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

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 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 (International) 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....

“Spanish Flea” composer snags a taker on the Upper East Side

CrainsNewYork.com (Health Care) 1/12 7:05A C. J. Hughes

Trumpet-playing superstar Herb Alpert has bowed out of the Upper East Side. Alpert and his wife, the singer Lani Alpert, sold their 2,100-square-foot condo on East 85th Street for $4.2 million, according to a deed that appeared in the city...

'Spanish Flea' composer snags a taker on the Upper East Side

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/12 7:05A C. J. Hughes

Trumpet-playing superstar Herb Alpert has bowed out of the Upper East Side. Alpert and his wife, the singer Lani Alpert, sold their 2,100-square-foot condo on East 85th Street for $4.2 million, according to a deed that appeared in the city...

Hospital for Special Surgery expands in Palm Beach with new partnership

CrainsNewYork.com (Labor Unions) 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 (Banking) 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...

Artnet founder and tea aficionado lists antique townhouse near Central Park

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/7 11:33P C. J. Hughes

The founder of Artnet, an auction website for sculpture and paintings, is looking to part with an antique townhouse. Pierre Sernet has listed a 9,400-square-foot Beaux-Arts townhouse on East 76th Street on the Upper East Side for $24.7 million,...

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

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 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 (Nonprofits) 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...

Conway kicks off campaign for NYC House seat with anti-Trump ad

CrainsNewYork.com (Politics) 1/6 9:34A Raga Justin, Bloomberg

George Conway, an attorney and prominent critic of President Donald Trump, on Tuesday launched his congressional campaign Tuesday with an ad focused on his adversarial relationship with the president. Conway, a Republican who switched to the...

Longtime landlord unloads Rego Park storefronts for $59M

CrainsNewYork.com (Transportation) 1/5 9:30A C. J. Hughes

A Long Island real estate investor has snapped up a shuttered Rite Aid pharmacy and other Rego Park retail sites that have been in the same hands for more than three decades. Malachite Group, a Mineola-based firm headed by Manny Malekan,...

Northwell Health expands into Pennsylvania with health center in Dingmans Ferry

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 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...

Upper East Side townhouse tied to real estate dynasty sells for $8.5 million

CrainsNewYork.com (Biotech) 12/19 9:26A C. J. Hughes

An Upper East Sider whose marriage led to the creation of one of the biggest real estate firms in the world has parted with her longtime home. Lynne Handler, who was Lynne Tishman when she married Jerry Speyer, a union that eventually resulted in...

City council bill would create mental health agency, aligning with Mamdani goal

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 12/18 11:33P Ethan Geringer-Sameth

A new City Council bill would create an agency to respond to mental health emergencies, which could help deliver a key plank of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s agenda. The bill, introduced Thursday, would establish the Department of Community...

Mount Sinai may exit Anthem’s network amid ongoing payment dispute

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 12/18 9:57A Amanda D Ambrosio

Mount Sinai and Anthem are headed for a split in January that would force more than 200,000 patients to find new doctors or pay more out-of-pocket, marking the latest in a wave of contract disputes between hospitals and insurers over payment...