When Don Tepman called a broker in Philadelphia looking for properties to buy, the broker wasn’t especially interested in helping him, a real estate professional who mostly buys in California.  That...

Outside Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Murray Hill, small landlords traded war stories Monday morning about New York’s rent relief program. “Three years and 18 months,” said one, double-fisting protest signs...

Google did not have to search far and wide for results. The tech giant is close to acquiring the Chelsea Market building from Jamestown for north of $2 billion, The Real Deal has learned. The 1.2...

As the cannabis industry bloomed in recent years, the patchwork of state-level regulations and federal foot-dragging kept major financial institutions waiting on the sidelines. Founded by the...

Sam Zell, the real estate investor who amassed an empire of apartment buildings, offices and mobile homes, earning the nickname “the grave dancer” for his ability to swoop up distressed real estate...

It had been more than two years since Kennisha Gilbert set eyes on her upstairs apartment. Gilbert and her husband had rented the second-floor unit of their two-family home in East Flatbush, Brookl...

The bigger they are, the harder they’re hit by rising interest rates. Developer Michael Stern has defaulted on his mezzanine loan at 9 DeKalb, Brooklyn’s tallest tower, and is now facing foreclosure....

Don Tepman has a clear investment philosophy.  “In the real estate world, investing should mean having an advantage. What do you know better than everybody else?”  For Tepman, the answer is in his...

When it comes to pulling off a major merger or successfully implementing a new system, real estate organizations can always use another set of specialists on their team. That’s where Baker Tilly’s...

If any pigs were seen flying over Lower Manhattan Tuesday, this would explain it: An $850 million development planned for the South Street Seaport Historic District was approved. The third time...

Esusu is working to fix a fundamental injustice in our credit system, and helping both renters and real estate owners and operators along the way. Since its founding in 2018, the company’s rent...

Market-rate condos are toxic to most politicians in New York City, but not to Antonio Reynoso. The Brooklyn borough president made a remarkable comment about that on the fifth page of a 14-page...

The strip mall is an American institution as unsexy as it is ubiquitous. But one savvy investor has rode the asset class to both riches and social media celebrity.   That’s StripMallGuy. In real...

In an email to employees last week, Katerra CEO Michael Marks had a few uplifting thoughts on the year gone by. His startup, which seeks to transform the $12 trillion global construction industry...

For Gaggenau, the luxury brand for professional-grade home appliances, impeccable service is just as important as beautiful, cutting-edge products. That’s why the brand with a 300+ year history has...

If you’re having trouble getting a hold of David and Simon Reuben, don’t take it personally. They’re just very, very private people. The billionaire brothers have given one on-the-record interview in...

Eight small performing arts venues have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio for closing their spaces during the pandemic. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in federal...

Having the right title insurance can be the difference between keeping, litigating, or losing a piece of property. While often overlooked, this key piece of the purchase process protects buyers from...

A Brooklyn law firm is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio for state-mandated restrictions placed on Covid-19 hotspots in Brooklyn this week, claiming that “arbitrary” lines have forced...

Months of online quarrels within the real estate community on X, formerly known as Twitter, have finally escalated into a lawsuit.  Scott Everett, the CEO of S2 Capital, is suing the person believed...

South Florida luxury real estate is undergoing a transformative shift in Brickell. In an exclusive interview with The Real Deal, Ytech’s visionary CEO, Yamal Yidios, discussed the evolution of his...

Days before Saturday’s state budget deadline, 104 landlords backed by tenant group Housing Justice For All sent a letter asking lawmakers to include good cause eviction in the bill. The point was to...

Malaysian police have officially charged money laundering suspect Jho Low, an investor in the Park Lane hotel in Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal reported that Low was charged this week on eight...

A state appellate court has unanimously reversed a decision that stopped Howard Hughes’ 250 Water Street project, paving the way for a residential tower to supplant a parking lot. In January, a state...

As of Wednesday morning, curious investors have a new real estate opportunity: a single mixed-use building at $250 a share. The four-story office building, located at 286 Lenox Avenue in Harlem with...

A Rent Guidelines Board report Thursday shows owners’ net operating income plummeted 9.1 percent in 2021 from the previous year, the steepest decline since the Rent Guidelines Board began tracking it...

There’s a new bottom for the New York City office market. A 2019-built office building next to Penn Station sold at a foreclosure auction for almost 25 percent of the cost to build it just a few...

First American Financial suffered a cyber attack on Thursday morning, forcing the title company to shut down its website and some of its systems. The company confirmed the attack in a website update...

If you’ve purchased property in New York in the last decade, you’ve probably worked with a Voro agent. You just might not know it. Now, Voro is coming out from behind the curtain and putting its name...

When the time comes to sell an appreciated asset, the resulting tax burden can be a hard pill to swallow. With a Deferred Sales Trust, sellers can defer income and capital gains taxes on appreciated...

Jeff Blau, the eternal optimist on offices and the return to work, has some doubts about the sector’s future. The Related Companies CEO has joined other prime office landlords in championing the...

Et tu, Gale? For opponents of two towers proposed in the South Street Seaport Historic District, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s endorsement of the $1.4 billion project Tuesday must have...

Nashville’s development pipeline is loaded with apartments, and weakening multifamily demand could spell trouble for the developers. Nashville has more than 16,000 vacant apartment units, and that...

As officials call for action against Russian oligarchs who own real estate in New York City, state lawmakers are seeking to make it easier to find. Their measure, though, would not only apply to...

JPMorgan is heading back to the office. The bank, one of New York City’s largest employers, told senior employees in the sales and trading division that they and their teams are to return to the...

Since the state began reopening, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly condemned “bad actors.” Photos of overcrowded parks and bustling restaurants have been circulating on social media for weeks. In...

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. In the supply-constrained housing market of New York City, the kings are owners of market-rate apartments, whose lack of competition will continue...

The Adams administration this week floated several ideas to allow more housing development. Possibilities discussed by the Department of City Planning at an online session included allowing more...

Nicole Malliotakis called the NYCHA the "biggest slumlord" in the city, and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of mismanaging the system.

Basketball superstar LeBron James is in contract to buy a mansion in Beverly Hills from the estate of a fabled soap opera creator, sources close to the transaction told The Real Deal. The home at...

A hotel in Southampton is poised for a revamp after selling last week for $14 million. Hampton Resorts, LLC sold The Atlantic at 1655 County Road 39 in Southampton in a deal closed April 12, Behind...

A year after watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative sued Compass for discriminating against tenants using housing vouchers, the brokerage agreed to put money toward righting that wrong, promising...

A new congressional bill seeks to root out racial discrimination in the residential and commercial real estate appraisal industry. The measure, sponsored by Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II and Ritchie...

Who says second homes are only for the 1 percent? A group of ex-Zillow executives, including former CEO Spencer Rascoff, has just launched Pacaso, a startup looking to redefine the fusty timeshare....

In a Washington Heights apartment building, vacant units are littered by the forsaken belongings of tenants. A wall decal in one reads “I love God” in bubble letters. In another, a dresser gathers...

In exploring why a new law cutting down on Airbnb listings might not free up much housing, the New York Times columnist Ginia Bellafante hit on a key point: “Every Airbnb host I spoke with seemed to...

The tenant advocacy group that’s made a name for itself taking landlords to court is rounding out 2021 with another win for tenants — and a message for the governor. The Housing Rights Initiative...