JPMorgan disputes tax bills at four Manhattan properties

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 10/13 10:18A Aaron Elstein

JPMorgan says its tax bill is too high at four Manhattan properties and is fighting the city in court for a reduction. The global banking giant joins a long line of New Yorkers complaining about the city’s property-tax system, which is riddled...

The Met sells pair of UES townhouses for more than asking

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 10/13 8:22A Julianne Cuba

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has sold two Upper East Side townhouses on the market for the first time in nearly 50 years reportedly for more than asking. Following a bidding war, a private buyer is in contract to scoop up the pair of 5-story...

Prime Manhattan, Brooklyn retail portfolio hits market seeking $60M

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/10 7:03A Eddie Small

A major New York development team is hoping to take advantage of interest in the city's red-hot retail market by selling a portfolio of six storefronts across Manhattan and Brooklyn for $60 million. CBSK Ironstate is putting the retail portions of...

City Council bill would make outdoor dining year-round, more businesses eligible

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 10/10 12:33A Caroline Spivack

More than 80% of restaurants that once offered outdoor dining abandoned the practice under the Adams administration's seasonal restrictions, but a new City Council bill aims to restore year-round street dining and expand which businesses can...

Emergency room visits drive up city spending on health benefits, data shows

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 10/10 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Hefty prices for emergency room visits contributed to the city’s rising spending on health benefits for municipal workers last year, new data shows. The city spent roughly $9.1 billion on health care benefits for employees, retirees and dependents...

Eight-building Manhattan multifamily portfolio seeks $90M buyer

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/9 7:47A Eddie Small

A Long Island-based real estate firm is seeking more than $90 million for a portfolio of eight Manhattan residential buildings it has owned for decades. S&H Equities is looking to part with its buildings at 38-40 Carmine St., 90 Rivington St., 96...

1143 Park Avenue

Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts 10/9 5:39A Zeynep Turan

Building Name 1143 Park Avenue Architect Designed by John Sullivan, altered by Emery Roth in 1924 Year(s) Built 1884-85 Designation Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District Project Information: A...

Mount Sinai to study Alzheimer’s risk among Chinese Americans with federal backing

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/8 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mount Sinai is planning to close a gap in clinical research on Alzheimer’s disease in Chinese communities with backing from the federal government. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine last month received a $25 million grant to study the...

Upper East Side townhouse developer hit with foreclosure suit

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/3 8:37A C. J. Hughes

A foreclosure lawsuit on the Upper East Side has entangled a prolific flipper of townhouses. Russia-born developer Janna Bullock is accused of defaulting on an $8 million loan backed by 14 E. 82nd St., a 6-story, 9.500-square-foot prewar edifice...

Ayah and 5 other restaurants to try in October

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 10/3 12:33A Julianne Cuba

French restaurateurs Theliau Probst and Thibaut Castet have opened a Moroccan restaurant in SoHo as a love letter to a country close to their hearts. The pair did not know each other before they moved to New York more than 10 years ago, but they...

Sotheby’s sells Manhattan office to Weill Cornell for $510M

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/2 7:49A Natalie Wong, Bloomberg

Sotheby's sold its former headquarters on Manhattan's Upper East Side to Weill Cornell Medicine.  The auction house sold the property for $510 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The building, located one block from the East...

22-story residential project planned for Upper East Side

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 10/2 6:28A Eddie Small

A busy developer's plans for an Upper East Side site are coming into focus. Manhattan-based real estate firm Avdoo has filed plans with the Department of Buildings to construct a 22-story, 50-unit residential project at 242 E. 71st St., located...

Four Madison Avenue buildings could get a makeover

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 10/2 12:33A Julianne Cuba

A 6-story residential-and-commercial building on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side could be demolished and rebuilt to stand 16 stories tall, records show. Ward Dennis, a historic preservation consultant at Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, based...

Luxury co-ops relax decades-old rules to attract buyers in competitive market

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/30 12:33A C. J. Hughes

Co-op buildings, especially at the more expensive end of the real estate market, are trying to shake off their stodgy image. Building on past moves, the elite, often Upper East Side residences, which are essentially private companies in which...

Northwell consolidates women’s cancer care in new $14M center

CrainsNewYork.com (Hospitality and Tourism) 9/29 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Northwell Health is opening a new facility dedicated to women’s cancer in Lake Success, the latest in a series of new oncology programs in the works in recent years. The system will announce a new $14 million outpatient facility, known as the...