TOWN OF WALLKILL, N.Y. - March 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Less than 25 homes remain available at Woodside Knolls, giving interested buyers limited opportunity to become a part of Orange County’s fastest-selling new residential community

NEW YORK, NY - March 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by William Macklowe Company and ING Clarion Partners as exclusive leasing agent for 636 Avenue of the Americas. Jones Lang LaSalle will be responsible for leasing and marketing efforts at the 90,000-square-foot, Class A office building recently acquired by a joint venture between WMC and ING Clarion.

Newburgh, NY - February 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today congratulated six students upon their graduation from the Newburgh Youth Build, joining them to celebrate completion of a year long renovation project, which transformed a blighted building at 6 Federal Street in Newburgh into a three-unit transitional housing facility for low-income Habitat for Humanity families. Hinchey secured $210,000 in the fiscal year 2009 budget for the program designed to engage young people from 17 to 24 years of age in a GED completion program and impart skills needed to obtain future employment in the trades. Youth Build was a joint venture of Habitat Newburgh, Best Resources, and the Laborers’ Local #17.

New York City, NY - February 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Tribeca Community Association, the Community Sanitation Steering Committee, downtown residents, business and commercial property owners have filed a motion in New York State Supreme Court seeking to halt imminent construction activity at 353 Spring Street to build a “Mega” Three District Sanitation Garage and Salt Shed at Spring Street next to the Holland Tunnel in Hudson Square at a cost of nearly $500 MILLION dollars.

New York, NY - February 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy’s Quarterly Housing Update analyzes six key indicators of housing market performance, based on a variety of administrative data sources

New York, NY - February 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As their contract’s expiration approaches, Bronx building workers voted Wednesday to authorize a strike, if necessary, to protect good jobs throughout the borough. Failure to reach a new contract agreement by the March 15th deadline could lead to a strike of more than 3,000 Bronx apartment building workers at over 1,000 residential buildings

New York, NY - February 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) announced the launch today of NYC Green House, a broad-based knowledge source and online resource guide for multifamily property owners who want to save money by going green

New York, NY - February 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Apartment building workers in the Bronx will vote today to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike if one becomes necessary. Failure to reach a new contract by March 15 could trigger a strike of more than 3,000 apartment building workers at over 1,000 residential buildings throughout the borough.

February 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Stephen Goldsmith and Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri today announced the use of Quick Response (QR) codes on all Department of Buildings permits, providing New Yorkers with instant access to information related to buildings and construction sites throughout New York City. Similar to how a barcode provides information through a scanner, QR codes provide smartphone users with immediate access to data by scanning the displayed code with their device.

NEW YORK, NY - February 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed four new direct leases and two renewal transactions for William Macklowe Company at 400 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, with all six deals totaling 18,589 square feet. The new leases include Edge Technology Group LLC signing for 3,740 square feet, Atlantic-Pacific Capital Inc. taking 3,414 square feet, Equator LLC leasing 2,706 square feet and Healthcare Value Capital LLC signing for 2,700 square feet. In addition, Radius Ventures LLC renewed its 3,865-square-foot lease, and Security Asset Management Inc. renewed its lease for 2,164 square feet at the 200,000-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The owner of 27 East 62nd Street in Manhattan has prevailed in obtaining possession of a valuable rent stabilized apartment by establishing that the tenant primarily lived at his homes in Long Island and Florida. The case was decided by Judge Joseph Capella in a Housing Court case in the Civil Court of the City of New York.

TOWN OF WALLKILL, N.Y. - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- A President’s Day Open House will be held on February, 21st for prospects interested in purchasing one of the limited number of homes still available at Woodside Knolls, Orange County’s fastest-selling new residential community

WASHINGTON, DC - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is charging the owner and management company of an apartment complex in the Town of Oyster Bay in Long Island, New York with violating the Fair Housing Act for allegedly denying an accessible parking space to a resident with disabilities. Additionally, HUD’s charge alleges that 4 Anchorage Lane Owners, Inc. and Total Community Management Corp. refused to modify its parking policy to accommodate the resident’s request.

New York, NY - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Apartment building workers have rejected a contract proposal from the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB), a real estate industry association representing Bronx building owners, saying management’s demands to cut healthcare and retirement are unacceptable.

Brooklyn, NY - February 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- An open forum community meeting regarding the creation landmark designation will be held at 6:30 on February 16th at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation is located at 1368 Fulton Street

New York, NY - February 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The developers of Ellington on the Park, one of Harlem’s most successful new cooperative developments, have reported increased sales activity at the building since the beginning of 2011. Three homes have sold and closed in the past month, with marked interest in the property’s 16 remaining one-, two- and three-bedroom residences.

Albany, NY - February 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assemblyman Darryl C. Towns will be appointed to serve as Commissioner and C.E.O. of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). Under the consolidation of New York state housing programs the Commissioner also serves as chief executive of the State’s major housing and community renewal agencies, including the Housing Finance Agency and State of New York Mortgage Agency.

February 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today unveiled the development plan for Hunter’s Point South, the largest new affordable housing complex to be built in New York City since the 1970s. A development team, consisting of Phipps Houses, Related Companies and Monadnock Construction, has been selected through a competitive process to build the residential portion of the first phase of the Queens waterfront complex, which includes two mixed-use buildings comprising more than 900 housing units and roughly 20,000 square feet of new retail space

New York, NY - February 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Negotiations for a new, multi-year contract began today between the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB), a real estate industry association representing most Bronx building owners, independent building owners and managers outside of the BRAB and 32BJ SEIU, the largest private sector union in New York. The contracts, which expire Tuesday, March 15th, cover more than 3,000 building superintendents, janitors, handypersons, porters, firepersons, doormen, elevator operators and garbage handlers working at more than 1,000 apartment buildings throughout the Bronx

New York, NY - February 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mesa West Capital has provided the new owners of 5 Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan with $47 million in first mortgage financing secured by the 25-story, 333,000 square-foot office building, according to Mesa West Principal Raphael Fishbach who originated the financing

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Point at Sutton Hill, the newest phase of the Sutton Hill rental community in the Orange County town of Middletown, is quickly taking shape with a flurry of development and leasing activity being reported.

Washington, DC - February 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel announced a victory for co-op owners when the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reversed itself on a plan to ban private transfer fees on real estate sales, an action which would have penalized co-op owners

New York, NY - January 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), New York City's largest owner of commercial office properties, and The Moinian Group, headed by national developer Joseph Moinian, today announced they have completed the recapitalization of 3 Columbus Circle - a Midtown Manhattan office tower currently in the final stage of a comprehensive building wide redevelopment

NEW YORK, January 31, 2010 — Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a new direct lease for building owner 650 Fifth Avenue Co. with Cortview Capital Securities Inc. at 650 Fifth Avenue. The broker-dealer signed a five-year lease for 10,793 square feet at the Class A, 395,000-square-foot office building.

New York, NY - January 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “Throughout his career, both in City government and in the nonprofit sector, Rafael has embodied the best of what public service can be. During his five years at the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, he put his unique brand of innovation and pragmatism to work in advancing our mission to strengthen our neighborhoods and create a more affordable and sustainable city for all New Yorkers.