Massive South Bronx waterfront development is getting underway

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One of the largest and most expensive development sites in the South Bronx is starting to come into focus. Developer Brookfield Properties has unveiled new renderings for its massive seven-building project along the Harlem River in Mott Haven, which also has a new name: Bankside.

The development will span 4.3 acres on either side of the Third Avenue Bridge, with more than 1,350 ...

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The state of Long Island City real estate, one year after Amazon

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Did Amazon change Long Island City real estate? 

Short answer: not really. – When Amazon announced its plans to bring part of its second North American headquarters to Long Island City, there was much hand-wringing about what the tech giant would do ...

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Amazon takes new offices in Hudson Yards a year after leaving LIC

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Amazon has inked a lease in midtown Manhattan less than a year after abruptly withdrawing from plans to bring half of its second North American headquarters to Queens, according to the the Seattle-based company.

The e-commerce giant has signed a lease for 335,000 square feet in the Hudson Yards where it will have more than 1,500 employees.
The arrangement is Amazon’s largest expansion in New York City since the company abandoned plans to situate half of its second headquarters in ...

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NYC isn’t building enough housing to keep up with job growth.

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It may seem like New York City is in the midst of a building boom, with new developments continuing to go up in areas including Long Island City and Downtown Brooklyn. But a new report prepared by the Department of City Planning refutes that, and makes the case that New York City needs to build more housing to keep up with its “explosive” job growth.

The report, titled “The Geography of Jobs,” delves into the city’s and ...

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Manhattan Real Estate Sales Market Update: 3rd Quarter 2019

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Many people in the industry predicted it: the number of transactions went down quite a bit – 14.2% YoY actually to 2,560 homes sold. As you may remember, many sales were pulled into the previous quarter in order to avoid the, well known and much discussed, Mansion Tax hikes. That generated a sense of “fake” recovery and we now know for a fact it was a “fake”!

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Skyline Tower The Tallest Skyscraper outside Manhattan

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Located at 23-15 44th Drive (Long Island City), the residential skyscraper will soon stand 778 feet tall, making it the tallest building in New York outside of Manhattan.

Once completed, the building will be clad in 358,538 square feet of glass, equivalent to a span of over six football fields.

The building broke a “theoretical” record for having the highest projected sellout in Queens at $1.067 billion. Completion is expected next year.
(source: nyyimby & nycurbed)
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