New York’s new development has historically pushed the envelope with hulking projects that reshape the skyline. But in recent years, those spindly spires of glass offering hundreds of units have been replaced with squat brick or terracotta buildings that recede into the streetscape, often holding just a handful of meticulously-designed homes.  After the early successes on Billionaires’ Row in the mid-2010s bred copycats around the city, the tide turned on larger projects, with a number of noteworthy busts stemming from lackluster buyer interest, costly construction or, in some cases, fraud.  Developers — and their investors — have taken note, and […]

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Why does the government pay for food stamps but rely on landlords to provide rent-regulated housing? Brokerage leader Jason Oppenheim, he of reality TV fame and 1.5 million Instagram followers, commented on a TRD Instagram post that the government treats hunger differently from housing. Oppenheim asked why we impose rent control on apartments, although we don’t put price controls on food as a way to combat hunger. He observed that SNAP benefits and rental vouchers are publicly funded, but rent control places the burden on landlords: “We issue food stamps only, so why wouldn’t we issue rental vouchers only? If […]

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There were 215 transactions totaling $392 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. 🏆 Residential: The top residential transaction was for a penthouse at the Charlotte at 470 Columbus Avenue, developed by New York-based Roe Corporation, in the Upper West Side that sold for $15 million. The buyer of the sponsor unit was The Yonatan THC LLC. The more than 4,000-square-foot pad is a duplex with four bedrooms, four and a half baths, a 3,200-square-foot landscaped private roof terrace and another more than 850-square-foot terrace off the living […]

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Thrifty held on to a couple’s full deposit for over a year after an accident in Australia, refusing to provide the invoice they needed for an insurance claim.

Two different nursing school programs in Ohio offer a glimpse into what may happen when federal student borrowing has limits.

Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial celebrations.

The nominations are being announced by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman from the headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Tishman Speyer and Breakthrough Properties secured a lease expansion for a planned innovation center at the Harvard Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
Roche Genentech will triple its size at the ERC from 30K SF to 100K SF for the innovation center, according to a press release. The company plans to begin a phased move-in starting in mid-2026.
The pharmaceutical company first announced plans to move onto the campus in March and occupy 30K SF at Tishman’s two-building life sciences complex at One Milestone St. In its March release, Genentech said it ultimately hoped to hire up to 500 employees for the location.
Its planned innovation center within the lab building will serve as a hub for its…

John Wolf spent 18 years buying large office buildings as an executive at real estate investment giant Westbrook Partners.
But since leaving Westbrook in 2024, he has been buying up distressed assets and has even foreclosed on two buildings owned by his old firm — exemplifying the shift taking place in D.C.’s troubled office market. Once a haven for institutions the world over, D.C. is now a playground for bargain hunters that don’t have investment committees to answer to.
“We have a clean slate,” Wolf, now the CEO of FarmViewVentures, told Bisnow last week. “I’ve got a new company. I don’t have the legacy…

California Forever signed a 40-year construction labor agreement covering nearly all major building activity in its proposed new city, which includes a shipyard and advanced manufacturing park. Approvals for the project are pending.