Lois Weiss
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Amaze ball: Time Square unveils fresh NYE celebration station
This New Year’s Eve, an entirely new and bigger Waterford crystal ball will drop over Times Square from a newly renovated building touting new experiences for visitors. “We are creating...
Shell game: Many of Manhattan's biggest big box stores are shuttering, making way for fresh concepts
Sorry ma and pa — size matters in NYC's retail market.
Rise & shine: Why massive new Manhattan office towers are breaking ground now
The blocking dead: NYC's "zombie" buildings are rising from the ground in sales.
Space jam: NYC's best offices reach capacity leaving tenants on the hunt
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can lock down today.
Bricks for flicks: NYC is a studio city thanks to a slew of new production palaces
Studios have stopped being polite and started getting reel in New York City.
Almost every address on this tasty little Midtown block is now a restaurant
It's scarf season on eatery-blessed East 20th Street.
AG James slapped with illegal-fence ticket for brownstone at center of mortgage fraud probe
James is under fire again – this time for literally fencing off a Brooklyn brownstone she owns that is at the center of a federal mortgage fraud investigation.
NYC skyscraper that turned into tower of terror was fortified with panic rooms, off-duty cops as Manhattan office workers left on edge
The ritzy Park Avenue skyscraper that turned into a tower of terror Monday has panic rooms, off-duty cops and other security features — but it still wasn’t fortified enough to...
Bob Dylan's first NYC building lists for $8.25M — here's how much it cost in the 60's
Dylan's home in unit 3R received mention in his 2002 memoir -- and now the 161 W. Fourth St. building it's in has listed for sale.
Only buildings with top tenants are selling in this unicorn market
Tariff talk, interest rates and multi-family foreclosures are weighing down commercial real estate sales. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Strong office and retail leasing are boosting select Manhattan...
At long last, Downtown's best office buildings are booming with activity
Midtown's best buildings are signed for. Now, even second- and third-rate offices are fast disappearing from the market, as 5.5 million square feet of workspace is converted for residential use....
Cash-rich retailers are scrapping for a slice of NYC's best avenues
Is everything finally coming up roses for city stores? Maybe. Retail leasing velocity across the city is up 14%, year over year. That represents over 3.5 million square feet of new...
Why NYC’s most exclusive social clubs are hot with investors
Not since the 19th century have New Yorkers been so keen on clubs. Suddenly, everybody who is anybody has joined up with a schmoozy society outlet catering to seemingly every...
Billionaire-backed firms are reshaping West Palm Beach with demand for luxury office space
The techies and billionaires luxuriating in Palm Beach mansions and upscale nabes like Wellington in the western part of Palm Beach County can’t get enough of that easy, breezy, state...
West Village neighbors making racket over streetwear company's rooftop 'padel ball' plans
West Village residents are raising a racket over a posh rooftop bar and padel courts that developers, including Kith streetwear founder Ronnie Fieg and the owners of Soho House NY, want...
Third Ave. is unlikely investor hotspot as Manhattan's core leases up
Third Avenue was never a first for tenants. But as Class A office towers along Fifth, Sixth, Madison and Park avenues lease to capacity, Third is becoming a respectable finish. “All of a...
Foreign retailers are flocking to Manhattan, gobbling up prime storefronts
Don’t be fooled by those empty storefronts because retailers are fighting to find space in prime Manhattan neighborhoods. “Where there is good product there is competition for it,” said Matt Chmielecki of CBRE. ...
Companies are once again battling for Manhattan office space and prices are surging
Trophy offices are so hot, brokers say tenants better put a ring on it before someone else does. Adam Henick of Current Real Estate Advisors had financial clients that were...
NYC building investors are getting prices last seen 20 years ago as values bottom out
Calling anyone with cash: There’s never going to be a better time to buy a piece of NYC. “Values have come down a lot and stabilized in 2024 — and...
Can the AI boom save NY's ailing commercial properties?
In December, President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son announced $100 billion in US investments to create more than 100,000 new jobs in artificial intelligence and related infrastructure. Then, last week, Hussain Sajwani,...