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NYC's famed Friars Club will head to a foreclosure auction later this month after a series of financial stumbles
The landmarked Friars Club townhouse in Midtown, a former haven for comedians and A-listers, could be yours for peanuts.
As firms compete for luxury office space, it's feast or famine for building owners
It's a tale of two cities. While ultra-luxury office towers in hot ’hoods are seeing massive asking rents of up to $300 per square foot, side-street buildings are lucky to...
It's alive! Manhattan's long vacant retail spaces are finally rising from the dead
The corpses of big retailers — some decades old — haunt the streets of Manhattan. Now, a few are finally being brought back to life. The blight was particularly gory...
Visionary developers are building tricked-out new office towers to tempt powerful tenants
NYC’s office market is still in hot water, but as trophy towers see renewed demand, some visionary developers are building new-construction, best-in-class workspaces. Here’s a look at the three newest...
NYC's most iconic buildings are plummeting in value and savvy investors are gobbling up the deals
New York City is for sale — and it’s going for bargain basement prices. Now, the selling spree is spurring a buyer feeding frenzy that even the city’s most iconic...
The largest fountain in the city can now be yours for $5M a year
The next brand to lease the former bank space at 1251 Ave. of the Americas for a mere $5 million per year will also make a splash by using its...
Vying for a Manhattan forever-home, retailers are racing to buy their storefronts
Prime city retail storefronts are so rare that businesses are opting for the nuclear option — buying. Kering and Prada bought their stores on Fifth Avenue last year for $835...
Historic building that housed the beloved French restaurant La Grenouille sells for $14.3M — here’s what it will become
The property at 3 E. 52nd St. that housed the fabled La Grenouille, which announced its closure in September, has sold to a new owner.
This area is America's fastest-growing suburb thanks to affordability — and also seeing skyrocketing luxury sales
While wealthy home buyers are targeting global hotspots like Dubai and New York, they're also boosting high-dollar home sales around Lake Norman.
Small cottage no longer in use by the Coast Guard goes up for auction in the Long Island Sound
On Fishers Island, a Cape Cod-style residence is now up for grabs in a sale that could close on Thursday.
Executive Workspace sues Volkswagen for $4M over NYC EV charging station deal
Executive Workspace alleges in the suit Electrify America never acted in good faith after inking the 10-year deal.
NYC tenant makes life living hell for neighbors by running naked through hall, bashing walls with hammer
Alexandre Lais' bizarre antics include "constant" noise and nudity, one neighbor said.
NYC Register's office duped into believing Ivanka Trump and Hillary Clinton partnered on $150M real estate deal
The NYC Register’s office was duped into filing fake deeds claiming Ivanka Trump and Hillary Clinton partnered in a Manhattan real estate deal totaling $150 million.
Inside the thrilling new $4M Latin entertainment complex opening next week in Times Square
In Times Square, a thrilling new venue named 1604, at 1604 Broadway, will open to reinforce New York's persona of "the city that never sleeps."
Sitting down with Stefan Soloviev, NYC's most mysterious real estate titan
Stefan Soloviev is now chairman of the rebranded Soloviev Group, a conglomerate with multiple regions that all need attention.
Here's why Times Square's Red Lobster outpost is up for rent
While not among the dozens of locations now shuttered, The Post found the eatery's flagship location in Times Square open for business.
Developers want to convert unused offices into housing — here's what's stopping them
It's easier said than done to convert fiscally distressed office towers into affordable housing.
A class above: NYC's trophy offices are running out of space
Demand for the best office buildings in the Big Apple has not only recovered — it’s causing a spillover effect.
Inside the 6 most fascinating, innovative reconstruction projects in NYC
Here’s a look at some of the most fascinating extreme makeovers in New York City now making their debut.
How NYC's reclusive retail kingpin sold billions in buildings to Gucci, Prada in mere days
A $2 billion deal puts press-shy retail investor in the New York City spotlight.