Tag: real estate

The news we broke about the city's effort to find developers willing to redevelop the sites of two Upper West Side public schools has shocked local parents. PS 191 on 61st street and PS 199 on 70th street could be demolished and redeveloped as high-rises with new schools inside them. ...

No surprise here. Apartments in new developments on the Upper West Side are selling fast, but they don't look like they're selling to teachers and firefighters. The median price for an apartment in a new Upper West Side development was $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to ...

With the high demand for pre-war condo and co-op apartments on the Upper West Side, real estate companies are always trying to buy rental properties that can be turned into co-op or condo apartments and sold at a nice premium. Owners of the Apthorp have

As we first reported a couple of weeks ago, the first building in the massive Riverside Center development on Riverside Boulevard has broken ground. Now the developer has released a slew of details about the property on 61st Street, whose address will be 21 West End Avenue. It's expected to ...

Rents listed for buildings with doormen on the Upper West Side actually dipped in November on a month-over-month basis, according to MNS, which tracks rental rates in the city. This certainly does not mean those apartments are cheap! But you probably already knew that. "Upper West Side doorman units are ...

For well over a year, Upper West Siders have been facing an onslaught of rent increases. Month after month, prices kept rising. But in September, prices actually fell for most types

August 3, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 90 Degrees (see air quality alert below).

The brownstone at 120 West 74th Street has inspired anger among neighbors and creativity among artists since it went downhill a few years back. Rats were constantly seen scurrying around the abandoned building, nibbling on trash. The scene even inspired an artist to paint the words "The Rat House" on ...

By Malcolm Carter “Dining room” surely is one of the most commonly abused labels in the world of real estate sales as the term relates to space in an apartment. (Well, I have to admit that “walk-in closet” is one of several other strong contenders.  Sometimes, “bedroom” is as well.) ...

It's no secret that apartment rents have been going up in the past couple of years, both in the neighborhood and in the rest of Manhattan. Many would-be buyers decided to rent when the housing market tumbled, and the rental market got tighter. This month, all classes of Upper West ...

By Malcolm Carter Loved the apartment, hated the clutter. This condo on a lower floor of a boutique building that is a stone’s throw from Lincoln Center in the mid 60s has a great deal going for it (though not views). Among the pluses of this 1,586-sf unit are 10-feet-high ...

Note: West Side Rag columnist Richard Kriheli decamped earlier this year for Harlem, seeking more space and cheaper rent. But the relocation (thankfully) was temporary...

May 11, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 67 Degrees.

Councilwoman Gale Brewer testified on Wednesday before the city Planning Commission in favor of a rezoning plan that would force landlords to keep Upper West Side storefronts small, limiting the neighborhood's big-box stores. Brewer said she had letters of support from 76 local businesses and she presented a petition with ...

By Malcolm Carter On a clear day, you can. . . climb up forever. Selling an apartment is hard enough these days.  Selling one in a building without elevators is a challenge that can be overwhelming. The photo above (looking up from the bottom of the stairwell) nicely illustrates the ...

February 7, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 49 Degrees.

Felice Cohen became famous a couple of years ago for subjecting herself to a stunning amount of claustrophobia -- she moved into a 90-square-foot apartment at 103 West 70th Street. A video tour of her apartment (yes, you can "tour" a 90 square foot apartment) garnered more than 4 million ...

February 1, 2012 Weather: Some showers expected, High of 58 Degrees.

January 19, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 39 Degrees.

A Columbus Square apartment building. Photo by rbs10025 via flickr. January 13, 2012 Weather: Windy, High of 41 Degrees. News: UDR, a Colorado-based real estate company, and insurance company MetLIfe just bought Columbus Square, the massive glassy five-tower rental apartment complex that also houses Whole Foods and other big retailers ...