Renderings have been revealed for the upcoming redevelopment for 383 Madison Avenue, a 47-story office skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Foster + Partners, the project will bring renovations to the 755-foot-tall structure, which was originally designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and spans 1.2 million square feet of office space with the banking investment division of JPMorgan Chase as the principal tenant. The property is bounded by Madison and Vanderbilt Avenues and West 46th and West 47th Streets. ... Read full Story
Exterior work is underway on 439 West 36th Street, a 12-story residential building in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by Archimaera Architecture and developed and built by ZD Jasper Realty, the 120-foot-tall structure will span 48,138 square feet and yield 52 units. The project will also contain recreation space on the roof and cellar level, a below-grade community facility, and ground-floor commercial space. The 75-foot-wide interior property is located between Dyer Avenue to the east and Tenth Avenue to the west. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/6/2025 7:00 AM
Con Agg Global and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) have announced a plan to establish a new waterside trans-loading facility adjacent to the Fulton Fish Market in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center in Hunts Point, The Bronx. The project, supported by equity investors BDT & MSD Partners and shareholder William J. Sandbrook, aims to reduce roadway congestion and promote sustainable freight transport via New York City waterways. Operations are expected to begin later in 2025, with plans for a more permanent facility pending further approvals. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 1422 Vyse Avenue in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between Freeman Street and Jennings Street, the lot is one block from the Freeman Street subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Eduard Haxhari of REK Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Over half of the surveyed Coldwell Banker luxury specialists said there has been an uptick in buyers using cash to purchase luxury homes. ... Read full Story
Housing inventory in a significant number of major metropolitan areas hit levels higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from Realtor.com. ... Read full Story
Façade installation is moving along on 288 East 88th Street, a 24-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Alchemy-ABR in partnership with Carlyle Group, the 350-foot-tall structure will span 96,543 square feet and yield 51 rental units with an average scope of 1,842 square feet. The project will also include 2,507 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a cellar level. The property is alternately addressed as 1695 Second Avenue and located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 88th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/5/2025 7:31 AM
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has provided $158.2 million in floating-rate financing to refinance 1 Queens Plaza South, a 45-story apartment tower at 23-10 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects, the 391-unit building, also known as 1 QPS, was developed by Property Markets Group. The property is located between 23rd and 24th Streets.
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The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Arcadian, a nine-story residential building at 975 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by The Hudson Companies, the structure yields 328 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 99 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,000 to $167,570.
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Permits have been filed for a six-story affordable housing building at 2270 Bassford Avenue in Belmont, The Bronx. Located between East 182nd Street and East 183rd Street, the lot is near the 182-183 Streets subway station, served by the B and D trains. Gjovan Rroku of New Line Builders is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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Bally's Corp. has revealed plans for Bally's Bronx, a $4 billion gaming and hospitality complex proposed for Throggs Neck, The Bronx. Designed by HKS with Gensler as the interior designer, the 3-million-square-foot development would contain a casino, a 23-story hotel with 500 rooms, a convention and event center, and more than 100,000 square feet of food, beverage, and retail space. The complex is planned to take shape within Ferry Point Park on the site of the Bally's Golf Links at Ferry Point golf course adjacent to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.
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By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/4/2025 7:30 AM
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced more than $36 million in awards to 48 infrastructure projects statewide. This includes funding for two initiatives in the New York City area: the Northville Commons affordable housing development in Suffolk County and sewer infrastructure upgrades in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The grants are part of the County Infrastructure Grant Program, which supports local investments that promote economic development and housing growth. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Anagram Turtle Bay, a 23-story mixed-use building at 300 East 50th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects and developed by MAG Partners in collaboration with Global Holdings, KRW Realty Advisors, Krown Point, and Safanad, the structure yields 194 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 72 units for residents at 70 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $60,172 to $227,500.
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Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 598 Sterling Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Classon and Franklin Avenues, the lot is near the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College subway station, served by the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains. Tal Bloch is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has built his political profile on a promise to transform the city’s housing landscape — arguing for rent freezes, tax reform and redistribution from “richer and whiter neighborhoods” to low-income, outer-borough communities. ... Read full Story
New renderings have been revealed for the proposed Caesars Palace Times Square casino complex at 1515 Broadway in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed in a partnership between SL Green, Caesars Entertainment and Roc Nation, the $5.4 billion project would involve an office-to-hotel conversion of the existing 54-story skyscraper and include 992 guest rooms, a rooftop observatory, and hotel amenities in addition to the lower-level gaming facility. The property is located between West 44th and 45th Streets. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/3/2025 7:30 AM
RXR and Korman Communities have released new renderings for 5 Cottage, the second phase of the AVE Hamilton Green development in White Plains. Located on the former site of the White Plains Mall, the project comprises two residential towers: the 12-story 25 Cottage and the 26-story 5 Cottage. The development will yield 477 rental units.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 13, 2025 is:
contrite \kun-TRYTE\ adjective
Contrite is a formal adjective used to describe someone who feels regret for their bad behavior, or something, such as an apology, that shows such regret.
// Although the mayor appeared contrite about the most recent scandal plaguing city hall, many constituents remained unpersuaded.
“At the restaurant, late into the meal, ‘Honey, Honey,’ from the ‘Mamma Mia’ soundtrack began to play, with [Amanda] Seyfried’s 22-year-old voice issuing through the restaurant’s speakers. The waitress came over, contrite. The song was just part of the usual play list. ‘Listen, I love having a stake in pop culture,’ Seyfried reassured her. ‘It’s really nice.’” — Alexis Soloski, The New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
Props to Elton John: sorry really does seem to be the hardest word. But saying it (in something other than a nonapology, of course) is an important part of being contrite—that is, feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for one’s bad behavior. Contrite traces back to the Latin verb conterere, meaning “to pound to pieces,” “to crush, “to wear out or down,” or “to exhaust mentally or physically.” In Medieval Latin—the Latin used in Medieval times especially for religious or literary purposes—conterere came to mean “to crush in spirit with a sense of one’s sin,” or “to render contrite.” Anglo-French speakers borrowed a form of the verb conterere and made it the adjective contrit, which was in turn adopted into English in the 1300s.