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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 06 > lower-manhattan-wrey-apartments

The Plan: The Wrey Rental Tower Is Designed Like a Private Club

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (384+ words) As "Seinfeld" taught us, you can't acquire grace. At the Wrey, though, a new luxury rental tower in Lower Manhattan, there is grace in every nook and cranny." Situated a stone's throw from City Hall Park, the Wrey is a…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 06 > the-plan-paragon-condos-queens

The Plan: In Long Island City, an Old Paint Factory Pops as Condos

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (573+ words) A paragon of royalty, their loyalty is to Long Island City. ZD Jasper Realty's latest condominium project in Long Island City, Queens, is a 23-story, 182-unit luxury property that pays homage to the area's industrial past while helping to expand…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 06 > paul-whalen-ramsa-5-questions

Paul Whalen of RAMSA: 5 Questions

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1091+ words) When he designs luxury condo buildings in New York City, Miami and elsewhere, Paul Whalen aims for emotions. "We want them to feel it in their gut," said Whalen, a partner at Robert A. M. Stern Architects. The firm's recent projects in…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 05 > nyc-residential-development-design-suffers-from-blandness-compass-execs

NYC Residential Development Design Suffers From Blandness: Compass

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1059+ words) If you build it, they will buy it. This was one of the key points made at a panel discussion this week on the current nature of New York City residential development hosted by residential brokerage hegemon Compass at the…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 05 > westbridge-realty-residential-washington-heights

Westbridge Realty Plans Residential Building in Washington Heights

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (343+ words) New York-based real estate investment and development group Westbridge Realty Group has filed plans to build a 99-unit residential property at 4388 Broadway in Washington Heights, Manhattan, according to a recent filing with the New York City Department of Buildings." If…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 04 > brooklyn-green-wood-cemetery-visitors-center

Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery Comes Alive With a Restored Visitor Hub

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (358+ words) As stunning and haunting as the arches are, Green-Wood Cemetery wanted to create a different kind of welcome for visitors before guests go walking up the hill at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue and through those beautiful arches. The nonprofit wanted…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 04 > phipps-houses-plans-105-dinsmore-place

Phipps Houses Files Plans for 327 Affordable Units in Cypress Hills

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (221+ words) Phipps Houses is preparing to deliver more apartments after filing plans for a new 327-unit project in Brooklyn. According to a filing with the New York City Department of Buildings, the 11-story, 339, 616-square-foot building planned for 105 Dinsmore Place in Cypress…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 03 > shlomi-avdoo-condos-design-manhattan

Shlomi Avdoo's Eponymous Development Firm Leans Into Manhattan

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 03 > cim-group-housing-watchtower-site-brooklyn

CIM Group Plans 661 Housing Units at Former Watchtower Site

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

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commercialobserver. com > 2026 > 03 > kips-bay-hendrix-house

Remote Work Inspired a Lot of the Design at Kips Bay's Hendrix House

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

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