An analysis of New York's top real estate news by TRD's Kathryn Brenzel Eeek. Only one contract was signed last week for a Manhattan home asking at least $4 million.
What we’re thinking about: More than 1,000-plus landlords and their sympathizers have signed a petition threatening to withhold property tax payments. What do you think? Send a note to kathryn@therealdeal.com.
CLOSING TIME Residential: The priciest residential closing recorded Monday was for a townhouse at 139 West 78th Street on the Upper West Side, at $7.6 million. Commercial: The most expensive commercial closing of the day was for a 16-unit apartment building at 73 Monroe Street in Two Bridges, at $7.9 million.
BREAKING GROUND The largest new building filing of the day was for a 44,769-square-foot residential building at 650 DeKalb Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development filed the permit application.
NEW TO THE MARKET The priciest residential listing to hit the market was for a condo unit at 443 Greenwich Street in Tribeca, at $27.5 million. Douglas Elliman’s Tal Alexander has the listing. — Research by Kevin Sun
A thing we've learned... Ty Warner, owner of the New York Four Seasons but better known to the world as the Beanie Baby mogul, was behind the hotel’s decision to offer rooms free of charge to health care workers, according to the New Yorker. Thank you to Rich Bockmann for sending this over.
Elsewhere in New York — The city plans to hand out 7.5 million masks to New Yorkers, Politico New York reports. The coverings — 2.5 million cloth masks and 5 million made from paper — will be distributed at public housing complexes, parks, the Staten Island ferry and other public places. “Wherever you turn, you’re going to be offered a face covering,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
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