Month: November 2019

The Bunnies may be gone but not forgotten. After The Post reported Thursday that the Playboy Club at the West 42nd Street Cachet Hotel would be closing, a story elsewhere stated that Playboy Enterprises had terminated the agreement. A Playboy spokeswoman confirmed that it had terminated its licensing agreement with Cachet Hotel owner Merchants Hospitality

The forever-doomed, but still-standing Hotel Pennsylvania is undergoing a top-to-bottom redesign of its guest rooms to keep it competitive in an AirBNB-challenged hotel market. Whoa, you say — isn’t owner Vornado planning to knock the old relic down to make room for a spectacular office skyscraper? Yes, for sure — it’s just a matter of

A major bet by Tishman Speyer just a few blocks south of its rising Spiral tower has already come up aces for the developer. Just a month after it closed on a deal to take control of the six top floors of the massive 1933 building known as Morgan North, it’s already signed a major

Known for its charming downtown, top-rated public schools and bustling arts culture, Montclair, NJ is a hot spot when it comes to real estate. But a stunning three-story Victorian home just off the main drag can’t find a buyer — even though it’s free. The 3,330-square-foot home at 23 N. Willow St. is owned by

President Trump’s childhood home in Queens is a tough sell. After being listed for $2.9 million and floated as an Airbnb rental, it was slated for a Nov. 14 auction. But the auction has been postponed indefinitely — because no one who is interested has enough dough to make a bid, according to the auction

Facebook is making friends with Hudson Yards. The social media giant has leased more than 1.5 million square feet of office space in the massive West Side development, Hudson Yards officials announced Thursday. The deal — which marks a major expansion of Facebook’s presence in the Big Apple — encompasses 30 floors across three buildings,

The “best” mansion in New York about to hit the market belongs to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Shortly after Epstein died in August, brokers began to hover over 9 E. 71st St. The 50-foot-wide townhouse “is the best in the city,” says superbroker Dolly Lenz. Even though a sale would be complicated given Epstein’s

There are few major home furniture buys that are as mood-setting as a sofa. While established go-tos like Room & Board and West Elm still wow with their selections, a bunch of new startups have hit the scene offering endlessly customizable pieces, convenient flat-pack shipping and patterns that pop. With all these new brands to

Ousted WeWork CEO Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, continued to scour the Upper East Side for a trophy pad even after they were rejected by posh Fifth Avenue co-ops. (A rep for Neumann has previously denied the rejections.) They initially turned their gaze to exclusive buildings like 720 Park Ave., where residents include Barnes

Broadway’s Tony-winning costume and scenic designer Clint Ramos, whose recent work includes “Slave Play” and “Once On This Island,” has listed his Washington Heights co-op for $699,000. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit is on the third floor of West Gate House, an Art Deco building at 870 W. 181st St. Clint RamosGetty Images Ramos bought the

There’s a (relatively) cheap opportunity to be supermodel Iman’s neighbor. David Bowie’s widow lived with the rocker at 285 Lafayette St. in Nolita until his death of liver cancer in 2016. ImanGetty Images for Global Citizen An alcove studio at the ritzy building with just 30 units, which transformed into a makeshift shrine for Bowie

Regis Philbin is looking for a “Millionaire.” The retired TV host has listed his Greenwich, Connecticut, mansion for $4.59 million — significantly less than he and his wife, Joy, paid a decade ago. Take a tour of the secluded English manor-inspired property, which sports six bedrooms, a pool and a circular driveway. Video courtesy of

Martha Stewart World Center? Stewart Tower? Stewart Taj Mahal? Yes, the domestic goddess is getting into branded real estate á la President Donald Trump. Marquee Brands, the company that picked up both Stewart and Emeril Lagasse brands in a more then $200 million deal this spring, has tapped a real estate agency to explore projects

Superstructures Engineers + Architects is heading to the Financial District’s pyramid-topped building at 14 Wall St. The restoration company has leased the 25th floor of the landmark building at the northwest corner of Nassau Street, which gives it 33,561 square feet. That floor is occupied by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which is moving

Direct-to-trade luxury furniture designer Ferrell Mittman has just moved to a new, 3,700-square-foot duplex at 228 E. 58th St. between Second and Third avenues, where it will also offer its Robert A.M. Stern line starting in 2020. The petite glass building has 2,200 square feet on the ground floor, 1,000 square feet on the second

There’s more misery coming for LIRR commuters at Penn Station. In another bombshell from Vornado’s third-quarter conference call, it turns out that the real estate giant will soon shut down all of the fast-food outlets and stores in the part of the LIRR concourse it controls. It’s part of an MTA project to widen, redesign

A new lease with Blue Bottle Coffee at 1345 Sixth Ave. covers just 953 square feet — but it completed a remarkable hat trick for landlord Fisher Brothers. The java joint will join much larger eateries opening there soon — French-style steakhouse Quality Bistro (10,000 square feet) and Wagamama (14,000 square feet). The signings are

Sorry to all you lovers of super-tall towers: Dreams of a mega-skyscraper to replace the gloomy Hotel Pennsylvania will have to wait at least a few more years. Vornado Realty Trust — which owns so much property in the Penn Station area that it seems like a wholly owned subsidiary of the publicly traded giant

Flexible office space, once a niche offering, is experiencing a meteoric rise. In the last decade, so-called “flex space” increased more than 600 percent across the United States. Just in the last year, the market grew 23 percent in Manhattan alone, according to CBRE. While most people associate coworking with a flexible office, that’s just

Creative brands are seizing opportunities in repriced storefront spaces. Despite worries of retail doom and gloom, stabilizing rents along the city’s “high street” markets are putting store leases — now with brand-friendly pricing — back in play. According to Cushman & Wakefield, rents dropped in seven of 11 market strips at the end of 2019’s

Recent state rent regulations have changed so many of the long-standing multifamily rules that owners of apartment buildings are taking a “wait-and-see” approach. “The game-changing rent laws have had an impact,” says Douglas Harmon of Cushman & Wakefield. “It has halted sales with any semblance of rent stabilization.” But buildings with both a majority of

Real estate pros are starting to use social media to tout new business and land clients. The founders of full-service commercial brokerage Current Real Estate Advisors has focused on Instagram to develop its retail and office leasing business. “We are a publicly facing firm and have a huge presence on social media to attract companies

Egads! EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg’s longtime Los Angeles home hit the market for $9.6 million — only a year after “The View” host sold it. Take a tour of this six-bedroom mansion in the Pacific Palisades, complete with a lagoon-style pool, basement bar and many Art Deco touches. The previous owner was “Casino Royale” actor

Norah Jones listed her Brooklyn townhouse for $8 million, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter bought the four-story, 25-foot-wide property in Cobble Hill for $4.9 million in 2009. Images from the listing, which is not yet live, show a charming bohemian-chic interior, with touches including exposed brick, reclaimed wood finishes, wood-beam ceilings and