Electric truck investor finds a taker for UES apartment in steady week for luxury sales

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 5/5 8:38A Lilah Burke

An embattled electric truck company investor has found a buyer for his Upper East Side apartment in a solid week for luxury residential real estate. David Hamamoto has sold his apartment on East 70th Street on the Upper East Side after listing it...

At a Glance: May 5

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 5/5 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio, Ethan Geringe

RACCOON SEASON: The city Health Department is undertaking a new vaccination campaign among raccoons living Brooklyn and Queens. The rapscallions are being inoculated for rabies ahead of schedule to try to curb a growing outbreak in previously hit...

Five restaurants to try in May

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 5/2 12:33A Lilah Burke

At DubuHaus, a new Korean restaurant on East 32nd Street, tofu is the star of the show. Though the soybean-based staple has long been embraced by American vegetarians, DubuHaus’ owners hope to help omnivorous diners see tofu, called dubu in...

Deals of the Day: May 1

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 5/1 8:16A Lilah Burke, Julianne Cuba, C. J

Leases California-based lifestyle brand signs new lease in Midtown Address: 209 W. 38th St., Manhattan Landlord: GFP Real Estate Tenant: Rylee + Cru Lease size: 1,900 square feet Asset type: Office Broker: GFP Real Estate’s Matthew Mandell...

1 in 4 NY hospitals earn top patient safety grades, report shows

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 5/1 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

A quarter of hospitals in New York earned high scores for preventing patient infections, reducing falls and increasing staffing at their facilities, a report out today from the Leapfrog Group shows. Thirty-six of the 144 hospitals graded across...

New hospital opens on site of former St. Vincent’s Medical Center

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/28 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A newly equipped hospital is opening on the site of the former St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Greenwich Village. What was once an extension clinic of the Upper East Side’s Lenox Hill Hospital, known as Lenox Health Greenwich Village, will now be...

Former U.S. ambassador buys Park Avenue pad for $8.4 million

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/25 12:03A Lilah Burke

A former U.S. ambassador has found his latest post: the Upper East Side. Paul Leandro Cejas, a businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Belgium, is the new owner of a distinctive co-op apartment at the corner of Park Avenue and East 75th Street....

City to end trash-hauling free-for-all in 2027

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/23 12:48A Nick Garber

All of New York City’s businesses will have their trash picked up by city-assigned private haulers by the end of 2027, according to a Sanitation Department plan shared with Crain’s . The timeline means it will take the city a full eight years to...

Historic UES townhouse hits the market for $28 million

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/22 9:47A Lilah Burke

A distinctive Upper East Side townhouse built at the turn of the last century has hit the market. Thomas Kempner Jr. has listed his seven-bedroom townhouse on East 73rd Street for $28 million, according to an ad that appeared Monday.  Kempner, an...

Late ‘Paris Review’ editor’s UES home and literary hub hits the market for $5M

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/16 8:33A C. J. Hughes

George Plimpton’s publishing office and party pad, where literature and being lit often went hand in hand, is looking for a taker. The family of the late co-founder and editor of The Paris Review has listed the 4,700-square-foot Upper East Side...

New York hospitals’ tax breaks exceed how much they spend on community benefits

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/16 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

New York’s nonprofit hospital sector receives tax breaks worth more than $2 billion each year, with the expectation that they’ll provide free services and invest in their communities. But dozens are falling short on community benefit spending, a...

Bill Cosby’s East 61st Street brownstone hits the market amid foreclosure fight

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/15 8:03A C. J. Hughes

Bill Cosby is looking to sell a brownstone locked in a foreclosure battle. The disgraced actor and comedian has listed his 5,000-square-foot prewar property on East 61st Street on the Upper East Side for about $7 million, according to an ad that...

Mount Sinai plans $15M pediatric intensive care renovation to privatize rooms

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/14 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mount Sinai is undertaking a $15 million renovation of the pediatric intensive care unit at its flagship Upper East Side hospital. The project is the latest in a trend among hospitals to shift to a private patient room model. The plan, which was...

Former Smith & Wollensky owner sells Park Ave. pad for $4.4M

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/11 8:07A Lilah Burke

A city restaurateur is leaving the Upper East Side. Former Smith & Wollensky owner Fortunato “Nick” Valenti has sold his Park Avenue apartment for $4.4 million, nearly 30% less than what he was initially asking.  Valenti and his wife, Linda,...

Top contractor sues luxury developer over alleged wage nonpayment

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/9 8:18A C. J. Hughes

A top general contractor has locked horns with one of the city’s best-known high-end developers. Leeding Builders Group, an affiliate of construction juggernaut AECOM Tishman, has sued condo builder Naftali Group for allegedly refusing to pay...