Real Estate
Under Community Pressure, City Moves to Renovate Rivington Playground
Posted December 1, 2021 at 5:02 am
As Sara D. Roosevelt Park continues its steady descent, area stakeholders are pushing to rehabilitate a key playground in the northern section of the park to stave off the danger element. The Rivington Street Playground, situated across from the M’finda Kalunga Garden, is next on the docket for a refresh, much in the same way […]
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Chetrit Buys into Two Bridges Waterfront While Starrett Lists for $100M
Posted November 29, 2021 at 5:00 am
No longer hamstrung by the courts, the unbuilt Two Bridges towers on the Lower East Side waterfront are changing hands. In the span of a week, one of the three major developers sold its stake while another looks to do the same. Mere days before the Thanksgiving holiday, word broke that Joe Chetrit acquired the […]
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Children’s Magical Garden Files Lawsuit Against Developer Over Alleged Intimidation Tactics
Posted November 24, 2021 at 5:01 am
The Children’s Magical Garden on Stanton Street is again battling its longtime nemesis, owner-developer of the neighboring parcel, The Horizon Group. Garden advocates led by Kate Temple-West filed a civil rights lawsuit Monday in New York State Supreme Court alleging that principal David Marom, who purchased the adjacent lot from Serge Hoyda in 2013, engaged […]
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30-Story Tower at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Site Takes its Spot in LES Skyline
Posted November 23, 2021 at 5:01 am
It’s not enough to have Essex Crossing dominate the Lower East Side skyline around Delancey Street. Now, another. The hulking tower rising from the literal ashes of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol is already halfway to the top, currently sitting at a healthy fifteen stories. This much after the better part of a year under construction. As […]
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Digging up the Seward Park Tennis Courts
Posted November 18, 2021 at 5:00 am
Just call it the backhoe blues. The heavy machinery arrived this week inside the Seward Park athletic courts on Essex Street. And the big dig is already underway along the perimeter of the play space. Rehab began late last month. We confirmed at the time with Seward Park Campus (formerly, Seward Park High School) – stewards […]
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Last-Ditch Rallying to Save Historic East River Park Buildings Slated for Demolition
Posted November 17, 2021 at 5:04 am
As the city inches closer to leveling East River Park as part of the $1.45 billion coastal resiliency plan, local preservationists are trying to save two architectural relics built decades ago. Organized by the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, dozens gathered at the Tennis Center comfort station in the park this past Sunday to protest […]
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East River Park Activists Score Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Resiliency Project
Posted November 5, 2021 at 5:16 am
In East River Park, the demolition is on pause. Activists locked in a lawsuit with the city against the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resilience Plan scored a temporary injunction yesterday to stop work. The East River Park ACTION group sent the following update: Appellate court judge Judith Gische heard arguments from Arthur Schwartz and […]
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Two Activists Arrested as City Begins East River Park Demolition for Coastal Resiliency
Last modified November 2, 2021 at 6:47 am
The battle between activists and the city spilled into East River Park yesterday, as construction officially commenced on the southerly leg of the East Side Coastal Resilience Project. Several sign-toting activists, including City Council District 2 challenger Allie Ryan, lined up yesterday afternoon to halt activities in the 46-acre park. The protest action thwarted the […]
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Verizon Bets on the Lower East Side with HQ Move to Essex Crossing
Posted October 29, 2021 at 5:00 am
Telecom giant, Verizon, is betting big on the Lower East Side. The company yesterday signed a lease at Essex Crossing, and will relocate hundreds of its employees from 140 West to Delancey Street, the New York Post reported. Verizon will take 143,000 square-feet of commercial space on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the […]
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Fifteen-Story Condo Tower Slated for Lower Orchard Street
Last modified October 28, 2021 at 2:12 pm
The southerly base of Orchard Street is about to receive some additional heft. Fifteen stories’ worth, in fact. The dormant building at 24 Orchard Street will meet the wrecking ball in due course. The property itself changed hands in November 2020 for $6.7 million, and now the listed owner, shell entity NNYY LLC, is planning […]
