Just in time for Halloween, Dumbo is going to “welcome” you with a new waterfront sign on what is now known as the Panorama project. The former Watchtower-owned buildings had eponymous signage removed from the 30 Columbia Heights building in 2017, as The Post reported. That red Watchtower sign replaced an earlier ER Squibb &
Month: October 2019
WeWork paid so much for the former Lord & Taylor building off Bryant Park, it can no longer afford to move in, The Post has learned. Officials within WeWork’s real estate leasing business have told employees in recent days that they are ditching plans to make the former department store their headquarters, a source with
The new No. 7 Kevin Durant Brooklyn Nets shirts are already available at Modell’s Sporting Goods, and that national retailer of sports equipment and apparel is also moving its offices. It will move in 2020 to 26,607 square feet on the second floor and a portion of the third floor at 1430 Broadway on the
A new trophy-office offering is hitting the market and could sell for in excess of $400 million. Materials are circulating for the sale of 900 Third Ave., between East 54th and 55th streets, where a large outside glass-covered atrium near the top of the 36-story tower could be transformed into building amenity space. The Paramount
Two-time NBA basketball champ, Kevin Durant, who just joined the Brooklyn Nets, has leased a dramatic office space in a petite, brand-new building for his company, Thirty Five Ventures. The 6’ 10” forward — who retired his longtime No. 35 jersey and is now wearing No. 7 for the Nets — is leasing the penthouse
Leading retail brokers are trembling over the future of upper Madison Avenue if Barneys closes — as appears likely. Retail leasing specialists are by nature an optimistic breed. Some are known to say that lots of empty storefronts somehow mean that a particular street is “hot.” So Newmark Knight Frank Vice-chairman Jeffrey Roseman, really got
The once-opaque facade of 550 Madison Ave. is finally letting in some light. A soaring, 30-foot-tall arched window in its new lobby will let sidewalk strollers see directly into a public garden behind it, Realty Check has learned. Olayan Group bought the recently land-marked former Sony headquarters for $1.4 billion in 2016. It’s spending $300
Some things never change on Real Housewives of Atlanta. Kenya Moore made one appearance during the Season 11 finale at Cynthia Bailey’s product launch party, and NeNe Leakes flipped her wig. And then called Kenya a “monster.” It also caused NeNe to cancel her friendship contract with Cynthia. For Season 12 of RHOA, Kenya twirled
Meet the millennials who prefer a nostalgic design aesthetic inspired by the quirky comfort of their grandparents’ homes and the opulence of bygone eras. Some call it grandma chic, others label it forward-thinking traditionalism and another set dubs it preppy eclecticism. But devotees of the style have been nicknamed “grandmillennials” — a portmanteau of grandma
Country star Carrie Underwood has been spotted house hunting near Gramercy Park. One pad the 36-year-old singer — who won “American Idol” in 2005 and is currently belting out her greatest hits on her Cry Pretty 360 Tour, which wraps later this month — eyed was a gut-renovated townhouse at 315 E. 18th St., our
This Soho apartment at 100 Prince St. was once owned by the late theater director and producer James Hammerstein, the son of Oscar Hammerstein II — of Rogers and Hammerstein fame. The 2,082-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit is now on the market for $4.95 million. The home features traditional tin ceilings nearly 13 feet tall, large windows,
Power couple Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber have been house hunting in Nolita, Gimme Shelter has learned. The supermodel and hospitality entrepreneur, who have been married since 1998, just checked out the most expensive listing still on the market at 152 Elizabeth St., a seven-unit building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning starchitect Tadao Ando. It’s his
Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Marc Routh — of “Angels in America,” “Hairspray,” “Gypsy” and mind-benders like “The Encounter” — and his partner, artist Asher Remy-Toledo, have listed their Chelsea home for $5.6 million. Marc RouthJohn Lamparski/WireImage The sprawling five-bedroom, three-bathroom duplex loft at 131 W. 24th St. is 4,200 square feet and comes with keyed
The Israel Discount Bank, known as IDB Bank, will be leaving its longtime digs at 511 Fifth Ave. on the southeast corner of East 43rd Street — and up and into the Grace Building, a block over on Sixth Avenue. Sources say when it moves, the bank will have its own entrance through the Kreuther
The e-commerce plug-in Yotpo will move and expand to 27,269 square feet at 400 Lafayette St. on the northwest corner of East 4th Street. The fourth-floor sublease from SeatGeek includes the installation, which has glass-fronted offices and rooms. The multilevel spaces have open seating, multiple breakout rooms, conference rooms and phone booths — plus the
Office furniture designer Knoll has renewed and expanded to 60,500 square feet at 1330 Avenue of the Americas between West 53rd and 54th streets. The company’s showroom will remain on the second and third floors but also expand into a portion of the fourth floor. The latter floor was being used for its executive offices,
Auto mogul Terry Taylor has added a new trophy home to his collection. The businessman, who has the largest number of car dealerships in the world, is the buyer of Tommy Hilfiger’s Plaza penthouse, according to city property records. And he bought it for a relative deal: $31.5 million, records show. Last month, The Post
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is facing off with Tim Cook’s Apple over posh Manhattan office digs slated to open next year inside a grandiose former post office, The Post has learned. As The Post exclusively reported in September, Zuckerberg’s social media company has been in talks to take over all 740,000 square feet of office space
It’s a killer property — and its next owner may never know John Wayne Gacy murdered his 33 victims there. The grisly tidbit doesn’t have to be disclosed by the owner now selling the Chicago site, according to Illinois law, although realtors must tell the truth if asked, TMZ reported Tuesday. The suburban property is
Dock 72, the ship-shaped new office building that juts into the East River at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, opens Tuesday with a lavish ribbon-cutting ceremony. Drummers will thunder the debut of Brooklyn’s largest ground-up office project in more than a decade — and a champagne bottle will be smashed in the manner of scores of
In the latest step forward for affordable Central Harlem housing, two buildings with 214 rental apartments have been sold to real estate firm Fairstead Affordable. The company paid $75.5 million for 560 Lenox Ave. and nearby 50 W. 139th St. for the buildings previously owned by Harlen Housing. Ariel Property Advisors’ Victor Sozio and Matthew
Some people buy mansions. Some prefer to spend their cash on travel. One Australian family decided to combine both by building a $1.35 million ($2 million AUD) home — on wheels. A family of eight wanted to explore Australia and even go off-roading in some of the country’s rough terrain. They also didn’t want to
This Hudson Valley home listing is the epitome of “click for a surprise!” The pictures of the $2.79 million four-bedroom, five-bathroom home in leafy Wappingers Falls, NY, starts like any other listing on Zillow. First, you’re greeted with photos of the secluded 10-acre wooded lot, its mature trees hiding the property from the world, and
Justin Bieber doesn’t need a broker to list his house on Realtor.com or Zillow. His 119 million Instagram followers proved a receptive audience for a middle-of-the-night for-sale announcement in the social-media age. In the wee hours on Friday morning, the newly married pop star shared no fewer than 13 photos of his Beverly Hills, Calif.,