Turnbridge Equities signs sizable lease with bus company in Gravesend

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/30 12:33A Julianne Cuba

Manhattan-based developer Turnbridge Equities has inked a long-term lease with one of the largest transportation companies in the country to take over what's now a massive vacant lot in southern Brooklyn, the real estate firm announced Friday....

Mamdani’s win shows how much tide has turned toward tenants

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/30 12:33A C. J. Hughes

Many landlords make no secret of their disdain for the pro-renter reforms enacted in the past few years. But among affordable-housing advocates, local leaders and the general public, laws focused on curbing housing costs seem more popular than...

Extreme heat complicates homeless outreach

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/30 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

With temperatures rising over 100 degrees last week, heat-related illness among the city’s street homeless became a serious concern for outreach workers toiling under the same conditions. People living unsheltered are at particular risk of...

Op-ed: A rare lease cycle convergence will reshape New York's real estate market

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/27 7:03A Erin Saven

Crain’s New York Business recently reported that leasing rates in April fell 26% from the previous month, while the overall office vacancy rate dropped to its lowest level since February 2021. Don’t let one quiet month distract from the bigger...

Editorial: Congestion pricing is good news all around — if we can keep it

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/27 12:48A https://www.crainsnewyork.com/ed

Every new report on New York City’s congestion pricing program seems to tell the same story: It’s working. And the latest analysis from the Regional Plan Association shows it’s working even better than expected — not just for Manhattan, but for...

Op-ed: The city’s rushed plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal is setting up the community for...

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/26 8:03A Beth Bingham, Juan J. Rivero, Pr

Jobs, neighborhood stability, climate adaptation and economic resilience— these are the stakes in the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, a 122-acre, publicly-owned stretch of working waterfront in Red Hook. But you would not suspect...

With casino bids finally due, all bets are off for who’s favored

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/26 6:48A Nick Garber

Applications for a New York City-area casino are due on Friday after a three-year run-up, and it’s anyone’s guess as to which three megaprojects will emerge with a lucrative license at the end of the year. By 4 p.m. Friday, developers will submit...

Housing organizer turned Parks commissioner fosters community through green space

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/26 12:33A Caroline Spivack

As a 19-year-old living in Bushwick during the 1970s, Iris Rodriguez-Rosa was used to the sight of dilapidated apartment buildings and overgrown vacant lots. Landlords throughout the city had abandoned their properties, and their tenants, as part...

Deals of the Day: June 25

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/25 8:09A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases Feil Organization lands new Lexington Avenue tenant Address: 570 Lexington Ave., Manhattan Landlord: The Feil Org. Tenant: Gretchen Schumann Lease size: 4,338 square feet Lease length: Seven years Asset type: Office Brokers: Andrew Wiener,...

‘An earthquake’: Mamdani win leaves business leaders reeling

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/25 8:01A Nick Garber

New York’s leading financiers and real estate developers sunk millions of dollars into stopping Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent mayoral campaign. Their money may have bought them little except reduced influence. Business leaders woke up Wednesday...

Op-ed: Local Law 97 compliance deadline has passed. Now what?

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/25 7:03A Jimmy Carchietta

As the dust settles on the May 1st compliance deadline for New York City’s Local Laws —most notably Local Law 97 — the built environment finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. For many property owners, this year marked the first real test of their...

Meet three more Notable Leaders in Philanthropy

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/25 12:33A Crain s staff

Crain's honored 62 individuals who are core to the city's philanthropic efforts. In their various roles — executives and board members, directors and founders — the people presented in our 2025 list of Notable Leaders in Philanthropy are toiling...

NYC heat triggers blackout as soaring temperatures stress U.S. grids

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/24 5:41A Tope Alake and Naureen S. Malik,

Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of New York City’s borough of Queens as the local utility issued a warning to conserve electricity.  Consolidated Edison Inc. is working to...

On Politics: Five keys to Tuesday’s mayoral primary

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/23 9:03A Ross Barkan

Polls show a tightening race in the climactic June 24 Democratic primary election for mayor. Here are the biggest dynamics shaping the remaining hours of the race — and things to watch for on Tuesday. 1. Turnout What will Election Day turnout...

New York state plans to build new nuclear power plant

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/23 7:05A Laura Nahmias and Will Wade, Blo

New York plans to build a nuclear-power facility, the first major new plant undertaken in the US in more than 15 years. The state is talking to Constellation Energy Corp., the biggest US nuclear operator, about potentially building a new reactor...