Gordon VeneKlasen quietly sold his renovated Macdougal Alley carriage house for $18M to a shell company. The 4,000‑sq‑ft Greenwich Village home had been marketed near $20M.

Construction payrolls dipped 11,000 in February even as frontline pay climbed. Contractors point to rising materials costs and uncertain demand.

Mamdani put A&E Real Estate on blast, citing thousands of violations and heavy mortgage distress. The clash shows the hard choices facing rent‑stabilized tenants.

Savills agreed to buy New York’s Eastdil Secured for roughly $1.1B, a move that instantly expands the London firm's U.S. capital‑markets reach.

A new housing lottery at Eight80 BK in Prospect Heights lists 65 income‑restricted units with rents from $962; applications close May 8, 2026.

Blackstone is lining up a $617M CMBS loan to finance 2,936 apartments across nine states, underscoring a resurgence in securitized multifamily lending.

The 3.6‑acre Dune Cottage at 43 East Dune Lane closed for $72M, marking a top Hamptons sale as luxury demand tightens. The buyer remains undisclosed.

Point72 has signed a roughly 60,000‑sq‑ft lease at Tishman Speyer’s Spiral, expanding the hedge fund’s Hudson Yards footprint. The move adds more finance-sector presence to 66 Hudson Blvd.

HPD and BPL presented visioning results for a rebuild at New Utrecht, proposing hundreds of affordable units while neighbors voiced concerns about scale and parking.

Skyline Developers paid $19.2M for air rights from the Brodsky Organization, opening the way for a taller tower at 185 East 80th Street. The acquisition consolidates a four-parcel site the Wilf family assembled in 2022.

A judge has given Charles Cohen 45 days to settle $135M or a court-appointed receiver will begin selling Midtown office buildings.

RXR and TF Cornerstone pitched institutional investors at One Vanderbilt as they hunt for backers and federal loan support for the 175 Park Avenue megaproject.

Ardian has teamed with ADIA and taken a majority stake in Kering’s Fifth Avenue retail condo, launching a real‑estate secondaries platform and signaling more U.S. buys.