Riverhead zoning leaves cannabis dispensaries strung out

May 5, 2025 / no comments

The dreams of prospective cannabis retailers in North Fork’s Riverhead are in danger of going up in smoke. A number of disputes and controversies are lighting up discussion around marijuana distributors in the town, Newsday reported. Zoning is at the heart of several of these disputes. Tink & E. Co filed a lawsuit against the […]

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Charney gets $135M construction loan for Fort Greene condo tower

May 5, 2025 / no comments

It’s music to every developer’s ears: the sound of a construction loan being cut.  Sam Charney’s Charney Companies landed $135 million in financing for its 45-story condo tower at 95 Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, the developer told The Real Deal. BH3 Management and Madison Realty Capital provided the loan. “In what was a very […]

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Goose nabs $166M loan for sub-100 unit Boerum Hill buildings

May 5, 2025 / no comments

Yitzchok Katz’s Goose Property Management scored a $166 million construction loan for four adjacent multifamily buildings in Boerum Hill. Slate Property Group provided the loan for the project, which includes three 99-unit buildings and one 70-unit building, an apparent attempt to avoid the $40 wage floor that kicks in at 100 units under 485x. The […]

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Manhattan’s luxury contracts closed April on a busy note

May 5, 2025 / no comments

Manhattan’s luxury market logged another bustling week, led by inked deals for a cryptocurrency executive’s West Village quadplex and a penthouse above the Public Hotel.  Buyers signed contracts for 33 homes asking $4 million or more in the borough between April 28th and May 4th, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The total was up […]

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ABS Partners founder Earle Altman dies at 93 

May 5, 2025 / no comments

LOCAL DEK: HOMEPAGE HED:   HOMEPAGE SUBHED  FOCUS KEYPHRASE: Earle Altman, who spent decades at Helmsley Spear before founding ABS Partners Real Estate, died on May 1. He was 93. Altman’s passing was disclosed in a release by the Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association, an organization he once chaired. No cause of death was disclosed. After […]

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Insurance and housing affordability: How governments can lower costs and boost production

May 5, 2025 / no comments

The Puget Sound region faces an ever-increasing housing affordability crisis, fueled in part by low inventory, slow production and high material and labor costs.

Since 2022, rapidly rising insurance costs have exacerbated the situation, making new projects infeasible while creating significant pressure to increase rents to maintain net operating income. State and local governments have responded to housing production issues by reforming land use codes to expedite permitting and reduce costs.

While…