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Stuy Town

Stuy Town is on the verge of being sold to Blackstone Group for $5.3 billion. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Stuy Town Selling for $5M? Mark Zuckerberg Funds LES School

Blackstone could potentially mirror the actions of its predecessor, Tishman Speyer, whose deal caused public fury over rising housing costs and the reduction of middle-class apartments.
By Grace Guarnieri
The Sunnyside Yards.

De Blasio Heralds Sunnyside Yards as Next Stuy-Town, Unveils Other Housing Details

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at the State of the City address this morning that he intends to build 11,250 affordable housing units at Sunnyside Yards—the same as the number as at Stuy-Town and Peter Cooper Village—at 200 acres, one of the largest undeveloped parcels in New York City, but one that presents myriad difficulties to developers as it remains an active rail yard in use by several train companies.
By Kim Velsey

Years After the Crash, Overleveraged Housing Remains a Problem in New York City

Councilman Garodnick is urging the city to intervene more intensively to remedy and prevent future overleveraged real estate deals.
By Kim Velsey
Peter Cooper Village (Observer File Photo).

Tenants In Sandy-Damaged Buildings Protest Landlord-Friendly Rent Reduction Policy

By Kim Velsey
Overcharged.

Stuyvesant Town Tenants Settle Rent Degregulation Lawsuit, Winning $68.7 M.

By Kim Velsey

In Spite of Hurricane Sandy Struggles, Stuy Town Will Still Get Its Despised Ice Rink This Winter

By Matt Chaban
Occupy Stuy Town?

Brookfield Wants to Help the 99 Percent—at Stuy Town

By Matt Chaban
Bah, humbug!

Stuy Town Ice Rink? Neighbors Would Rather Hell Freeze Over [Update]

By Matt Chaban

Stuy Town Goes Co-op! Oh, Well, Never Mind

By Laura Kusisto

Stuy Town Rent War Resumes

By Matt Chaban

The Greatest Story Ever Built: Times’ Bagli to Chronicle Stuy Town Debacle

By Matt Chaban

Ackman Breaks Even on Stuy Town, Still Wants to Own the Place

By Matt Chaban

Stuy Town Foreclosure Called Off Following Deal with Wily Bill

By Matt Chaban

Never Underestimate Wily Bill Ackman

By Matt Chaban

ACK! Can Pershing Get Its Money Back on Stuy Town Gambit?

By Matt Chaban

Ackman Plants Seed of Nation’s Biggest Co-op Conversion

By Laura Kusisto

Larry Gluck Hits Legal Problems in Tribeca

By The Real Estate Desk

Ackman Cries 'Ludicrous!' The Stuy Town War Translated

By Eliot Brown

Stuy Town Legal War Opens With Suit Against Ackman, Winthrop

By Eliot Brown

Enter Ackman

By Eliot Brown

No More Stuy Towns for California Pensioners

By Eliot Brown
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