Stuy Town: What’s Next?

There’s now a common bond between Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and a sea of new homes in the Las Vegas suburbs: mortgage default.

Last week, the giant real estate firm Tishman Speyer and its investors missed the full monthly debt payment on their $3 billion mortgage, triggering default and a new era Read More

Book It! Simon & Schuster’s Re-Up at Tishman Speyer’s 1230 Sixth

Publishing giant Simon & Schuster renewed its giant lease at Rockefeller Center and, with it, landlord Tishman Speyer‘s ongoing use of the title “The Simon & Schuster Building.” At 275,000 square feet, the publisher stands as 1230 Sixth Avenue‘s largest tenant by a good deal.

If it hasn’t exactly been a triumphant Read More

Stuy Town Opens to the Masses Again

Closed to new tenants since October in the wake of a mega court decision on rents, Stuyvesant Town is now opening its flood gates.

Per a statement from a Tishman Speyer spokeswoman, the 11,200-apartment mini-city on the East Side will now rent 100 apartments to outsiders looking to get in. Thanks to the court Read More

With Stuy Town, Electeds Play Bailout Card On Fannie, Freddie

With the ever-troubled Stuyvesant Town now bordering on default, particularly in the wake of last month’s giant court decision, a set of elected officials has begun taking their concerns straight to the 11,200-unit complex’s debt holders: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Bypassing the current owners–a partnership led by Tishman Speyer–the officials who represent the Read More

Next Stop, Tishman Speyer’s Rock Center! Neil Young to Bless Lionel Pop-Up

In a universe a lot like this one, the subway clatters to a stop, the doors slide open and a disembodied voice intones, “Stand clear of the closing doors.” Except the universe is one-eighty-seventh the size of ours, and no sprinting figure attempts to defy the resolve of rapidly narrowing doors.

The world of model Read More

Mintz Levin Re-ups for 85K Feet in Speyers’ 666 Third

On the residential front, the world may seem like it’s collapsing for Tishman Speyer (read: Stuyvesant Town), but in its more traditional role as an office landlord, things could be worse.

To wit, attorneys at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC have signed on for another 14 years of 85,000 square feet at Read More

Speyers Dealt Tremendous Hit as Court Rules for Tenants at Stuy Town

In a decision with seismic implications for Stuyvesant Town and property owners throughout the city, the state’s top court has ruled against real estate giant Tishman Speyer on a far-reaching rent regulation lawsuit, declaring the landlord had no right to deregulate some 4,440 apartments.

In a 4-2 decision, the Court of Appeals upheld an appellate Read More