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The latest news on new development and housing in NYC, including apartments for sale and for rent.

Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall renovation will finally move forward

After years of planning and mishaps, plans to renovate the New York Philharmonic’s home will finally come to fruition.

Brookfield’s massive South Bronx waterfront development gets new name, renderings

The seven-building project will bring more than 1,300 apartments and a new park to the Harlem River waterfront

First look at Sunset Park’s new Made in NY campus

Peek inside the latest plans for the $136 million new campus.

OMA’s Tetris-like towers break ground at Greenpoint Landing

The project also includes a 2.5-acre waterfront park.

Former Queens hospital gets green light for major mixed-use redevelopment

The massive Far Rockaway project will take 15 years to build.

East Side flood protection plan passes City Council, but legal challenge looms

Local opponents plan to sue against the city’s plan in the coming weeks.

Facebook leases 1.5M square feet in Hudson Yards

The tech giant will lease space at three of the megaproject’s buildings.

First look inside the Waldorf Astoria’s condo conversion

The iconic hotel’s transformation is due to wrap up by 2021

First look at Disney’s SOM-designed Hudson Square HQ

The massive media conglomerate will partner with SOM on a 1.2 million-square-foot headquarters in lower Manhattan.

Barry Diller’s floating Hudson River park is now ‘Little Island’

The undulating park was designed to mimic a leaf floating on water.

Flood protection plan for East River waterfront heads to full City Council vote

The $1.45 billion plan is expected to pass the Council on Thursday.

Tracking the redevelopment of Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Factory

The Williamsburg waterfront megaproject is making steady progress.

Harlem community board rejects Lenox Terrace rezoning proposal

Developers want to add five new 28-story buildings to the complex.

Bronx jail site’s transformation into affordable housing breaks ground

The project will convert the former jail site into a mixed-use development.

East Side flood protection plan advances in the City Council

The vote came on the heels of a city announcement to mollify critics.

Manhattan West’s tallest building officially opens

One Manhattan West is the first new office tower to debut on Brookfield Properties’ Manhattan West campus.

Hotels south of Union Square may soon require this special permit

The city is reviewing a proposal to regulate hotel development in the area.

Wall collapse at Lower East Side synagogue may spur lawsuit

The family of a worker who died in the construction accident has retained a lawyer.

Lenox Hill Hospital expansion blasted by Upper East Siders

The local community board passed a resolution against preliminary plans.

Brooklyn will get ‘Welcome’ sign at former Watchtower building

The new sign will be installed at the end of the month.

Union Square tech hub rebrands as Zero Irving, with new renderings

Developers are billing the project as being located in "Midtown South."

A 24-story tower may rise in Brooklyn’s BAM Historic District

Developers have announced plans to build a residential tower and new Brooklyn Music School facility in Fort Greene.

550 Madison Avenue’s new lobby will be large and light-filled

Gensler has been tapped to transform the lobby of the landmarked Postmodern building

Wall collapses at fire-gutted Lower East Side synagogue: FDNY

The building suffered a 2017 fire and is in the midst of a redevelopment.

Brookfield and KPF will ‘completely modernize’ 666 Fifth Avenue

The skyscraper, once owned by the Kushner family, will be transformed by 2023

Former Lower East Side nursing home to get 28-story condo neighbor

The tower will rise next to the landmarked Bialystoker Nursing Home building

Brooklyn Navy Yard debuts 16-story office building at Dock 72

The building is part of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s $1 billon expansion.

Tallest skyscraper in Queens tops out at 778 feet

The building, Skyline Tower, will have 802 residential units.

Brooklyn NYCHA complex to sell air rights in first-of-its-kind deal

The deal is expected to generate $25 million for repairs, but the complex has an estimated need of $159 million over the next five years.

Manhattan West megaproject to get massive theater with restaurant

The 10,000-square-foot venue will open in 2021.

Starchitect-designed rentals at Waterline Square up for grabs from $3,938/month

The three-tower Upper West Side complex encircle a 2.6-acre park.

Thomas Heatherwick’s quirky Chelsea condo gets a new name, new renderings

Say hello to Lantern House.

East Side Coastal Resiliency project moves forward, but concerns linger

A major change was unveiled earlier this week for the plan.

New looks inside Brooklyn’s tallest office building

1 Willoughby Square will be the tallest office tower in the borough.

Plan to extend lower Manhattan into East River to be studied by experts

The project’s consulting team is gearing up for a two year master plan process.

Subway accessibility upgrades should be funded through expanded zoning measures: lawmakers

This would make it easier for the MTA to partner with private developers on station upgrades.

Two sky-high Hudson Yards penthouses list for $59M

The penthouses sit close to the top of Hudson Yards’s tallest residential tower.

Extell’s One Manhattan Square launches rent-to-buy program

Just 20 percent of the condo’s apartments have sold.

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Mapping the development boom transforming Crown Heights

The Brooklyn neighborhood is home to boutique condos, new rentals, and—soon—landscape-changing megaprojects