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Permits Filed For 900-Foot-Tall Skyscraper Near Bryant Park
A developer filed permits with the city Tuesday to build a 70-story, 896-foot-tall skyscraper on an empty lot on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.

A developer filed permits with the city Tuesday to build a 70-story, 896-foot-tall skyscraper on an empty lot on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.

Rents in New York City fell more this year than they did during the Great Recession, and Midtown helped lead the way, a study found.

The long-empty Windermere building on 57th Street ranked high on this year's "Worst Landlord Watchlist" despite new plans to refurbish it.
A Hell's Kitchen community board is incensed that an agreement to build middle-income housing has been altered to serve lower incomes.
The developer Exell has filed plans to build a new 33-story, 450-foot hotel tower just steps away from Rockefeller Center.
The Art Deco bridge spanning parts of the Met Life complex near Madison Square Park is being taken apart, as first reported by Untapped NY.
Two ZIP codes covering Hell's Kitchen and Midtown ranked among the costliest in the U.S. this year, but one saw a major drop in home price.
Individuals must make at least $66,800 to qualify for 16 new apartments in Midtown available through the city's affordable housing lottery.
The five-story structure on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street will make way for a 26-story mixed-use building, plans show.
The 1,401-foot skyscraper is now the fourth-tallest in New York City, and was built to preserve views of neighboring Grand Central Terminal.
Despite reports of dropping rent during the pandemic, a ZIP code covering Midtown and Hell's Kitchen remains one of the nation's costliest.
Target's long-planned 10th Avenue department store will open by the end of this year, the company said.
The landmarked tower on West 40th Street will be converted back into offices after two decades as a hotel.
New York City reached a deal with a private builder to redevelop the Madison Avenue site and raise $1B for transit projects.
Median rents dipped near 159 New York City subway stops this year, a 10 percent gain compared to 2019.
Home prices dropped in Manhattan by as much as 15 percent in a post-COVID market, but trends are tough to study due to market volatility.
Hell's Kitchen landlords are offering more discounts and special offers, which indicates rent decreases may be next.
The East 52nd Street and Madison Avenue hotel was hurt by the coronavirus' effects on New York's lodging industry.
The number of new leases signed in May 2020 was 62 percent lower than in May 2019.
The Midtown Manhattan skyscraper changed hands in 2019 for $150 million.
Extell Development is halting work at the site of its planned Billionaire's Row tower due to safety concerns presented by coronavirus.
The two-tower development will rise 401-feet-tall and contain more than 320 apartments.
The open-air observation deck at 30 Hudson Yards is 1,131 feet in the air.
The loan would fund the construction of a platform over the existing rail yard that would prop up more skyscraper developments.
The city hired contractors to install scaffolds at buildings that were not responding to violations and plans to bill owners for the work.
Governor Cuomo may help the massive project by directing it through a state review process.
Developers Tishman Speyer revealed a plan to renovate Rockefeller Plaza at the city Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Hudson Yards developer Related Companies faced backlash after a Times report revealed plans for a two-story, 700-foot wall near the park.
The renovated public spaces in the recently landmarked 555 Madison Avenue will be twice as large as the tower's original design.
More than 200 New York City buildings will be required to put up new scaffolds, city officials announced.
Developer Sam Chang is behind the planned hotel on West 48th Street.
See all 1,056 construction projects across NYC where DOB has issued permits allowing construction work to proceed outside of business hours.
It's called "Bilionaire's Row" for a reason.
The penthouse is located in the same building with New York's record-setting $238 million apartment.
Owners of a Hell's Kitchen senior housing development are exploring a sale of their property, putting tenants at risk.
The $1.5 billion project will add 1.2 million square feet of space to the Midtown convention center.
Unlike it's supertall neighbors, the new West 57th Street development will rise just 419 feet.
The new 28-story hotel is blocks away from the Hudson Yards shopping and dining center and the Javits Center.
A Qatari investment fund bought the Midtown Manhattan hotel from the Marriott International.
At 1,100 feet in the air, The Edge at 30 Hudson Yards will be New York City's tallest observation deck.