Investors are shifting money into Queens industrial and retail assets that offer repositioning potential and air‑rights upside.

Three new signings totaling about 77,400 square feet pushed 101 Park Avenue to roughly 98 percent leased, a notable win for owner H.J. Kalikow as Midtown demand returns.

A 54‑story RIU hotel is rising at 1710 Broadway in Midtown, with façade installation underway and a 2027 opening on the horizon.

Moloco is taking roughly 25,000 square feet at 2 Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District as AI firms accelerate Manhattan leasing.

Halo at 28 Liberty brings a 30,000+ sq ft event hall to Lower Manhattan with direct access to Fosun Plaza for large outdoor activations and art fairs.

City Council Speaker Julie Menin pitched building about 35,000 homes on small, scattered lots across New York City, a bid to add housing without wholesale rezonings.

Owner splits the conjoined 225–233 Park Avenue South and eyes residential conversion after years of tenant departures and financing stress.

Extell has filed DOB plans for an 86‑story, near‑1,200‑foot tower at the former ABC/Disney campus, proposing 430 apartments and a 20% affordable set‑aside.

Moinian is converting 17 Battery Place into 220 apartments, including 55 permanently affordable homes under New York’s 467-m tax-incentive program. Construction is expected to finish in early 2027.

Related is pitching 625 Madison as an “apex” office with base rents near $250 and marketing that suggests some deals could top $400 per square foot. The project has Saudi backing and demolition is already underway.

A lender tied to ACRES Capital has asked a state court to make AJ Capital‑linked entities pay roughly $76.5M after Cornell Tech ended the Graduate hotel's ground lease. The suit follows the property's closure in November 2025.

Sting’s 5,417‑sq‑ft 15 Central Park West duplex is back on the market for $45M, offered with original interiors and permit plans for a Foster + Partners redesign.

A Midtown hotel at 342 West 40th has been listed for sale after a foreclosure transfer recorded a nominal $100, public records and reporting show.