While the Related Companies on Monday was handed a rare, high-profile rebuke by the City Council over its $323 million Kingsbridge Armory retail project, the giant developer did happen to win the Council’s thumbs-up on another little project: the $15 billion West Side rail yards development.
The Council approved a rezoning for half of Read More
Council set to vote down giant Kingsbridge Armory project. Living wage emerges as development Read More
After months of speculation, Nordstrom Rack, in its eminently corporate way, has officially announced over the wire that it will open its first Manhattan store at One Union Square South, in the building owned by Stephen Ross’ Related Companies.
Meanwhile, Best Buy will take the old Circuit City space in the same building.
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Tucked away at the bottom of Cablevision’s earnings report Thursday was a curious note: “The Board of Directors of Cablevision has authorized the company’s management to explore the spin-off of its Madison Square Garden business.”
That admission, with no additional explanation or elaboration given, touched off a flurry of speculation: Will the Dolan family, which Read More
While the bushes are blooming on the soon-to-be-opened southern section of the High Line, a battle is blossoming at City Hall over the fate of the line’s northern section. The battle spawned a rally earlier this week, as activists on behalf of the park continue to demand public supervision of the line’s northern spur. Read More
A seat on the board of the Industrial Development Agency is not the most illustrious post in city government. The agency devotes itself to arranging and approving tax incentive packages and tax-free financing for various industrial and commercial city firms, and the board itself is controlled by the Bloomberg administration, which appoints the chairman. Read More
A seat on the board of the Industrial Development Agency is not the most illustrious post in city government. The agency devotes itself to arranging and approving tax incentive packages and tax-free financing for various industrial and commercial city firms, and the board itself is controlled by the Bloomberg administration, which appoints the chairman.
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A seat on the board of the Industrial Development Agency is not the most illustrious post in city government. The agency devotes itself to arranging and approving tax incentive packages and tax-free financing for various industrial and commercial city firms, and the board itself is controlled by the Bloomberg administration, which appoints the chairman. Read More
Each February, southern Florida traditionally gets a fresh injection of hearty New York accents, as the city’s construction industry temporarily transports itself to the oceanfront city of Hollywood for an annual summit of unions and contractors, among others.
In recent years, when the building boom overwhelmed contractors and unions with more work than anyone Read More
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With the economy sinking around him, Stephen Ross and his Related Companies have successfully delayed purchasing development rights to the West Side rail yards by a year, as the M.T.A. sent out a statement this evening announcing a one-year extension of the “conditional designation” period.
With financing near Read More
