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New four-story hotel proposed for 489 Baltic Street in Boerum Hill

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 21, 2014

Listed on the new building permit as a general partner is Alec Shtromandel, who built the Union Hotel in Gowanus.
Leaving NYC: Where New Yorkers move when they ditch the city

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 21, 2014

Twenty-one percent of the households that moved in 2012 moved within New York State.
498 West End Avenue in UWS will be converted into condos, after all

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 17, 2014

The century-old rental building sold to Samson Management for $52.5 million in 2012.
Mixed-use building at 461 DeKalb Avenue available for $4.65 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 14, 2014

The 9,300-square-foot building was acquired in March by Silvershore Properties for $2.3 million.
Warehouse in the Bushwick Collective graffiti hub to be converted into eatery

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 11, 2014

The property sold for $341,000 in 2010.
283-285 Graham Avenue in Williamsburg on the market, asking $5 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 10, 2014

The two low-slung buildings have four retail spaces and three apartments total.
LES hello/goodbye: For 204 Forsyth, with love and rhino white marble

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 1, 2014

The 1927 tenement building, home to the Nativity Mission School, was torn down earlier this year.
Sales center tour: 50 West Street shows off its curves, views that won’t quit

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 30, 2014

Touring the 780-foot-tall condo tower designed by Helmut Jahn, with interiors by Thomas Juul-Hansen.
Construction shots: 119 Orchard Street in Lower East Side

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 30, 2014

The squat Fine & Klein Handbags tenement building at the site was demolished in 2010.
It’s alive! Mapping new residential construction across LES

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 27, 2014

Formerly a graveyard for development sites, the Lower East Side is undergoing a new construction revival.
Warehouse conversion alert at 426 Willoughby in Bed-Stuy

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 26, 2014

The one-story structure will get three additional floors on top, for a total of 10 apartments.
No, Mr. 31 Bond, I expect you to convert into condos

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 25, 2014

The century-old building is being transformed into three huge apartments.
New 42-unit project bound for 810 Flushing Avenue in Bushwick

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 25, 2014

The seven-story, 45,000-square-foot building will have attended parking.
Residential conversion for former Daytop building at 401 State Street in Boerum Hill

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 24, 2014

The seven-unit conversion will be designed by Williamsburg-based Loadingdock 5.
Construction revival: 265 East Houston in LES unfreezes itself

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 24, 2014

The site, which stalled for three years after foundation work cracked its next-door neighbor, is finally rising.
Praise the roof: New apartments proposed atop UWS church at 142 West 81st Street

Joyce Chen and Livabl June 23, 2014

The existing five-story church sits on a 62.5′ by 102′ lot.