The few real estate people who did not donate to Cuomo

June 24, 2025 / no comments

With the Democratic primary coming to an end, the question is no longer who in real estate donated to Andrew Cuomo’s run for mayor, but who did not.   A super PAC backing Cuomo, Fix the City, has brought in nearly $25 million, with more than $5.5 million coming from real estate executives and construction unions.  […]

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Scholastic eyeing sale-leaseback of Soho HQ 

June 24, 2025 / no comments

Scholastic is setting up its Soho headquarters for sale, with a twist.  The book publishing giant is eyeing a sale of part or all of its buildings at 555-557 Broadway in the trendy Manhattan neighborhood, Crain’s reported. Scholastic tapped Newmark to seek potential buyers for the property. Scholastic would look to then lease back the […]

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Steve Croman continues to stiff his own landlord, new suit claims

June 24, 2025 / no comments

Controversial landlord Steve Croman faces a new lawsuit alleging he failed to pay rent on a Noho office space.  The suit was filed last month by Lafayette-Astor Associates, an entity connected to Jeff Gural’s GFP Real Estate. The plaintiff claims Croman and his firm failed to pay $900,000 in rent and other fees at 740 […]

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Renovated Cobble Hill townhouse scores $12M contract

June 24, 2025 / no comments

Another townhouse development from Eckstrom’s Carlos Saavedra and Nicole Eckstrom has scored the top weekly contract in the Brooklyn luxury market.  The 23-foot-wide townhouse had a last asking price of $11.85 million.  In total, the borough saw 22 contracts — six condos, one co-ops and 16 townhouses — with a total volume of $80 million […]

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NYC’s top deals: 217 W 57th Street condo trades for $40M

June 24, 2025 / no comments

There were 200 deals recorded, totaling about $337 million, in New York City on June 23.  🏆Residential: The top residential sale recorded in New York City was for a 7,000-square-foot condominium at Gary Barnett’s Extell Development’s 217 West 57th Street along Billionaires’ Row. The apartment sold at a loss, for $39.5 million; both parties were […]

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The Daily Dirt: 5 questions for real estate’s favorite mayoral candidate, Andrew Cuomo

June 24, 2025 / no comments

The Democratic primary is here.  Over the last few weeks, I’ve posed the same five real estate-related questions to the mayoral candidates and featured their answers in this newsletter.   The series featured Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller Brad Lander, former Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and former Assembly member […]

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