Steve Cuozzo
The Archive
NYC hospital-building boom on Upper East Side roils upper-crust residents
The Upper East Side, once known as the Silk Stocking District, has embraced cotton scrubs -- but not everyone’s thrilled about it.
Hey, Red Lobster: Please don’t cut bait on your surprisingly good Times Square location
The delicious seafood dishes are no fluke.
22 Vanderbilt draws in 5 new leases with major amenity upgrades, Grand Central access
In the realm of repositioned “Cinderalla” buildings, Milstein Properties’ 22 Vanderbilt – once known as 335 Madison Ave. – stands with the most elite. The Madison Avenue tower between East...
New York's millions of millionaires-next-door!
Most of New York's rich are regular folks.
Fast-growing Florida retirement haven is luring business away from Wall Street
Boca Raton is shedding its reputation as a retirement town filled with geezers in golf carts.
Brooklyn Fare Kitchen & Market opens largest location on Lower East Side
It’s been nearly three years since we first reported the lease signing, but Brooklyn Fare Kitchen & Market finally opened last week at Extell’s One Manhattan Square condo tower on the...
Park Avenue vacancy rate lower than before pandemic after recent large deals
It’s no secret that some Midtown office corridors are doing better than others. Even so, a new Savills survey contains a remarkable finding: Park Avenue’s current availability rate of 8.9%...
New York City apartment evictions in 2023 not as bad as media say it is
Bleeding-heart real estate myths die hard. Take propaganda that residential evictions are surging in the Big Apple. The false argument was endlessly cited to support so-called “good-cause eviction” (which would...
Albany's flawed new housing tax break just killed a magnificent Brooklyn project
Don’t believe Gov. Hochul’s so-called replacement for the 421-a tax-abatement program will spur the creation of new homes the way its predecessor did.
Rudin family plans to sell downtown's 80 Pine St. to Brooklyn developer Bushburg for $160M
If the prospective sale goes through, the new owners might attempt to convert the building to apartments as several other downtown owners are in the process of doing.
City Winery adds to Pier 57's 'culinary diversity' with Mediterranean restaurant, rooftop sushi and tequila bars
Pier 57, the urban playground and commercial complex in the Hudson River off West 15th Street, is now almost fully leased. A just-signed deal for City Winery added 14,600 square...
Famed MONY tower that inspired hit song sells for a lot less cash than it fetched a decade ago in troubling sign for NYC market
The fire-sale price reflects the crisis in the investment-sale market for commercial properties, where some office values have tumbled by up to 50%.
Move over, Carbone — this new NYC Italian hotspot has the best meatballs
It's a touch of Tuscany in Noho.
Veteran NYC restaurateurs join forces to inject new life into Midtown's zombie food halls
There’s new life for Midtown’s zombie food halls. New York restaurant legend Stephen Hanson and international hospitality operator Alex Gaudelet are re-launching five major Midtown halls previously run by UrbanSpace,...
The Vessel at Hudson Yards to reopen with new safeguards after string of suicides
The crown jewel of the gleaming development, has been closed since August 2021 after four people died by suicide there, including a 14-year-old boy.
How empty office buildings could help NYC solve its housing crisis
The city desperately needs more rental housing. Hundreds of obsolescent older office buildings stand near-empty. So why not use one problem to solve the other?
Former CBS home Black Rock nearly 90% leased after amenity-filled transformation
Twentieth Century office towers can’t survive in the Twenty-First on their historic reputations, architectural distinction or landmark status. Companies today place a higher value on an older property’s contemporary assets...
This is why New York's storefronts won't stop going to pot
Unlicensed marijuana merchants aren’t just holding out in the face of a crackdown by the mayor and governor: They’re multiplying.