The Daily Dirt: Sub-rehab disaster in the making

December 17, 2025 / no comments

Hours after publication of my Aug. 11 article about the substantial rehabilitation of a Williamsburg rental building, I got a frantic email from a reader. The building had been taken out of rent stabilization following the sub rehab and had been charging market-rate rents — a perfectly legal strategy — only for a state regulator to retroactively deny the deregulation. This would devalue the building, for which the owner had paid Jeff Sutton $9.75 million in 2023, and likely trigger a rent-overcharge lawsuit. This sequence of events would wipe out the investment and lead to foreclosure, with the lender selling […]

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NYC’s top deals: Kathryn Greenberg shells out $20M for 15 CPW pads

December 17, 2025 / no comments

There were 179 transactions totaling $486 million recorded in New York City in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16. 🏆 Residential: The top home sale recorded in New York City was on the Upper West Side. Alex Lasry, CEO of the host committee for next year’s FIFA World Cup and son of billionaire Marc Lasry, purchased a penthouse at 535 West End Avenue for $20.7 million, or roughly $2,500 per square foot. The seller was a trust tied to Tamar Wolchok and Simona Ganz, daughters of the late Slim-Fast mogul S. Daniel Abraham. The condo has […]

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