150 West 34th Street

Vornado Realty Acquires Retail Building At 150 West 34th Street For $355 Million

Vornado Realty Trust has acquired the low-rise retail building at 144-150 West 34th Street, in Midtown South, for $355 million from a partnership between Starwood Capital Group and Crown Acquisitions. The three-story, 78,000 square-foot building is leased by Old Navy; their lease expires in five years, and the property boasts 300,000 square feet of commercial building rights if redeveloped.


25 Great Jones Street

11-Story Condo Project At 25 Great Jones Street Gets Refinanced, NoHo

Second Development Services and Richport Group have acquired a new $28 million construction loan for their 11-story, six-condo-unit building under construction at 25 Great Jones Street/22 Bond Street, in NoHo, reports Commercial Observer. The project is being sculpted out of a previously half-way completed hotel structure, and BKSK Architects is designing. The $52 million project is proceeding, although behind schedule, and an opening date hasn’t been revealed yet.

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42-14 Crescent Street

Excavation Begins At 42-14 Crescent Street, Site of 13-Story, 48-Unit Building, Long Island City

Last summer, YIMBY revealed renderings of Meadow Partners’ 13-story, 48-unit mixed-use use building planned for 42-14 Crescent Street, in Long Island City, and now The Court Square Blog has noticed excavation underway at the site. Ground-floor retail will measure 750 square feet, and John Fotiadis is designing; signage indicates an expected completion date of August 2016.



373 Classon Avenue

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Project Filed For 373 Classon Avenue, Bed-Stuy

Property owner Ray Sapiro has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 373 Classon Avenue, in western Bedford-Stuyvesant (on the border with Clinton Hill). The building will measure 4,000 square feet, and each unit will have its own floor. Oscar Fuertes’ OMF Architecture is designing, and an existing single-story structure must first be removed.