Luxury gyms lead Manhattan’s 2025 retail leases

December 12, 2025 / no comments

There have never been more high-end places to work out in Manhattan.  If one type of retail location dominated The Real Deal’s list of biggest leases this year, it was the gym. Chelsea Piers, Life Time and Equinox all gobbled up tens of thousands of square feet for Big Apple expansions. They were joined by another wellness player, Neko Health.  It’s a stark contrast from last year’s rankings, when not one wellness location cracked the top ten retail leases. But big, luxury health clubs are making a bet that Manhattanites will pay top dollar for resort-like amenities and whole-body services, […]

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The Daily Dirt: A blitz of housing regulation 

December 12, 2025 / no comments

Happy holidays, here are half a dozen new versions of City Council bills you hate.  “You” refers to landlords, brokers, developers and others who have been closely tracking and dreading bills like the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.   Next week is the City Council’s final meeting, and COPA, along with a package of controversial housing regulation bills, managed to squeak through to the aging list. That means they could be called for a vote on Thursday. Bill aging could also refer to the years shaved off my life today as I tried to figure out when the latest versions of […]

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NYC’s top deals: Tribeca pads lead priciest resi sales

December 12, 2025 / no comments

There were 209 transactions totaling $324 million recorded in New York City over the 24 hours before 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. 🏆 Residential: A Tribeca penthouse marked the most expensive residential sale recorded in New York City. The three-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot pad at 11 North Moore Street sold for $12.5 million. The seller, LMB 2010 LLC, purchased the unit in 2016 for $11.2 million. The buyer was 11 North Moore LLC. The latest deal, which works out to roughly $3,600 per square foot, appears to have been off-market. 🏆 Commercial: The top recorded commercial real estate deal was […]

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