H UD has announced a 30-day extension, to June 12, 2008, for the public to comment on the proposed new Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) rule. The announcement came just days before the initial comment period was set to
KDD Group has acquired 1.5198 ha freehold land plot designated for the WTC project development. KDD Group has acquired the freehold land (which it previously held as leasehold) for USD 5.2 mln from the Kyiv City Council on 2 April
Coney Island land owner Joseph Sitt is giving Astroland and Deno's Wonder Wheel a run for their money this season by bringing an amusement park named after the fabled Dreamland to Stillwell Avenue. In addition to setting up more than
A headline in today's Times: "New Parking Rules Receive a Wary Welcome." A headline in today's Daily News: "Joy Spreads in Park Slope as Hated Alternate-Side Parking to be Halted." But what do you think? Alt-Side Hiatus: Terrif or Trashy?
The Times has an article about sales starting for luxury suites at Barclays Center, the planned future home of the Nets in Atlantic Yards. A model suite was unveiled at a showroom in the Times' Forest City Ratner-developed HQ in
The Greenhouse Condos at 383 Carlton Avenue haven't been having the easiest time when it comes to resales. The poster child for that syndrome has been Apartment 10E which has been on the market since last November despite several modest
Maybe most living organisms can't grow in the Gowanus Canal (though we hear the oysters are doing swimmingly), but a bunch of pollution hasn't stopped man-made growth. A number of new venues are opening, detailed in this month's issue of
On Wednesday night Community Board 6 voted to approve a zoning text amendment for Carroll Gardens that means several streets in the neighborhood will be defined as "narrow" rather than "wide," according to posts on Gowanus Lounge and Pardon Me
Here are some of the topics posted on The Forum today:2 Brownstone Pier Mirrors for Sale (above)Building Permit Required to Connect 2 Floors?Efficiency of On-Demand Gas Systems?Where to Find Slabs of Vintage Marble?What's So Bad About Van Brody?
And now for a little change of pace: A condo terrace overlooking Green-wood Cemetery...I'm trying to achieve a balance between an outdoor place to entertain and relax and a place to grow vegetables, plants and herbs. My wife is a
Yesterday a 28-by-16 foot sculpture was installed on the waterfront of Toll Brother's Northside Pier project in Williamsburg. The sculpture was made in local artist Mark Gibian's upstate studio, where it waited for weeks once finished before all the permits
Every week, Jennifer Mankins, owner of Park Slope- and Cobble Hill-based boutiques Bird, tells us about the new 2,500-square-foot store on Grand Street in Williamsburg that she's getting ready to open. Last week, Mankins wrote about examining the storefront she
The municipality of San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, has approved a major expansion plan for Algodon Wine Estates, a winery and luxury resort property in Argentina's scenic wine country. (PRWeb May 16, 2008) Read the full story at
