Oct. 2, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to celebrate the borough’s most impressive real estate projects at the 2024 Best of Brooklyn Real Estate Showcase, coming to a landmark site on the Williamsburg waterfront later this month. The showcase will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29,…
Sep. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Plans to redevelop the old Century 21 in Bay Ridge into an “urban retail landscape” have been scrapped, and owners are seeking to sell the site to a developer interested in building housing instead. The Gindi family, who founded the now-defunct department store, have listed the lot and…
Sep. 13, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The eye-catching St. John’s College, which takes up a quarter of a block on Lewis Avenue between Willoughby Avenue and Hart Street, will shortly reopen as an apartment complex after an impressive adaptive reuse project converts the campus to residential units. While the majority of the historic buildings…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith One of the first luxury towers to benefit from the Gowanus rezoning is nearly complete and has launched an affordable housing lottery as well as market-rate rentals. The affordable housing lottery opened Wednesday for the towering complex at 420 Carroll Street, right on the banks of the canal,…
Jul. 26, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for 115 apartments in a glassy luxury tower in Greenpoint with a swimming pool and interiors by prominent Brooklyn design firm Workstead. Under construction near the waterfront, the 381-unit building at 16 Dupont St. is part of Greenpoint Landing, the 22-acre, 10-building complex…
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Jul. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Fifteen-year NBA veteran and Brooklyn native Taj Gibson is giving back to his community.
Jul. 11, 2024 By Cate Corcoran
Sale prices for all homes in Brooklyn set another record in the second quarter, market reports out today find. Tellingly, price per square foot — a more accurate measure — is also up.
Jul. 5, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 125 apartments in a long-in-the-works South Williamsburg development, with units starting at $544 per month.
Jun. 27, 2024 By Adam Daly
A group of 20 immigrant families who faced eviction after being defrauded of millions of dollars by their landlord are now on the path to homeownership after a nonprofit affordable housing developer stepped in to purchase the building.
Jun. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 35 apartments in a curvy development on the corner of Metropolitan and Bushwick avenues in East Williamsburg. The nine-story, 136-unit building at 828 Metropolitan Avenue has risen on the site of one of the many former gas stations in Brooklyn that have…
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