Sherwood’s 500 W. 21st Street attracting buyers with green design.
500 West 21st Street is putting the “wood” in Sherwood Equities. Or at least, the single stand of 40-foot trees. Jeffrey Katz’s latest project is...
Author : Sarah Trefethen
Labor groups defend scaffold law
New York’s construction unions are hitting back against a recent push to modify the laws governing who’s responsible for working safety on construction sites....
Rudin family still loving New York for Lew
Lew Rudin made his mark advocating for and advancing the role of real estate interests in the New York City’s civic life. His legacy lives...
Judge clears the way for Bayrock conspiracy case to be heard in court
In 2010 Jody Kriss, a real estate developer, filed a lawsuit against his former partner at Bayrock Group, a development company. That suit contained information...
Accusations of mob tactics muddy fight over money
The controversy surrounding former employees of Tevfik Arif’s Bayrock Group is part spy novel, part courtroom procedural, part financial drama. The latest developments came last...
Red tape and runaway rent eating away at restaurant biz
Fast casual, fine dining, home-style, Ethiopian, Japanese, take-out, all-you-can-eat, Michelin-starred, vegetarian, barbecue, disco-themed: restaurants vary more than the people who eat in them. Restaurant owners...
Attorney General investigating Africa Isarel, Boymelgreen for fraud
Two prominent developers, Africa Israel Investments Limited and Jeshayahu “Shaya” Boymelgreen, have been barred from selling condos and coops in New York, pending a fraud...
Ladies reach milestone in 170,000 s/f deal
It took a while for the leasing team charged with finding a new home for Teach For America’s national and New York offices to notice,...
Thor seeks tenant for 5th site
Thor Equities is looking for a tenant to lease a seven-story glass box the company plans to build on the corner of Fifth Avenue and...
Big, bold and messy; Things Melissa Burch loves about real estate
Melissa Román Burch, the EVP in charge of residential and commercial development at Forest City Ratner, has no problem with big, complicated, decades-long development projects....