July 28th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
BATTERY PARK—What’s our girl Zelda up to these days? A tipster sends in a photo and writes: “I saw her yesterday at 7:30pm right in front of the new 1 train station stop in battery park! Please let me know if you use this photo thanks!” Tipster, we used this photo. [CurbedWire Inbox]
LOWER EAST SIDE—Our favorite excerpt from the CASArchitects press release about our old friend 77-79 Ludlow/243 Broome: “During construction, in 2009, it was discussed in the urban blog ‘curbed’ and named the ‘red devil’. We think this might be a reference to the nearby ‘blue’ residential building by Bernard Tschumi. We believe that it makes an interesting comparison regarding modern, postmodern, deconstruction issues of the contemporary city.” Our thoughts exactly! [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Midtown’s New Landmarks; Another ‘Secret’ Swimming Pool
July 27th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
MIDTOWN—The Landmarks Preservation Commission blessed two Midtown buildings today with landmark status, and talk about an add couple! First up is the Look Building at 488 Madison Avenue (named for the magazine that once lived there), a Modernist 21-story office building designed by Emery Roth & Sons. The Burrill House at 36 East 38th Street is a bit more old school, a five-story Beaux Arts brownstone built in 1903 for a prominent attorney by Hoppin & Koen, the same architecture firm that did the amazing old police building down on Centre Street. [LPC]
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS—In response to this morning’s report on a covert swimming pool in Williamsburg, a Curbed tipster sends along intel on another secretive splashfest, adding, “This one in Washington Heights. Location is ’secret!’” There’s a photo! [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Beekman Nearly All Wrapped Up; Developer Disses the Dead
July 26th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
FIDI—There’s just one residential floor left in the skinning of Frank Gehry’s rippling Beekman Tower. Soon the rats will have peace once again. As for the flat side of the building: still totally lame-o. [CurbedWire Inbox]
MIDTOWN—Developer Aby Rosen is no stranger to controversy—the Upper East Side still hasn’t settled down from the 980 Madison flap—but here’s something different: desecration of the Holy Land! According to some pretty P.O.’d Orthodox Jews, Rosen and his RFR Holding partner Michael Fuchs have unearthed an ancient cemetery while building a $60 million luxury hotel in Jaffa, Israel. (The Daily News mentioned the drama last week.) The black hat brigade has been picketing outside of RFR’s offices at 390 Park Avenue to try and get the developers to stop digging. A cam-phone shot of the scene:
Comments Off CurbedWire: Harlem’s Douglass 75% Sold; Soho Mews Throwing a Rager; More!
July 23rd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
HARLEM—The Gold Coast is still shining. FDB’s The Douglass (right) just received its TCO, paving the way for closings and move-ins. The 38-unit building is now 75% sold after eight months, and the remaining residences are two- and three-bedroom apartments priced from $649,000 to $829,000. [CurbedWire Inbox]
DOBRO—Zombie building be@schermerhorn in Downtown Brooklyn got preliminary approval for FHA financing, joining the crowded field of buildings offering itty bitty down payments to buyers. There are accepted offers on 42% of the 246 units, and more than half of those have reached the contract inking stage. [CurbedWire Inbox]
SOHO—Much has been made of the return of the real estate party, but things haven’t been quite as over-the-top as they were in their pre-2008 heyday. Or so we thought. While neighborhoods like Williamsburg are opting for fried chicken and beer at their condo marketing blowouts, Soho is taking no prisoners. Check out this invite-only party being sponsored by Soho Mews next week. They’re shutting down Wooster Street!
Classic cars from the Classic Car Club, Jupiter’s MotoShare motorcycles, personal grooming services, wine tastings, Johnnie Walker Scotch sipping, Kelvin Natural Slushies and Calypso clothing and home accents will be among the products and services featured at the Soho Living Experience sponsored by the Soho Mews on Tuesday, July 27 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 311 West Broadway, Manhattan. The festival will feature the very best Soho has to offer and attendees will get a chance to win a weekend in the classic car of their choice, a SoHo Grand Hotel package and admission to a fashion/arts benefit.
Wooster Street between Canal and Grand streets will be closed to accommodate the classic cars while classic motorcycles will be on display in the Soho Mews’ 4,000-square-foot garden.
[CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Something New on Avenue D; DOB Responds to Crane Verdict
July 23rd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
EAST VILLAGE—We’ve dabbled in the three-sided new Lower East Side Girls Club before, but now that ground has broken at 101 Avenue D on the new 12-story building, let’s revisit. In addition to the 30,000-square-foot headquarters for the group, the building—from a slew of agencies and developer the Dermot Company—will also have some retail storefronts and 78 rental residences (50% affordable housing, 50% market rate but rent stabilized). Construction is expected to wrap in 2012, and you can see more renderings of architects Custogeorge Tooman & Allen’s design here. [CurbedWire Inbox]
NYC—Department of Buildings commish Robert LiMandri released a statement following today’s acquittal of the crane rigger in that fatal Turtle Bay crane collapse, but he didn’t mention the trial or its outcome: “This tragic collapse serves as a reminder of the importance of taking every possible safety precaution on any construction site. It is clear that shortcuts, in order to save time and money, can have devastating consequences. New York City has among the toughest crane regulations in the world, and since the collapse, we have further increased our oversight of the crane industry, including new laws, new requirements and more inspector training than ever before.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Carnegie 57 in Summer Slowdown; My Island for a Dollar; More!
July 22nd, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
BATTERY PARK CITY—A portion of the sales banners wrapping the scaffolding at eco-friendly Battery Park City sister buildings Liberty Luxe and Liberty Green was recently covered. One tipster thinks he knows why: “One of the marketing photos showed the face of a woman covered by a green apple. I guess this was too similar to Magritte’s ‘Son of Man,’ as the signs are now covered.” If that’s really the case, Magritte needs to take a chill pill! And get to a doctor, because he’s been dead for 40 years. [CurbedWire Inbox]
MIDTOWN—The foundation is poured and we’ve been waiting for Extell’s gargantuan Carnegie 57 to get going. But a special Curbed correspondent says the construction crew told him steel won’t start rising until August due to some delays. We’re betting the neighbors wouldn’t mind additional delays. [CurbedWire Inbox]
GOVERNORS ISLAND—Governors Island sold for $1 last week. Well, sorta. The deed was transferred between agencies, following the island’s switch from state to city rule. We would have happily bid $2. [CurbedWire Staff]
Comments Off CurbedWire: 535 West End Avenue Goes Bare; 123 Third Ready to Talk
July 21st, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
UPPER WEST SIDE—The scaffolding is finally down from in front of 86th Street mind-melter 535 West End Avenue. Look at that baby’s face—it’s being melted! Another pic of the reveal after the jump. [CurbedWire Inbox]
EAST VILLAGE—According to an e-mail forwarded along by a tipster, the newly unveiled sales office for skinny 14th Street condo building 123 Third Avenue is now taking appointments from “priority waiting list” members, before the official launch “in the next few weeks.” Prices in the 47-unit building start at $585K for 1BRs, $1.15 million for 2BRs, and $3.7 million for penthouse 3BRs. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Off the Wall at St. Brigid’s; Soho Rules Pricey Condos Roost
July 19th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
EAST VILLAGE—The restoration/renovation of landmark Avenue B church St. Brigid’s following a mysterious multimillion-dollar donation continues! Right now it looks like things are in the, “They’ve all but ripped the side off” phase, per the Flickr photostream of Curbed roommate Dennis Crowley. That’s no way to treat a house of worship! Total j/k. Godspeed, construction crews. [Flickr/dpstyles]
SOHO, UES, PARK SLOPE, BED-STUY—The Real Estate Board of New York has finally joined the parade of second-quarter market reports, and what did we learn? When it comes to condos, Soho led the way in average sales price, at $2.746 million. In Brooklyn, REBNY said Park Slope’s $688,000 was the highest condo average. In terms of total number of sales, the Upper East Side had the highest Manhattan volume, at 459. Bed-Stuy had 106 to lead Brooklyn. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: 20 Pine Seeks Shopkeep; Epic Gretsch Building A/C Rant!
July 16th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
We’re clocking out early due to heat exhaustion. See ya!
FIDI—The last high-end Financial District condo to promise big things out of its retail space ended up with a Chipotle. We haven’t heard any big predictions from the gang at 20 Pine, but it’ll be interesting to see what turns up in the space. [CurbedWire Inbox]
WILLIAMSBURG—It’s hot as hell outside, the type of day when shelling out for a luxury apartment seems worth it just for the central a/c. Er, tell that to the resident of the Gretsch (the nicest building in the South ‘Burg) that sent us this epic rant about the building being a bit hot under the collar:
I am a resident at the Gretsch, and our AC’s break down multiple times per week since summer started. The building gets insanely hot insanely fast, and then the crack HVAC team tries to patch it up, only to see it quickly fail all over again. Here is a quick summary
May 4 – HVAC converted to AC
June 28 – A ConEd surge knocks the AC out. It is restored several hours later
July 10 – System goes down again. It is briefly fixed again
July 11 – System crashes again, but is momentarily fixed until
July 11 – the upper floors lose AC for the rest of the night. The lower floors luckily are blessed with AC.
July 12 – The building loses AC again for the entire day. The repairmen momentarily restore service
July 12 – The building manager sends out this email“This past weekend was not a good one at the Gretsch. Saturday Morning we had the circuit breakers for our HVAC Boilers trip due to a bad relay. We needed an electrician, and we did manage to repair the problem and start the Cooling Towers. The start caused some rubber hoses to burst due to the sudden pressure, normally this would not happen but the hoses did give way and started leaking more water than we could add to the system. We did resolve that problem in one Cooling Tower, when the other one developed the leaks. As a solution and a preventive measure these hoses will be changed once a year during a full maintenance schedule for the A/C system.
This was a very frustrating issue as we had repaired one item, another problem began. The Resident Manager, George, was on top of the situation and was in constant communication with the contractors and myself. We were doing everything possible to bring the A/C back online, and we will have the A/C for the rest of this afternoon and evening.”July 14 – Just two days later, the entire system crashes again. Service is restored just before midnight.
July 16 – Another two days later, the AC breaks down again – according to the building super’s email “As a precaution, a decision was made to change all the hoses. This decision was made so that we will not experience any future problems.”Hoses my ass. The chatter in the building is that the five year warranty for the massive cooling towers is up, and the units are pieces of shit, which is why they keep breaking down every other day. Meanwhile, its supposed to be 100 degrees all weekend, and I need my god damn air conditioning to be on full blast.
Looks like Gretsch residents have something to be pissed about other than losing that view! [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: NYU Gets an Angry Letter; ‘Burg’s 34 Berry Unveils Penthouses
July 15th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
GREENWICH VILLAGE—It begins. Or rather, it continues. Community Board 2 has issued a press release and open letter directed at NYU, admonishing the school for its neighborhood-bullying 2031 expansion plan and for ignoring the recommendations of the community task force set up to negotiate with the school (you know, the one that doesn’t really exist anymore). CB2 wants more meetings and discussions about the school’s plans for its core campus in Greenwich Village. Here’s the press release and the more gentle letter (warning: PDFs). Gettin’ spicy! [CurbedWire Inbox]
WILLIAMSBURG—The most well-manicured lawn in the ‘Burg is proving to be popular with renters. The new 34 Berry is “90% leased and more than 50% occupied” according to a press release, which also says construction on the amenities and penthouse apartments is now complete. The building has 142 units total, and a retirement home’s worth of time-killing bells and whistles. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Facelift at Madonna’s Mansion; Herzog & de Meuron Do Hamptons
July 14th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
UPPER EAST SIDE—The scaffolding is down at Madonna’s $32 million mansion on East 81st Street, revealing the brand new windows. (So much more is planned.) The Material Girl-related reference our tipster decided to go with was, “Madonna’s townhouse finally expresses itself,” but we would’ve also accepted “Madonna’s house gets into the groove,” “Madonna’s house causes a commotion” or “(Courtney) Love don’t live here anymore.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
WATER MILL—The derailing of their 56 Leonard Street skyscraper hasn’t turned off Pritzker-winning starchitects Herzog & de Meuron to the region. The 40 Bond designers are breaking ground on the Parrish Art Museum out in the Hamptons next week. Inhabitat has details and renderings. [Inhabitat]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Famous Little Italy Loft PriceChopped; Edge Enters Final Chapter
July 13th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
LITTLE ITALY—One of the most unique properties featured on the last season of HGTV’s Selling New York was the full-floor loft at 132 Mulberry Street (above), owned by a photographer and priced at, egads, $6 million. The drama centered around the broker’s attempts to get the seller to agree to a massive price cut, and indeed the loft came down to $4.9 million, a small price to pray for a rotating screen wall, if you ask us. It never sold, and now a tipster points out that the place is back on the market with a different brokerage, for $4.395 million. Maybe it’ll be back for Season 2. [CurbedWire Inbox]
WILLIAMSBURG—This makes us feel old: Closings at the Edge are kicking off this month, a building rep tells us, following up on the “immediate occupancy” promise in the building’s new ads. Maybe we’ll turn our Edge archive into a novel. [CurbedWire Staff]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Beekman Tower’s Curves Rising; WTC Mosque Hearing Tomorrow
July 13th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
FINANCIAL DISTRICT—The ripples of Frank Gehry’s Beekman Tower—coming soon, renters!—are finally nearing the top of the 76-story building, except on the lame flat side. A special Curbed tipster sends in the above photos, adding, “Thinking about starting an office poll to wager when the Beekman’s silver wave gets to the top. I’d say four weeks. She’s growing on me too.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
FINANCIAL DISTRICT—How big of a shitshow is tomorrow’s Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing about 45 Park Place (slated to become the controversial Cordoba House community center/mosque near the World Trade Center) going to be? The LPC has moved the proceedings to the Hunter College Assembly Hall, capacity 2,000. It seems like it’ll be smooth sailing for Cordoba, but expect some outrageous comments and possibly some Fox News Channel coverage. [CurbedWire Staff]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Griffin Court’s Fake Forest Taking Shape in Hell
July 9th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
HELL’S KITCHEN—The murals are finally going up at Tenth Avenue’s Griffin Court, the results of a design competition meant to give the new Hell’s Kitchen development a bit of pep. Our tipster like what he sees: “They are interesting, to say the least. I am shocked that I actually don’t find them appalling. They are actually a bit interesting to look at… I guess we’ll have to wait and see what buyers think.” [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: East Village Blaze Threatens Vladimir Lenin; More!
July 9th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
EAST VILLAGE—Back when the Red Square building opened at East Houston Street and Avenue A in 1989, some felt the luxury rental building signified the end of the neighborhood. Now, all these years later, with the building next door engulfed in flames and Red Square’s rooftop Lenin statue waving right at the thickening cloud of black smoke, those people finally have a dramatic visual to back up their claims! Scary aerial photo via Josh Spear’s Twitter, and more photos and coverage on Fireblog, ‘natch. [CurbedWire Staff]
JAMESTOWN—You sure about Miami, LeBron? Now StreetEasy is offering up three months of complimentary membership (a $30 value!) if you sign with the Knicks. With that and a big Soho loft, what more do you need? OK, fine, we’ll throw in free Curbed content forever, or until the Fireblog Network buys us out and shuts us down. [Twitter/@streeteasy]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Durst Gets Piece of 1 WTC; Broadway Building Going Hotel
July 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
FIDI—As expected, the Port Authority today selected the Durst Organization over the Related Companies to pump at least $100 million into 1 World Trade Center in exchange for a piece of the office tower’s action. The formal agreement will be finalized in the next 30 days. The Observer’s Eliot Brown reports Durst’s bid “was viewed as more of a traditional one than that of Mr. Ross, who pitched the building, once known as the Freedom Tower, as a destination that would be complete with amenities like fitness centers (akin to the Time Warner Center, which he developed).” So instead of an Equinox, 1 WTC may get Anna Wintour. Upgrade? [CurbedWire Inbox; NYO]
FLATIRON—The four-story building at 893 Broadway (top right) might not seem like much, but it’s set to become the Union Square area’s latest hotel. A tipster writes: “Does anyone know anything about a new hotel being developed at 893 Broadway [between E19 and E20]? have seen the reno work taking place… just asked a tradesman… and he told me building is being reno’d to be a hotel with ground floor restaurant.” The switch to a 36-room hotel from was green-lighted by the DOB in April. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Destructoporn Complete on Sixth Ave.; 11 Times Square Seeks Retail
July 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
MIDTOWN—Been some time since we checked in on the demolition of the modernist Milliken Building at 1045 Sixth Avenue near Bryant Park. Too long, because the place is no more. A tipster confirms the building’s passing with the above photo. The Milliken will be replaced by…nothing. At least that’s the plan for now. [CurbedWire Inbox]
MIDTOWN—The 55,000 square feet of retail space in the new 11 Times Square tower have hit the market through commercial brokerage Robert K. Futterman & Associates, and while the press release doesn’t give many hints as to what businesses are being wooed to the highly trafficked corner of Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street (is the aquarium idea still floating?), it does say the skyscraper will be finished this summer. [CurbedWire Inbox]
Comments Off CurbedWire: Destructoporn Complete on Sixth Ave.; 11 Times Square Seeks Retail
July 7th, 2010
Posted in Manhattan Homes Real Estate News
MIDTOWN—Been some time since we checked in on the demolition of the modernist Milliken Building at 1045 Sixth Avenue near Bryant Park. Too long, because the place is no more. A tipster confirms the building’s passing with the above photo. The Milliken will be replaced by…nothing. At least that’s the plan for now. [CurbedWire Inbox]
MIDTOWN—The 55,000 square feet of retail space in the new 11 Times Square tower have hit the market through commercial brokerage Robert K. Futterman & Associates, and while the press release doesn’t give many hints as to what businesses are being wooed to the highly trafficked corner of Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street (is the aquarium idea still floating?), it does say the skyscraper will be finished this summer. [CurbedWire Inbox]
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