NEW YORK—The New York City Department of Environmental Protection recently announced the adoption of updates to its watershed regulations. The updates, which seek to protect water quality while easing the path to compliance for local homeowners and business owners, were finalized after several years of consultation with leaders from watershed towns and environmental advocates. “Many…
Read MoreELMSFORD—In a major lease deal to close out 2019 in Westchester County, Montefiore Medical Center has signed a lease for 127,034 square feet of space at the Taxter Corporate Park here. The lease transaction was announced by James J. Houlihan and Andrew Greenspan, the principals of GHP Office Realty, LLC, the owner of the two-building…
Read MoreBronx Economy Continues to Attract Significant Investment With the publication of Real Estate In-Depth’s first special section on the Bronx, we thought it appropriate that our readers learn first-hand from the borough’s chief executive—Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.—on the state of the borough. There is a lot happening in this borough made famous by…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—A group of top economists arrived at a consensus 2020 economic and real estate forecast recently at the National Association of Realtors first-ever Real Estate Forecast Summit. The economists who gathered at NAR's Washington, D.C. headquarters expect the U.S. economy to continue expanding next year while projecting real estate prices will rise and reiterating that…
Read MoreYONKERS—It was a banner year for economic development in the City of Yonkers with the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency providing financial incentives to nearly a dozen projects representing a total private investment of $851 million. The developments supported by the YIDA are projected to create 2,246 new residential units, 105,430 square feet of retail and…
Read MoreNEW ROCHELLE—The unfortunate tale of the troubled College of New Rochelle has officially come to an end after 115 years. The storied College of New Rochelle campus was sold at auction for $32 million to the Trustees of The Masonic Hall & Asylum Fund. The United States Bankruptcy Court approved the sale in a hearing…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—In recognition of this emerging sector, Houlihan Lawrence Commercial has announced it has formed a new Food, Beverage & Hospitality Group. Headed by Richard Tannebaum, the new group assists solo operators, franchisees, chains, restaurant groups, investors and property owners accomplish their real estate goals. Tannebaum, who has two decades of experience in real estate…
Read MoreDorothy Botsoe, Dorothy Jensen Realty Inc. Mitch Roschelle, Partner, PwC Dean Foster, Founder DFA Intercultural Global Solutions, LLC, President, Dean Foster Global Cultures Luciane Serifovic, CEO & Founder, Luxian International Realty Global Market Highlights Panel: Federico Ranuzzi de'Bianchi, Principal Broker, Ranuzzi & Giordani Real Estate Agency; Raj Rajpal, Mortgage Consultant, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage;…
Read MoreThe Ferndale Shopping Center, an 84,000-square-foot retail property in Larchmont, has been acquired by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation from Ten Grand Inc. at a price that exceeded $35 million. Earlier this month, the New York City-based privately-owned real estate investment firm acquired Vernon Hills Shopping Center, a 380,000-square-foot retail asset in Eastchester; Cushman & Wakefield also…
Read MoreYONKERS—Executives with property owner Simone Development Companies joined with Yonkers City officials and executives from Fresh & Co. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 15 to celebrate the grand opening of the new health food chain’s location at the Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers Fresh & Co., which offers chef-inspired organic seasonal food, is occupying…
Read MoreCENTRAL VALLEY—New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Nov. 14 the completion of the $150-million design-build project at the Woodbury Road, Transit and Economic Development Hub in Orange County five years ahead of schedule and in time for the holiday shopping season. The Hub provides improved access to businesses and shopping destinations at Woodbury…
Read MoreNEW YORK—Hudson Yards announced on Nov. 14 it had completed a lease with Facebook for more than 1.5 million square feet of office space across 30 floors and three buildings at Hudson Yards. The lease deal includes approximately 1.2 million square feet at 50 Hudson Yards, approximately 265,000 square feet at 30 Hudson Yards and…
Read MoreNEW YORK—A panel of veteran real estate investors, financiers and brokers took a deep dive at the Global Real Estate Summit NYC 2019 on the health of the New York City metro markets and who will be the sources of needed capital for new development projects. The panel, moderated by Eric Zollinger, president-elect of the…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Elmsford-based real estate development and investment firm Robert Martin Company LLC, which helped shape the commercial real estate market in Westchester County decades ago, now sees the growing biotechnology and life sciences sector as an avenue of growth for the firm and the county as a whole. Speaking at the Oct. 31 meeting of…
Read MoreNEW YORK—A number of real estate’s most influential thought leaders came together on Nov. 4 to share strategies for succeeding in the global marketplace as part of the Global Real Estate Summit NYC at the New York Marriott Marquis. The day-long event, now in its 13th year, attracted hundreds of area real estate professionals focused…
Read MoreRYE BROOK—The Business Council of Westchester announced on Nov. 12 that Maggie C. Peters has been hired as Senior Vice President of Economic Development, a newly created position with the Westchester County business advocacy organization. Most recently Peters served as the Senior Community Development Officer for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority in Newark, NJ…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—The Westchester County Association has announced that John E. Ritacco, a financial services executive and the former president and CEO of CMS Bancorp Inc., will be appointed Interim President/CEO of the business advocacy organization effective Jan. 1, 2020. The WCA stated that the search for a new leader continues. Ritacco will remain in the…
Read MoreNEW YORK—The Community Preservation Corporation, a leading nonprofit multifamily finance company headquartered in New York City, announced on Nov. 6 it has more than $700 million in capital available to lend and invest in affordable and workforce housing in New York State and the Northeast United States. CPC officials say the firm intends to work…
Read MoreEASTCHESTER— Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has added Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester for more than $125 million from Vernon Hills Shopping Center LLC. The five-building, mixed-use property, totaling more than 380,000 square feet at 700 White Plains Road, features a mix of retail, medical and professional credit tenants. The purchase was reported by Cushman &…
Read MorePEEKSKKILL—The City of Peekskill, which in August of this year was awarded a $10-million grant through the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative to revitalize its downtown district, issued an open call for privately sponsored project proposals to be considered for DRI funding. City officials say the purpose of the open call is to hear from members…
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