The Belnord apartment building between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue on 86th and 87th Streets will be getting a “very high-class Botox treatment” according to architect Robert A.M. Stern, who is behind the much hailed limestone building at 15 Central Park West  and now tapped to design the rental-to-condo conversion of 95 apartments. Stern’s designs, which were approved by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, include reconfiguring apartment layouts and adding amenities like a gym and central air.

Developer HFZ Capital ...

Harlem has been undergoing a transformation but much of that has been focused westward while East Harlem’s remaking has been more anticipated than achieved. With the arrival of Second Avenue subway to the south and a brand new Whole Foods to the west, change is amiss in East Harlem.

In fact, there are already several large residential projects awaiting a green light and a 88-block rezoning that would allow for 30-story towers along Park, Lexington and Third Avenues is ...