Chess Builders buys Williamsburg development site for almost $20M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/12 9:40A Julianne Cuba

A Brooklyn developer with projects on both sides of the East River has acquired three adjacent lots in Williamsburg for a combined $19.6 million, records show. Cheskel Schwimmer of the real estate firm Chess Builders purchased 56 Meserole St. and...

City's private school tuition breaks $70,000 milestone for fall

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/9 3:48A Erin Hudson and Amanda Gordon, B

The top private schools in New York plan to charge more than $70,000 this year for tuition, an amount exceeding that of many elite colleges, as they pass on the costs of soaring expenses including teacher salaries. Spence School , Dalton School...

Hedge fund trailblazer unloads Upper East Side townhouse to financial executive

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/8 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The head of a Singapore-based online stock trading platform has snapped up an Upper East Side townhouse from a hedge fund pioneer. Junli Yang, the chair of TOP Financial Group, and her husband, Huaixi Yang, bought the 7,000-square-foot abode on...

Legion Investment nabs $191M construction loan for new Greenwich Village project

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 2/2 6:36A C. J. Hughes

A developer juggling several high-end projects has scored a major construction loan for its latest endeavor, a new tower in Greenwich Village. Victor Sigoura’s Legion Investment Group closed on a $191.1 million financing package for 11 W. 13th...

Founder of shuttered hedge fund offloads Upper East Side condo

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/29 11:33P C. J. Hughes

A “Tiger cub” offspring has left his dwelling. Jesse Ro, the founder of Tiger Legatus Capital Management –- a former hedge fund linked to Julian Robertson’s famed Tiger Management firm –- sold his 3,200-square-foot condo unit on East 86th Street...

On Politics: The unwritten rule of politics Mamdani faces with 11 inches of snow

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/26 6:58A Ross Barkan

There’s little that bedevils a New York City mayor quite like a snowstorm. John Lindsay, running for re-election in 1969, could not get Queens properly plowed, and 42 people across the city would end up dead. Neither Michael Bloomberg nor Bill de...

Vans sneakers heir buys $11M condo in Surrey Hotel

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/22 7:41A C. J. Hughes

A fashion heir has gone with a slimmer fit in his move uptown. Peter Barbey, an owner of The North Face coat-maker VF Corp., has sewn up a deal for a 2,100-square-foot condo at the Surrey Hotel on East 76th Street, according to a deed that...

Ground leases emerge as hidden risk for New York apartment buyers

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/15 11:33P Aaron Elstein

If you’re looking to buy a New York City apartment, you’ll surely consider the building’s location and condition. You should also ask a new question: Does the building own its dirt underneath? “This was something most people never bothered to...

Trump-appointed Morocco ambassador sells Fifth Avenue co-op for $18.8M

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/13 11:33P Julianne Cuba

A prominent GOP fundraiser and U.S. ambassador to Morocco has sold his Upper East Side co-op for almost $19 million, records show. Richard Duke Buchan III, who founded the private investment firm Hunter Global Investors in 2001, offloaded the...

RXR buys stakes in Upper East Side luxury rental buildings

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/12 11:33P Natalie Wong, Bloomberg

RXR purchased stakes in a luxury apartment building and a string of townhomes on Manhattan's Upper East Side as demand for high-end residential properties persists. The New York-based real estate firm bought a roughly 45% stake in 265 E. 66th St....

Hospital for Special Surgery expands in Palm Beach with new partnership

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/11 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

Hospital for Special Surgery is expanding its reach in Florida through a new partnership in Palm Beach that will help it tap a larger share of orthopedic patients. The Upper East Side-based specialty hospital will now have surgeons practicing at...

Ex-magazine executives turn the page on Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/8 7:22A C. J. Hughes

A stylish experiment in family-based co-living has come to a profitable end. Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzman, Conde Nast executives-turned-interior designers, have sold the prewar Park Slope brownstone they co-owned and shared with Mitchell’s...

Julie Menin elected council speaker, pledges to be ‘proactive’ in powerful post

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 7:43A Nick Garber

Julie Menin was unanimously elected Speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, elevating the Upper East Side moderate to one of the most powerful posts in the city in which she can both bolster and hamstring Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. Menin...

Judge approves massive rent hike that could displace hundreds at Midtown co-op

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 1/7 7:08A Aaron Elstein

Hundreds of residents at a Midtown co-op could lose their homes after a New York state judge gave the green light to a massive increase in their ground rent. The co-op, called Carnegie House, is a 21-story building located at the corner of West...

Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania with health center in Dingmans Ferry

CrainsNewYork.com (Education) 12/21 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

The region’s largest health system is moving west. Northwell Health is expanding into Pennsylvania with a new primary and immediate care center in Dingmans Ferry. The 2,800 square foot facility is the first of two primary care offices opening in...