Real estate
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Business
NYC towers put final touches on major upgrades as they buck downtown malaise
We know the bad news about downtown: offices 30% vacant, Water Street a near ghost town and some old buildings…
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NYC’s most fashionable shopping corridor gets mystery makeover
Uptown Madison Avenue, the city’s premier luxury shopping corridor, faces momentous change on the gilded blocks where East Midtown meets…
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Greenbrier hotel avoids foreclosure
The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure…
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Business
Owner of 60 Wall St. makes bold bet with massive $250M revamp
The struggling Financial District’s brightest hope — and biggest challenge for its owners — is 60 Wall St., the vacant, 1.6…
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Yeshiva University enlarges Midtown footprint with Herald Center deal
Yeshiva University plans to establish a new, state-of-the-art health sciences campus inside Herald Center, sources told Realty Check. What insiders…
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Business
Massive housing market changes are coming — here’s how you could be affected
Changes from a landmark settlement affecting broker commissions from America’s largest real estate trade association take effect this weekend, potentially creating a…
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New-home construction slumps for 5th straight month
US single-family homebuilding dropped to near a 1-1/2-year low in July due in part to Hurricane Beryl’s disruption of activity,…
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Life Style
Gen Zers are happy to give up sex if it means meeting this one huge life goal: survey
For Gen Zers and millennials, sex sells out for homeownership. Gen Z is happy to give up sex if it…
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Business
Aging NYC office building shows how to succeed despite trend toward shiny new towers
Let’s say you own a 60-year-old, near-900,000 square-foot Midtown office building. Demand for space in Midcentury buildings is weak. A half-billion-dollar…
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Business
Midtown tower with famed lineage sells for first time in eight decades
An office building once owned by John Jay Astor has sold for the first time in 82 years. Jay Properties…
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