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Shlomi Avdoo's Eponymous Development Firm Leans Into Manhattan
6+ hour, 29+ min ago (1010+ words) In two decades, Shlomi Avdoo has gone from rehabbing Park Slope-area brownstones and developing small-beans projects in the outer reaches of Queens and Brooklyn to developing design-forward, contextually conscious buildings in collaboration with Architectural Digest 100-level talent. Until now, most…...
CIM Group Plans 661 Housing Units at Former Watchtower Site
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (196+ words) Developer CIM Group has submitted a rezoning application to bring 661 residential units " 165 of which would be designated as affordable housing " to the five-building Brooklyn Heights site also known as the Watchtower Buildings. CIM Group did not immediately respond to Commercial…...
Remote Work Inspired a Lot of the Design at Kips Bay’s Hendrix House
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (570+ words) Hendrix House at 429 Second Avenue in Manhattan's Kips Bay is designed to be a paradise for remote workers " at least those who pull in salaries high enough to make $1.6 million for a two-bedroom doable." Developed by New Empire Corporation, with…...
Hudson Companies Plans for 302-Unit Residential Building in Gowanus
2+ week, 5+ day ago (203+ words) Development in Gowanus, Brooklyn, has been booming since the City Council rezoned the area in 2021, and now yet another firm has submitted plans to build a swanky new residential tower in the neighborhood. New York City-based developer Hudson Companies has…...
The Plan: There’s No Weeping in the Willow at 201 East 23rd Street
2+ week, 6+ day ago (403+ words) Anywhere else is hollow for the incoming residents at the Naftali Group's Willow. The developer's latest ground-up residential project is a 19-story, 69-unit luxury condominium at 201 East 23rd Street in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood. The building is named the Willow, a…...
720 West End Avenue Pays Homage to Original Architect Emery Roth
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (412+ words) Emery Roth imprinted an everlasting legacy on Manhattan's skyline as a leading architect of the 1920s and 1930s, particularly around Central Park West. One of the buildings he designed back then " 720 West End Avenue " has been redeveloped for the modern era." Originally…...
New Mass Timber SUNY Maritime Building Leans Into Learning
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (323+ words) Attention on deck! Class is in session at the newest building on the State University of New York Maritime College campus in the Bronx." Landow and Landow Architects (L&L) has long partnered with SUNY Maritime College on different projects across…...
Scott Spector of Architecture Firm Spectorgroup: 5 Questions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (686+ words) Architecture firm Spectorgroup has come a long way since it started in a garage about 60 years ago. Founded by Michael Spector " father of current Spectorgroup principal Scott Spector " the firm has grown from a small suburban architecture company based in…...
Renowned Architect Frank Gehry Dies at 96
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (309+ words) Famed architect Frank Gehry, known for undulating designs that critics hailed as being art as much as architecture, died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday at the age of 96. The Toronto-born Gehry is best known for transforming…...
Architectural Great Robert A.M. Stern Dies at 86
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (202+ words) The master architect behind 15 Central Park West led to a luxury boom in condo development. Robert A.M. Stern Dead at 86 The architect behind treasures such as 15 Central Park West died on Thursday By Max Gross November 28, 2025 9:47 am Robert A.M. Stern, the man…...