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Too Late, Community Mobilizes to Save Central Park from Skyscraper Shadows

Last night, nearly 500 New Yorkers gathered at the New York Public Library’s main branch for a forum on the
By Kim Velsey

Coy No More: Toll Brothers Debuts Teaser Site for 1110 Park Avenue

Though it has been abundantly clear that Toll Brothers was planning a condo tower at 1110 Park Avenue for some
By Kim Velsey

High Line Developer Backs Down on Bid to Score More Square Feet for Studio Gang-Designed Tower

The developer of a commercial tower planned to rise along the western edge of the High Line at 13th Street
By Kim Velsey
A rendering of the planned tower at 217 W. 57th Street.

Art Students League Approves Extell Cantilever

By Kim Velsey
Could the project move forward without a cantilever?

Extell Gives Art Students League a Deadline: Approve Cantilever by Wednesday or Lose $31.8 M. Deal

By Kim Velsey
The compound at 164 South Oxford Street

East River Partners Revealed as Developer for Fort Greene ‘Compound’

By Chris Pomorski
Note One57 and its ill-fated crane to the side. A subtle dig at Extell?

Robert A.M. Stern’s Limestone Skyscraper at 220 Central Park South Poised to Make One57 Residents Wildly Jealous

By Kim Velsey
A rendering of 255 Columbia Street

Roll on Columbia! 255 Columbia Street Condos Hit 80 Percent Sales Mark

By Chris Pomorski

Very à la Mod: Atlantic Yards Places First Modular Units for B2 Tower

By Chris Pomorski
This is art: Michael Shvo and Peter Marino riding a sheep together.

Michael Shvo, Developer Who Brought Us That Gas Station Sheep Meadow, Makes <em>Art + Auction’s</em> Power 100 List

By Kim Velsey
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (WSJ)

Extell Finally Reveals Renderings for Controversial New 57th Street Tower

By Kim Velsey
The LPC concluded that the cantilever would detract from 215 West 57th Street.

Occluded Sky, Okay: Landmarks Approves Extell’s Plan to Cantilever Nordstrom Tower Over Art Students League

By Kim Velsey
Forget about construction fending.

Never One to Disappoint, Michael Shvo Installs Blingy Trees Around Development Site

By Kim Velsey
The very expensive development site.

Shvoverload! Michael Shvo Closes on Chelsea Development Site for $23.5 M.

By Kim Velsey
McDonald's today, luxury rental building tomorrow! (Or, a few years.)

Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue Comes Revving Back to Life

By Stephen Jacob Smith
At least there are penthouses left!

Oh Noho! Buyers Seizing Pricey Units at 36 Bleecker Street

By Kim Velsey
Goodbye rental cars, helloooo condos! (Photo courtesy of the CoStar Group.)

Naftali Group Gets Inquiries for Upper West Side Condos Before Land Sale Even Closes

By Stephen Jacob Smith
The Brooklyn Heights branch may not be long for this world. (flickr)

With Pacific Branch Sell-Off Stymied, Brooklyn Public Library Presses on With Development Plans for Brooklyn Heights

By Kim Velsey
Get your burgers while you still can. (Photo via Propertyshark.)

Williamsburg White Castle Not Long For This World?

By Stephen Jacob Smith
There are a lot of hospitals in the area. Could you tell?

At Home Among the Hospitals? David Winter’s Firm Buys East Side Development Site

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Condos at Boerum and Dean, developed by XXX in 2002.

Townhouse Torrent! Bluerock Plans Five Brick Neo-Brownstones for Pacific Street

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Pennsylvania bluestone (mined in upstate New York) is a favorite building material of DDG's Peter Guthrie.

DDG Ups Its Game: Bigger Projects, Including Some Uptown, on the Horizon

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Don't let these pretty lights distract you from the rampant development that's taking place in Tribeca. (Flickr, Garrett Cox)

How to Make It in Tribeca: Be Sleek Yet Just Historical Enough

By Jess Schiewe
Mega Times Square. (Getty)

Putting the Mega in Megaprojects: Megamen and Women (Ross, Pinsky, Yaro, Weisbrod) Debate Why Building Big Matters

By Eddie Small
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