Deals of the Day: Oct. 3

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/3 8:19A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Sales Barcelona investor acquires SoHo storefront Address: 56 Crosby St., Manhattan Seller: Invesco Real Estate Buyer: Punta NA Broadway LLC Sale price: $26.9 million Asset type: Retail Developer picks up part of yard behind church in Greenwood...

Rising costs drove a new Queens apartment complex into foreclosure

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/25 10:16A Aaron Elstein

Turns out leasing 92% of the apartments isn’t enough to spare a building from foreclosure. In May lenders filed to foreclose Parkhill City, a new 1,000-unit complex in Jamaica, Queens, after developer Chetrit Group defaulted on the $225 million...

Texas-based waste-services firm picks up city properties after quietly annexing rival

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/25 9:34A Julianne Cuba

A Texas-based waste-services company that quietly acquired one of the city's largest private haulers several weeks ago has scooped up two industrial properties, in Queens and the Bronx, as part of that deal for more than $39 million, records...

Deals of the Day: Sept. 23

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/23 8:08A Eddie Small, C. J. Hughes, Julia

Leases Catholic Charities expands downtown footprint Address: 80 Maiden Lane, Manhattan Landlord: Maiden Lane Asset Management Tenant: Catholic Charities of New York Lease size: 77,130 square feet Lease length: 30 years Asset type: Office Brokers:...

Weekly commuter roundup: Sept. 22-27

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/20 11:59A Caroline Spivack

Here are the subway disruptions, road closures and other commuting changes you should be aware of as you get around the city this week. UN General Assembly road closures Several streets in Midtown are closed for the UN General Assembly until...

Guggenheim Curator Will Stage Exhibition of Caribbean Diaspora

NYTimes.com (Art & Design) 8/23 4:00A Zachary Small

The National Gallery of Jamaica has selected Ashley James to organize the 2024 Kingston Biennial, which opens in December.

Largest clubhouse contract goes to provider once run by health commissioner

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 8/9 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A mental health clubhouse once led by city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan has become the biggest beneficiary of new rules that forced some providers out of the running for city funding. Fountain House received a $106 million, 10-year contract...

New York is barricading itself against floods

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 8/7 7:58A Valarie Block

New Yorkers jogging along the East River bike path below 23rd Street are finding something new — a 10-foot concrete seawall. On the other side is Stuyvesant Cove Park, now elevated by 8 feet and featuring seating areas, plantings and views across...

Op-Ed: Enormous Port Authority construction projects pioneer low-carbon standards

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 8/7 7:43A Rizwan Baig

Scan the region’s skyline, and you’ll see skyscrapers, bridge towers and port cranes — a century’s worth of Port Authority infrastructure soaring into the clouds. But as we continue building at a breakneck pace, we’re starting a different...

Venture House lands $91 million city contract in clubhouse shake-up

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 8/6 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Jamaica-based Venture House is the latest provider to receive a boost in city funding for mental health clubhouses under a contentious expansion of the program that has left some contractors out in the cold. The $91 million contract, awarded by...

Vending machines to replace newsstands at 24 subway stations

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 7/29 11:35A Caroline Spivack

Vending machines stocked with snacks, beverages and other conveniences are coming to two dozen subway stations in the place of long-defunct newsstands. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to ink a five-year license agreement with...

Op-ed: A call to transform gun violence prevention in New York

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 7/26 7:03A Erica Ford

In recent years, the United States has grappled with the devastating impact of gun violence, which continues to plague communities across the nation. As the founder of LIFE Camp and a dedicated advocate for peace, I have been at the forefront of...

New York City hospitals receive $2B in state capital grants with few strings attached

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 7/15 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York City hospitals have received billions in the past decade from state grants to build new emergency rooms or expand primary care, new data shows. But some experts criticize the flow of state money to hospitals with few conditions or...

The 18 best pasta dishes in New York City, picked by top chefs

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 7/10 1:03A Kate Krader, Bloomberg

The dog days of summer conjure daydreams of ice cream, picnics, barbecues?…?and heaping plates of hearty pasta? “I used to think I needed to make the pastas lighter in summer,” says Andrew Carmellini, who serves notable noodles at Locanda Verde,...

Developer to convert Bank of China employee dorms into apartments

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 7/2 7:57A C. J. Hughes

A church-turned-theater-turned-employee dorm in Hell’s Kitchen that housed Bank of China workers for years will be reinvented once again, this time as market-rate housing. Kings Capital Associates, a NoMad-based developer focused on smaller...