Gary Barnett finally snags holdout lot to build Fifth Ave. tower — and bring Ikea to Manhattan
It took me a decade to put it all together, but Extel boss Gary Barnett finally locked up the site of his dreams. This is the entire block front of 5th Avenue between West 46th and 47th Avenue. Real Estate Titan purchased a holdout lot at 576 Fifth Avenue, next to 576 Fifth Avenue, from […]
Audemars Piguet becomes first NYC retail tenant at 785 Fifth Ave.
Fifty years after being a faceless bank branch, the precious corner space on the first floor of 785 Fifth Ave. will ultimately welcome retail tenants. Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet has signed a lease for the entire corner of East 60th Street, almost 12,000 square feet. The former Citibank branch of narrow laundry got its […]
Leaders want state troopers to clean up Roosevelt Ave. in NYC
Civic leaders are calling on Gov. Cathy Hochul to help clean up the “urban crime zone” of Roosevelt Avenue, a degrading section of Queens that is rife with brothels, illegal businesses and crime. They are calling for 100 state police to be sent in. “This is an urban crime zone and as a result there […]
Alvin Ailey at the Whitney, Boucheron on Madison Ave and more NYC events
Every week, Alexa rounds up New York's hottest fashion, hotel openings, restaurant debuts, and celebrity-studded cultural happenings. This is a hand-picked guide to the best things to see, shop, taste and experience across the city. What's on your luxury list this week? Boucheron makes its Manhattan debut, Goop drops a furniture collection, and the Alvin […]
Prostitution doubles on NYC’s seedy Roosevelt Ave.
The crime-ridden neighborhood of Jackson Heights, where prostitutes ply their trade openly and brazen shoplifters abound, has only gotten worse since The Washington Post blew the whistle on it about five months ago. Roosevelt Avenue near 91st Street in Queens has long been tainted by illegal open-air migrant markets and dozens of sidewalk prostitutes, but […]
Cops shut down NYC Dominican Day Parade as unruly crowd swarms 6th Ave. and teen slashes 65 year-old
A Dominican Republic Day parade in Manhattan was abruptly halted on Sunday after a large, disorderly crowd swarmed the route in Midtown and a teenager slashed a 65-year-old man in the face, law enforcement sources said. The 42-year-old parade was expected to attract 500,000 spectators and feature 113 organizations, including community groups, carnival bands and […]
Hochul restarts 2nd Ave. subway project and punts congestion pricing revenue fight to 2025
Gov. Kathy Hawkle has freed up $54 million to restart the Second Avenue subway construction project that was stalled by the abrupt halt to congestion pricing, but she acknowledged Tuesday that the question of how to fill a $15 billion hole in the MTA’s budget will drag on into next year. The state Legislature ended […]
Midtown Manhattan’s shelter-lined ‘8th Ave. Corridor’ plagued by open drug use: ‘Strip of despair’
Locals say a section of Midtown Manhattan has become a “city of despair” where drug addicts inject drugs, smoke marijuana and sleep beneath the feet of commuters and tourists. “There’s a lot going on around here,” one store owner told The Post about the so-called 8th Avenue neighborhood near Penn Station, which is home to […]
Blackstone boosts footprint at 345 Park Ave.
Blackstone’s impending deal to expand its global headquarters, Rudin Management, by 250,000 square feet at 345 Park Avenue, is a sign of strength on two playing fields: Park Avenue and the world. Blackstone, the powerful asset manager led by Stephen Schwarzman, is the world’s largest owner of commercial real estate. Continued expansion in the face […]
French hospitality outfit Accor signs lease at Michael Shvo’s 711 Fifth Ave
The cheerful sounds heard at 711 Fifth Avenue last week were coming not from the posh Core Club on the tower’s top four floors, but from Accor’s new offices on the seventh floor. The French hospitality company signed an unreported 23,000-square-foot lease in December and was celebrating its move into the space, sources told Realty […]