State officials sketched a compact first phase for Pacific Park that would add about 2,000 units — but it still leaves a large affordable‑housing gap. Key funding and a memorandum of understanding due this summer will determine whether the project finally delivers on long‑standing promises.

Gotham’s Monitor Point would swap an MTA wash for about 460 permanently affordable homes, a 40‑foot esplanade and roughly 51,000 square feet of waterfront open space. The plan is now in the city review pipeline and has split local opinion.

SL Green signed about 110,000 square feet across four new leases at 1185 Avenue of the Americas, lifting the Midtown tower to roughly 91% leased.

Despite market jitters, Manhattan's top tier kept closing big deals this week, including sponsor penthouse sales on the Upper East Side. The top remains resilient even as other segments wobble.

A Bowery Residents’ Committee plan to replace a vacant bank with 106 micro‑units has split Pelham Parkway neighbors. Opponents plan a City Hall rally next month.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a trimmed 24‑story tower above Fort Greene’s Hanson Place church after months of hearings and a redesign. The vote clears a major procedural hurdle but leaves neighbors divided.

A Canadian diplomat bought about $17 million in newly built condos across Brooklyn and Queens, including a waterfront Astoria unit at NuSun Vernon.

Foundation slabs are going in at 343 Madison Avenue as the KPF‑designed office tower beside Grand Central moves into structural work.

Rabina’s 520 Fifth Avenue has leased more than 40% of its boutique office space after signing a string of finance and tech tenants.

Daily Mail has nearly doubled its New York office, expanding to a full floor at 51 Astor Place and growing to about 42,000 square feet.

Andy Byford’s openness to off‑site development in Amtrak’s Penn Station procurement has watchdogs warning of tax giveaways and hidden rider costs as the agency moves toward a May developer pick.

BFC Partners is moving its Manhattan office to 17 State Street, taking about 14,000 sq ft and doubling its local office footprint as the developer scales up projects across the city.

Hochul says SEQRA overhaul will speed housing and infrastructure; supporters praise speed while environmental groups demand guardrails.