Deals of the Day: June 17

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/17 6:22A Julianne Cuba, C. J. Hughes, Edd

Leases Industry City lands new retail tenant Address: Industry City Building 4, Brooklyn Landlord: Jamestown, Belvedere Capital and Angelo Gordon & Co. Tenant: Artist & Craftsman Supply Lease size: 10,101 square feet Lease length: 10 years Asset...

Blood Center's $750M expansion on UES stalls years after rezoning

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/11 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Nearly four years after the city greenlit a controversial proposal from the New York Blood Center to build a 16-story life science tower on the Upper East Side, the project remains at a standstill. The City Council in 2021 paved the way for the...

Housing, casinos divide borough president candidates in Manhattan and Bronx

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/4 12:48A Nick Garber

Lively races for borough president are playing out this month in Manhattan and the Bronx, sparking interest from business donors keen on influencing officials who hold a key voice in development fights. Though often derided as powerless, borough...

Two life science firms ramp up footprints in Industry City

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 6/4 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Two biotech companies are expanding their footprints at Industry City amid a citywide slowdown in life science leasing activity. The firms, Cresilon and Rumi Scientific, signed multi-year leases to occupy more than 61,000 square feet of lab space...

Knicks’ chief orthopedist keeps the team ready for big games that go down to the wire

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/29 9:25A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Dr. Answorth Allen’s career and love for New York sports fit together like a healthy knee joint. Allen is the associate surgeon-in-chief at Hospital for Special Surgery and the chief orthopedist for the NBA’s New York Knicks. A sports fan and...

At a Glance: May 29

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/29 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

CORRECTION: The number of emergency room visits at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in the six months ending in February was approximately 48,000 and the number of admissions across both the health system's Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses, not just...

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center forges ahead on state-funded cancer center

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/27 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is mapping out construction of a new oncology hub in Queens as part of a state-funded effort to modernize struggling safety-net hospitals. The 408-bed facility, based in Richmond Hill, requested approval last week...

Next generation of high-end sushi restaurants comes at a lower price

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/23 12:33A Kat Odell, Bloomberg

New York City is a global capital for high-end sushi, home to some of the most sought-after omakase experiences outside of Japan. Those chef’s choice meals have also become extremely pricey—especially compared to similar experiences in Tokyo....

NYU Langone gets $60M gift to expand women’s health services in Midtown

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/21 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

NYU Langone is getting a $60 million gift to ramp up women’s health services in Midtown, it announced Wednesday. Billionaire philanthropists Allison and Roberto Mignone donated $50 million to the hospital system to expand and integrate primary...

Mount Sinai to assist in development of affiliated hospital in Grenada

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/20 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Mount Sinai is eying its next chapter in the tropics. The Upper East Side-based health system signed a long-term agreement with the government of Grenada to advise the island nation on a new affiliated hospital. The project aims to expand access...

Annie Leibovitz snaps up West Village duplex penthouse for almost $17M

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/20 12:33A Julianne Cuba

Photographer Annie Leibovitz has traded the space she was using as a studio for a larger duplex in the same West Village condo building, records show. The prolific shutterbug, known for her portraits of the rich and famous, including  Bruce...

Northwell gets support for $2B Lenox Hill project with new mental health clinic

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/15 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio

Northwell’s Lenox Hill Hospital has committed to building a new mental health facility on the Upper East Side so it can win key political endorsement for its controversial $2 billion expansion. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine reached a...

At a Glance: May 15

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/15 12:33A Amanda D Ambrosio, Ethan Geringe

SYRINGE BUYBACK PILOT: A city-run pilot program to clean up used syringes from public parks and streets has removed 20,000 needles since it launched last month, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Wednesday. The program, mandated by...

Rockefeller University Hospital to convert to outpatient research facility

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/15 12:33A Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Rockefeller University Hospital, a small treatment and research facility on the Upper East Side, is decertifying its beds after years of declining admissions. The soon-to-be-former hospital filed plans with the state to close all 40 of its acute...

MTA wants rezoning for 684 apartments atop Second Avenue subway extension

CrainsNewYork.com (Sports) 5/13 8:16A Nick Garber

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to rezone an East Harlem block to allow for a large new residential building atop the future terminus of the Second Avenue Subway extension. The project, which would help steer money toward the MTA,...