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

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

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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Skyline Tower The Tallest Skyscraper outside Manhattan

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Skyline Tower The Tallest Skyscraper outside Manhattan

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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Hunters Point Library finally opens to the public

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Hunters Point Library finally opens to the public

After two decades of planning and years of delays, the Hunters Point Library is finally opening in Long Island City. 

This new branch of the Queens Public Library was first proposed for the neighborhood in 1999, but it took more than 10 years for concrete plans to materialize.

The road here was bumpy, to put it lightly—and when all was said and done, the total cost of the library was more than $40 million. 

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NYC – USA – World: The Big Picture

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NYC – USA – World: The Big Picture

Excluding mergers and portfolio deals, cross-border investment in the Big Apple has dropped off noticeably since the boom years, according to data from Real Capital Analytics.

Foreign buyers acquired just under $8 billion worth of commercial property in the five boroughs in 2017 and $9.5 billion last year, down from about $20.2 billion in 2015 and $15.8 billion in 2016.

“Ultimately, there’s really no way to get back to where investment was in 2015 and 2016 ...

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South Florida: is 2019 the best year to invest?

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South Florida: is 2019 the best year to invest?

According to the 2018 ISG World Miami Report, close to 900 people move to Florida each day, with 45 percent of them moving to Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

In Miami, the Brickell neighborhood has accounted for the biggest increase in population growth. In 2018, the Miami Downtown Development Authority reported that the number of residents living between Brickell and Edgewater has soared nearly 40 percent over the past eight years.

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Race for the Heavens

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Race for the Heavens

Central Park Tower, at 217 West 57th Street, has now reached the 92nd floor, construction has officially surpassed the 1,396-foot-tall rooftop parapet of 432 Park Avenue, making this building the tallest residential structure in New York and the Western Hemisphere. The 1,550-foot tower is being designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, while Extell is the developer.

Once work reaches the rooftop, the height difference with 432 Park Avenue will become more apparent. Meanwhile, SHoP Architect’s slender ...

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