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October 2026

NRP Group Breaks Ground on a $214 Million Bronx Senior Housing ProjectThe developer is building with Selfhelp Realty Group and Foxy Management — the second Bronx project from NRP on our board in two weeks.October 18, 2026
A Virginia Data Center Bill Joins New York's Pause as Jersey Financing Keeps MovingWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 17, 2026
A Connecticut Town Fights a Data Center Before It Even Has a Site PlanCromwell residents are organizing against a data center near local schools, but no developer, size, or site plan has surfaced yet — here's why that gap matters before you price anything.October 17, 2026
A BXP Equity Deal Updates a Tower Already on Our BoardWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 16, 2026
A Connecticut Data Center Wants Twelve Diesel Generators On SiteResidents are pushing back before a vote, and the generator count alone tells contractors this job needs mechanical and fire-protection scope a grid-tied facility wouldn't.October 16, 2026
Gilbane Breaks Ground on a 22-Story Supportive Housing Tower in the BronxStrada Development and the Center for Urban Community Services are behind it, which usually means subsidy money and M/WBE goals are already locked into the contract.October 16, 2026
A Historic NJ Nursery Site Becomes the Next Data Center FightNo site plan, no shovel — just a neighborhood organizing against a proposal on land New Jersey has tried to preserve for decades.October 16, 2026
Quinlan Moves to Foreclose on a Penn Plaza Development SiteQuinlan Development Group moved to foreclose on a Penn Plaza-area site, a sign the project's financing — and any construction timeline — is now frozen in court.October 15, 2026
An NRP Groundbreaking Leads a Mixed Week of Conversions and StallsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 15, 2026
BXP's $2 Billion Madison Avenue Tower Clears Its PodiumThe REIT is building for its own balance sheet next to Grand Central, and the bulk of the vertical schedule — steel, cladding, mechanical — is still ahead.October 15, 2026
The Plaza Hotel Is Closing for a Multi-Year Renovation in 2027No contractor has surfaced yet, but a full closure at a landmarked building means a long LPC review before any permit — and a GC with historic-restoration chops will eventually need to be found.October 15, 2026
Data-Center Backlash Spreads to New Jersey Town HallsLocal boards, not state incentive offices, are where tri-state data-center jobs now actually get decided.October 15, 2026
A Colchester Data Center Plan Comes With Its Own Power PlantA 10-megawatt fuel cell, not a grid tie-in, is the detail that tells a contractor what trades this job actually needs.October 15, 2026
Hunter Roberts Is Taking Subcontractor Bids for the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.Your quotes are due November 24 for the Pier 12 upgrade project in Brooklyn.October 14, 2026
NJ's Data-Center Pushback Goes Statewide as Albany Officials Meet on the PauseWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 14, 2026
The East Village's $204 Million Construction Loan Actually ClosedLaw360 confirms the Walker & Dunlop-arranged financing closed this week — a signal worth more to a GC than yesterday's announcement was.October 14, 2026
An $80 Million Loan Lands on a 194-Unit East Harlem TowerBravo Property Trust financed the construction loan this week — the borrower and GC aren't named yet, but the permit filings won't be far behind.October 14, 2026
Two Walker & Dunlop Loans Lead a Busy Week for Condo FinancingWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 13, 2026
BXP's $2 Billion Midtown Tower Clears Its PodiumThe tower floors come next at 343 Madison Avenue, and that's when the steel and curtain-wall bidding really starts.October 13, 2026
Con Edison's Capital Plan Is Quietly Driving a New Round of NYC Electrical WorkThe utility's grid build-out runs through its own contractor pipeline, not the City Record — so get on that list before the bid even exists.October 12, 2026
NRP Group Breaks Ground on 229 Bronx Units as Haverstraw Starts in RocklandWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 12, 2026
A BXP Tower Rises Next to Grand Central343 Madison Avenue is visibly going up, putting real Midtown East steel and fit-out work on the market now.October 12, 2026
Chrysler Building Renderings Surface Behind a $235 Million Price TagThe renovation now has a face to go with the number — here's what the design reveals about the scope ahead of any bid.October 11, 2026
Two Manhattan Towers and a Brooklyn Alloy Job Pull New DOB PermitsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 11, 2026
Republicans Want to Know Who's Getting Discount Power for NY Data CentersThe inquiry lands while Executive Order 62 still freezes any new 50-megawatt-plus facility — two different levers, same projects.October 11, 2026
Muttontown Wants A Design And Management Team For Its New Village Hall.The Nassau County village needs an architectural, engineering, and construction management firm by late October.October 10, 2026
Riverbay Pulls a $3 Million Permit as Northwell Upgrades Sprinklers in QueensWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 10, 2026
Brookfield Pulls a $7.2 Million Permit at 200 Liberty StreetJT Magen has the general construction job at Brookfield's Battery Park City tower — no change in use or occupancy, which tells you this is interior work, not a conversion.October 10, 2026
SL Green Refinances 245 Park Avenue for $2 BillionThe loan doesn't pour concrete, but it resets the clock on one of Midtown's biggest office towers — and it's the second nine-figure Park Avenue finance story in two weeks.October 10, 2026
A Greenwich Village Restaurant Owner Wants to Build 10 Stories Where Rezdora StandsThe filing is public intent, not a DOB permit yet — track the Buildings Department portal before you price any demolition scope here.October 10, 2026
Azimuth Files to Rezone a Bronx Site for 358 Affordable UnitsNo bid date yet, but a fully affordable project this size will carry prevailing wage and M/WBE goals once it clears land use review — worth tracking now, not after certification.October 9, 2026
A $140 Million Yonkers Residential Job Just Broke GroundA joint venture started construction on a mixed-income project at the Yonkers Lifestyle Center, and the sub-bid chase for it is happening off the public boards.October 9, 2026
Hunter Roberts Shops For Subcontractors On A Brooklyn Terminal UpgradeQuotes are due November 12 to the prime contractor managing resiliency work at Pier 12.October 9, 2026
Tishman Speyer Puts a $235 Million Number on the Chrysler Building JobBisnow reports the renovation figure behind last week's ground-lease deal — real scope money, still no GC and no bid.October 9, 2026
A Massena Data Center Tests New York's Own Moratorium ExemptionsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 8, 2026
A New Permit Filing Appears for a Flatbush Development SiteA fresh DOB filing at 2211 Bedford Avenue is the earliest public marker before any bid work exists — worth a DOB NOW alert now, before a GC is even named.October 8, 2026
Tishman Speyer's 150-Year Chrysler Building Lease Signals Renovation Work AheadThe ground lease itself isn't a construction contract, but a century-and-a-half commitment on a landmarked tower means facade and MEP work is coming — watch the permits.October 7, 2026
A Data-Center Moratorium Goes Political as Erie County Adds Its Own BanWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 7, 2026
Vornado Swaps a Steam Chiller for a Heat Pump at 1 Penn PlazaTwo contractors are already on site for the $3.5 million mechanical overhaul, a retrofit move more Midtown towers will make as Local Law 97's emissions caps bite.October 7, 2026
Extell Pulls a Permit for a 99-Unit Tower on Merrick BoulevardThe GC is already named and the estimate is on file — $10.2 million, per DOB — which means subcontract bid packages for this Jamaica job are coming soon if they aren't out already.October 7, 2026
A Connecticut Town's Development Posture and a Virginia Data Center DeathWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 6, 2026
Davis Provides $44 Million to Convert a Downtown Office Building to ApartmentsThe financing closes on a residential conversion, the kind of deal every owner with a half-empty office tower is now chasing.October 6, 2026
NJ.com Mapped Every AI Data Center Proposal. 'Approved' Is Not 'Under Construction.'The map lists stage by stage, town by town, and most of what reads as a win for the industry is still a filing, not a foundation.October 6, 2026
Two Groundbreakings Already on Our Radar, With New DetailWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 5, 2026
A Connecticut Lawmaker Wants a Second Look at the State's Data Center LawA sitting state rep is calling for Connecticut to revisit its year-old data center statute — a sign the region's power-sourcing rules are still moving.October 5, 2026
New Jersey Just Mapped Every AI Data Center Fight in the StateNJ.com's new town-by-town map doesn't add a project — it shows how many separate approval fights are running across New Jersey at once.October 5, 2026
Five Financing Closes From the Bronx to Long IslandWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 4, 2026
Charney and Tavros Just Broke Ground on Their Fifth Gowanus ProjectNo unit count or GC named yet, but the pattern is the news: the same two developers keep coming back to the same Brooklyn neighborhood.October 4, 2026
Three New Jersey Housing Moves: A Report, an Approval, an OpeningWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 3, 2026
Amazon Offers $1 Billion as Towns Keep Blocking Data CentersA new community fund answers moratorium fights in Buffalo, the North Country, and beyond — but New York's state-level pause stands regardless.October 3, 2026
Namdar Lands a $310 Million Loan for Jersey City's Homestead MarketThe financing closed; no GC or start date has been named yet.October 3, 2026
A 357-Unit Hoboken Tower Just Broke Ground on Jefferson StreetConstruction started on a residential tower at 1300 Jefferson Street — no GC or completion date reported yet.October 3, 2026
A $100 Million Hotel Loan Just Went Sideways on the Jersey City WaterfrontThe Hyatt Regency Jersey City's financing is in trouble — a distress signal for lenders, not yet a construction story.October 3, 2026
New Jersey's Data Center Fights Keep MultiplyingWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 2, 2026
Amazon Just Gave New Brunswick's Billion-Dollar Campus a Reason to Build the Next BuildingAmazon is joining the HELIX life-science district near Rutgers — a tenant commitment, not a construction start, but the kind that unlocks the next phase.October 2, 2026
Jersey City Financing Confirmed, Atlantic City Infill MovesWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.October 1, 2026
JPMorgan Still Hasn't Closed the $3.8 Billion Extell LoanA second outlet confirms the bank is still deliberating on Extell's Upper West Side tower — a week after the first report, with no close date yet.October 1, 2026
Buffalo Punts Its Data Center Moratorium to a Task ForceA vote that was supposed to happen this week turned into a nine-member committee instead — and that changes the timeline for anyone chasing the work.October 1, 2026

September 2026

A Stalled Park Slope Site Just Sold for $55 MillionGoose Property Management bought the former Arrow Linen project — here's why that means new bids are coming, not just a new owner.September 30, 2026
A $47 Million Arbitration Loss and Three New Jersey Financing DealsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 30, 2026
Moshe Braver Files 989 Apartments Across Ten Coney Island BuildingsThe filing covers 10 buildings and nearly 1,000 units — no GC, no financing, no groundbreaking yet, but a site assembly this size is worth tracking now.September 30, 2026
A Connecticut Data Center Wants to Skip the Grid Fight EntirelyA Colchester developer is exploring a 10-megawatt fuel cell plant to power a data center directly — sidestepping the grid-draw fight Connecticut lawmakers are having right now.September 30, 2026
Jersey City Financing, a Science Center Groundbreaking, and a National Warning SignWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 29, 2026
New Jersey Fined a Data Center $1 Million. The Generators Keep Running.Vineland's DataOne gets 45 more days to run illegal generators as Trenton, Potsdam, and Hartford all move on data-center rules.September 29, 2026
JPMorgan's $3.8 Billion Extell Loan Still Hasn't ClosedThree outlets now confirm the number and the borrower. None of them says the money moved.September 29, 2026
Charney and Tavros Close $785M to Build Gowanus's Largest Tower Yet1,071 units, 27 stories, a Bjarke Ingels design — and the biggest single construction start the Gowanus rezoning has produced so far.September 28, 2026
Three More Construction Loans, None of Them Breaking Ground YetWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 28, 2026
A Town Moratorium Couldn't Stop New York's Biggest Data CenterLocal zoning freezes don't override a state exemption — here's the approval track that actually decides whether a data center job proceeds.September 28, 2026
Namdar Lands $310M to Build 873 Apartments at Journal SquareA retail-focused landlord just financed a ground-up residential tower — and 873 units means every trade gets a shot.September 28, 2026
100 Gold Street Just Got Bigger — 4,000 Homes, Still No GCA Financial District mega-project expanded its unit count before it named a builder.September 28, 2026
Jersey City Plans 753 Public Housing Units at Holland GardensNo GC, no bid package yet — but a rebuild this size is worth watching before the RFP drops.September 27, 2026
Turner's Fit-Out Pipeline, Two Manhattan Buildings at OnceWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 27, 2026
Data-Center Jobs Are Booming. The Buildings Might Not Get Built.A national labor story lands right as New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut make it harder to break ground.September 27, 2026
Three Financing Deals, No New Ground BrokenWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 26, 2026
Extell's $3.8 Billion Loan Is Still Just Talk. Here's What Changed This Week.Bisnow confirms JPMorgan is still deliberating the number — not signing it — as a second UWS project files its own plans nearby.September 26, 2026
Three Jersey City Towers, $700 Million in New Construction Debt, One WeekA 1,542-unit tower, a 1,049-unit tower, and a 56-unit Bergen-Lafayette project all closed financing within days of each other.September 26, 2026
A Trenton Bill Wants to Slow Down Data Center ApprovalsIt follows New Jersey's $1 million fine on Vineland's unpermitted generators by three days — and it would change the approval clock before ground breaks, not after.September 26, 2026
JPMorgan Is Weighing a $3.8 Billion Loan for One NYC TowerThat's construction financing, not a refi — sized to build an Upper West Side office tower from the ground up, if it closes.September 26, 2026
Five Filings and a Jersey City Land TradeWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 25, 2026
Three Manhattan Tenant Fit-Outs, Same Permit WeekWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 24, 2026
New Haven Freezes Data Centers for a Year. Vineland's Fine Covers 62 Generators.A unanimous New Haven vote and a bigger generator count out of New Jersey show the tri-state pushback moving faster than a single fine or a single town.September 24, 2026
Macklowe's 809 Madison Expansion Just Got a Foundation PermitCM and Associates and Zapas Construction are named on an $18.8 million foundation job DOB issued September 22 -- the filing from earlier this month just went live.September 24, 2026
New Jersey Fined a Data Center $1 Million for Generators Nobody PermittedVineland's data center ran 62 gas generators without air permits — a sequencing mistake worth knowing before you bid the mechanical package on the next one.September 24, 2026
Data Center Moratoriums Split Town by Town in New York and ConnecticutWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 23, 2026
Three Construction Loans, Three Cities, Same Week: What Lenders Are Actually Betting On$75 million in Brooklyn, $130 million in Chicago, $20 million in East Hanover — new multifamily financing shows lenders chasing apartments, not offices.September 23, 2026
A Fourth Nine-Figure Conversion Loan Lands, This Time on Wall StreetNorthwind Group's $219 million loan for 100 Wall Street pushes conversion financing in Manhattan past half a billion dollars in under a month.September 23, 2026
100 Gold Street's Conversion Just Tripled in Ambition: 4,000 UnitsA Financial District office tower's conversion filing jumped to roughly 4,000 units — portfolio scale in a single address.September 22, 2026
Hard Rock's Queens Casino Is Running Its Own $25 Million Loan Fund250 construction bid packages are rolling out through 2027 at the $8 billion Metropolitan Park site, and the project wants 30% of that work going to minority- and women-owned firms — with loans up to $1.5 million to help them get mobilized.September 22, 2026
Two More Conversion Loans Land Outside New YorkWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 22, 2026
CUNY Pays $201 Million for a Landmarked Bronx Post OfficeThe acquisition pairs CUNY with developer MaDDD Equities on a historic building that will need Landmarks review before any construction starts.September 22, 2026
Groundbreakings Fell 25% in August. Megaprojects Slowed Too.A national drop in new construction starts is the kind of signal that shows up in bid calendars six months from now — here's what it means if you're stacking backlog in New York right now.September 21, 2026
New Jersey's Industrial Market Keeps Trading HandsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 21, 2026
Connecticut Towns Turn on Data Centers They Just ApprovedNo project has been blocked, but Connecticut's political mood on hyperscale sites is reversing fast — and that's a warning sign for anyone counting on CT to absorb New York's frozen data-center pipeline.September 21, 2026
A 639-Unit Conversion Adds to Midtown East's Traffic JamSL Green's 750 Third Avenue conversion is now one of several office-to-resi jobs running at once within a few blocks — and that's a subcontractor supply problem, not just a real estate story.September 21, 2026
Ohio Has 125 Data Center Moratoriums. New York Has One.A new state-by-state roundup shows just how differently New York, Ohio, and New Jersey are slowing the same buildout.September 21, 2026
A $70 Million Gowanus Tower Leads This Week's DOB FilingsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 20, 2026
Macklowe Files to Expand 809 Madison, Up and OutA $12 million permit follows a DevHUB review that started more than a year ago.September 20, 2026
Brooklyn's First Ritz-Carlton Condo Has to Clear LPC FirstThe Hotel Bossert's conversion renderings are out — but nothing moves until Landmarks signs off on a 1909 building.September 19, 2026
Conversion Financing Keeps Stacking Up Across the BoroughsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 19, 2026
Columbia Filed $3.6 Million in Plumbing Work. It's Not the Only One.A Manhattanville plumbing permit, an Upper East Side distribution upgrade, and a Chelsea HVAC job — three owners spending on the parts of a building nobody sees.September 19, 2026
Fourteen States Now Weigh the Freeze New York Already HasA House bill and 125 Ohio moratoriums later, New York's data-center pause looks less like an outlier and more like the national mood — with a sales-tax fight now layered on top.September 19, 2026
A Times Square Loan, a Bronx Casino Loan, and a Jersey City Tower's $390 MillionWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 18, 2026
Rudin Gets $175 Million to Turn a Midtown Office Tower Into ApartmentsThe loan lands next to a paused Pfizer site — one more Manhattan office building headed for gut renovation.September 18, 2026
Extell Closes $1.25 Billion to Keep Building Its Times Square TowerThe financing funds ongoing construction on The Torch — a signal that trade contracts on the supertall are about to move.September 18, 2026
New Jersey Weighs a Second Way to Slow Down Data CentersA new Trenton bill would delay AI data center approvals — not freeze them — while a separate six-month moratorium is still pending.September 18, 2026
Massena Just Voted to Stay Open for Data Centers the State Can't TouchSt. Lawrence County's cheap hydropower just got easier to build on — no project is filed yet, but the zoning door is open.September 18, 2026
New Jersey Weighs Its Own Six-Month Freeze on Data CentersA bill introduced this week would halt AI data-center construction and approvals statewide — putting all three tri-state coverage states under some form of pause.September 18, 2026
New York Wants $1 Million a Megawatt Before Data Centers RestartNew guidance from the state puts a real number on what developers pay once the data-center pause lifts — and it changes the math on every project waiting in line.September 18, 2026
Two Bronx and Times Square Loans, Three New Jersey Land MovesWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 17, 2026
Three Manhattan Office Towers File Multimillion-Dollar Systems PermitsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 16, 2026
Four New Jersey Land Deals, All Sold With Approvals AttachedWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 15, 2026
A Brooklyn Church's Land Just Got a $45 Million Construction LoanS3 Capital is financing a new Williamsburg rental building on land tied to a religious institution — one more sign of where Brooklyn's remaining large sites are hiding.September 15, 2026
Vineland Residents Turn Their Anger From the Data Center to City HallThe fight over the state's largest data-center project has shifted from permit violations to whether local officials sold out their own constituents.September 15, 2026
IBM Wants a Tax Break for a $2.5 Billion Quantum Computing PlantA PILOT filing in the Mid-Hudson region surfaces one of the biggest capital projects the area has seen in years — with no site or contractor named yet.September 15, 2026
New York Filed 903 New-Building Permits Last QuarterA quarterly tracker of DOB filings gives contractors an early read on where private construction work is headed next.September 14, 2026
A Nine-Figure Amtrak Groundbreaking and Two New Jersey FinancingsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 13, 2026
New Jersey's Biggest Data Center Project Accused of Running 45 Generators Without PermitsNo moratorium has slowed New Jersey's AI buildout — but an unpermitted-generator accusation shows what still can.September 13, 2026
Jersey City Breaks Ground as Paramus Closes a New Financing DealWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 12, 2026
A Long-Stalled Williamsburg Site Finally Started Building AgainWork has resumed at 159 Broadway, next to the landmarked Williamsburgh Savings Bank, after years of sitting dormant.September 12, 2026
Three More New Jersey Financings Close Behind This Week's Bigger DealsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 11, 2026
One Sponsor Just Closed $239 Million in New Jersey Construction Loans in a WeekKRE and Russo closed financing in Paramus and Harrison days apart -- both projects are now buildable.September 11, 2026
A Jersey City Land Deal Comes With 321 Units Pre-ApprovedThe zoning work is already done. Now it's a race to lock down financing and a builder.September 11, 2026
A World Trade Center Rebuild Veteran Lands at Bravo GroupJay Badame's move from AECOM Tishman is a signal, not a contract — watch where Bravo Group bids next.September 10, 2026
A SoHo Office Sale and Two Jersey City FilingsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 10, 2026
Macklowe Files to Turn 291 Broadway Into ApartmentsNo unit count or GC yet, but the filing adds another office tower to lower Manhattan's residential-conversion pipeline.September 10, 2026
Three Towers, 2,055 Apartments: Jersey City's Next Downtown MegaprojectNew renderings for 310 Washington Street show a three-tower push — no GC or start date yet, but the scale alone reshapes the bid pipeline.September 10, 2026
Three New Jersey Deals, a Utica Groundbreaking, and a Data-Center Bill PushWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 9, 2026
PCCP and Agus Holdings Close on a 180,000-Square-Foot Morris Plains CenterThe price wasn't disclosed, but the square footage alone makes this one of Morris County's larger retail trades this year.September 9, 2026
A Thomas Edison Factory in West Orange Just Sold for $131 MillionNeither the buyer nor the seller is named in the release — but the price tag makes it one of North Jersey's bigger trades this month.September 9, 2026
Marx Realty Puts $68 Million Into a Park Avenue Hotel-Style RedoThe hospitality-infused renovation at 430 Park Avenue joins a wave of Class B towers betting amenities, not rent cuts, will win back tenants.September 9, 2026
A Vineland Violation, a Long Island Moratorium, and Four New Jersey DealsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 8, 2026
A Billionaires' Row Lease, 425 Units in Clinton Hill, and Upstate's Data-Center PushbackWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 8, 2026
A Connecticut Lawmaker Wants to Stop New Data Centers ColdA moratorium bill filed this week goes further than the state's bring-your-own-power proposal, and a separate push wants the tax-incentive program killed too.September 8, 2026
New Jersey's Data-Center Fix: More Paperwork, Not Fewer SitesGovernor Sherrill's new law makes data centers report water and power use, but close to 100 New Jersey towns have already zoned the use out entirely.September 8, 2026
Suffolk, Hunter Roberts Open the $8 Billion Metropolitan Park Job to M/WBE FirmsSuffolk and Hunter Roberts — the construction managers on Hard Rock's Metropolitan Park — will walk certified firms through the project's milestones, diversity goals, and upcoming bid packages on September 21. On the private side, being in that room is how you get on the job.September 6, 2026
Williamsburg Files a New Project as Nolita Restarts and New Jersey Bans Data CentersWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 6, 2026
159 Broadway's New Design: 99 Rental Units in WilliamsburgRenderings are out for the Broadway corridor site — the developer and GC aren't on the public record yet.September 6, 2026
Jersey City Deals Close as New Jersey Rewrites C-PACE and Data-Center Politics Heat UpWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 6, 2026
Same Jersey City Tower, Two Loan Numbers: $390 Million or $310 MillionWalker & Dunlop says it arranged $390 million for Park Tower at Journal Square; Affinius Capital says $310 million of that is its own loan — the gap tells you where the risk actually sits.September 6, 2026
Seven New Permits, 631 Units, Still No General ContractorFrom Crown Heights to Woodside, seven buildings just filed with DOB — and every GC slot on every one of them is still open.September 6, 2026
Jersey City, Newark, and White Plains: This Week's Financing DealsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 4, 2026
White Plains Lands a $138 Million Loan for 296 ApartmentsMerchants Capital financed the mixed-use project; the record we have doesn't name a developer yet.September 4, 2026
A 69-Story Jersey City Tower Just Got Its $277 Million LoanThe address finally went public this week: 201 Hudson Street, 748 units, Rockpoint and Urby's Paulus Hook high-rise.September 4, 2026
Data Center Construction Costs Just Jumped 21% Per MegawattCushman & Wakefield's new cost guide puts a number on what every data-center GC already feels in the field.September 4, 2026
Data Centers Are the Only Reason Nonresidential Spending Grew in JulyThe Census Bureau's July report shows every other nonresidential category flat or down — worth reading if your book isn't already server rooms and switchgear.September 3, 2026
New Jersey's Data-Center Pushback Widens as Three Financing Deals CloseWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.September 2, 2026
T&E Development Pays $34 Million for a West Chelsea Development SiteNo permit filed yet — the price tag is the only hard fact on the record so far.September 2, 2026
RXR Hands Off a Clinton Hill Site. The New Plan: 425 Units and a SynagogueThe former migrant-shelter property changes sponsors mid-plan, and the program grows to include a house of worship.September 2, 2026

August 2026

IDA Approves 64-Unit Rental in Great Neck, Cancels West Shore RoslynNassau County's Industrial Development Agency moved two projects on August 26 — one forward, one out.August 31, 2026
155-Unit Condo Project Heads to Hempstead ZBA on September 2A multifamily project in Woodmere needs a zoning variance before it can move forward. The hearing is Tuesday.August 31, 2026
The Bridge at Mineola Breaks Ground: $130 Million Mixed-Use on the Old Fortunoff SiteA 232-unit, five-story development with 50,000 square feet of retail is under way on the old Fortunoff department store site in downtown Mineola.August 31, 2026
Four New Jersey Deals and a Data-Center Moratorium LoopholeWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 31, 2026
Lysander to Naugatuck: Data-Center Fights Move to Town HallsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 31, 2026
Two NJ Housing Filings, a Data-Center Permit Fight, and a Long Island LoanWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 29, 2026
Rockpoint and Urby Secure $277 Million for a Paulus Hook TowerA 69-story Jersey City rental tower just got its money — and a look at where Hudson County's next trade packages are heading.August 29, 2026
Albany's Next Housing Push Is Riding the LIRR, One $38 Million Stop at a TimeA transit-oriented affordable housing job broke ground near the Port Jefferson LIRR platform — a preview of where the state's next round of housing money is headed.August 29, 2026
New Jersey Adds a Data-Center Reporting Law While Albany's Bill Waits on HochulWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 28, 2026
RXR and YS Developers Plan a Synagogue Inside a Clinton Hill Housing ProjectThe Hall would pack hundreds of apartments, a synagogue, and office space onto one Brooklyn site — a program mix that puts more than framers to work.August 28, 2026
New Jersey's Data-Center Bans Near 40, and a Bronx Builder Turns HeadsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 27, 2026
Extell Just Spent $65 Million to Grow Its Midtown AssemblageThe developer behind One57 and Central Park Tower added another parcel to a Midtown site — a land buy, not yet a shovel.August 27, 2026
Fisher Brothers Turns to Tel Aviv to Buy Out JPMorgan's Midtown StakeThe family landlord is raising debt on Israel's bond market to settle a partner buyout in a Midtown office tower — a financing route more New York developers are choosing over US banks.August 27, 2026
Steel at 350 Park, a Shrinking Condo Pipeline, and $1 Billion for Green RetrofitsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 26, 2026
Two Office Landlords Filed $10.6 Million in Renovations — Not ConversionsESRT and Tishman Speyer each filed multimillion-dollar alteration permits the same day — a bet that two Midtown office towers still have work left in them, conversion boom or not.August 26, 2026
Vineland's Stop-Work Orders, a Fair Lawn Walk-Back, and Two Connecticut Data-Center FightsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 26, 2026
Jersey City Bans Data Centers on Industrial Land. Three NJ Towns Followed.Jersey City zoned data centers off its industrial land — and NJ.com counts at least three more towns doing the same thing this month.August 26, 2026
Rockland's Data Centers Landed $320 Million — New York's Freeze Says Not YetA new report says the state has put $320 million behind Rockland County data centers — while its own executive order keeps new ones from breaking ground.August 26, 2026
Citywide Permits Are Climbing. The Multifamily Jobs That Employ GCs Aren't.The Real Deal says citywide filings are climbing — but the large multifamily jobs that put GCs to work aren't part of that growth, and our own board backs that up.August 26, 2026
Steel on Griffin's Tower, 80 Clarkson Nears the Top, and a $1.4 Billion AskWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 25, 2026
Domain Locks $175M to Build 429 Apartments in AstoriaThe financing closed. The address, the lender, and the GC didn't make it into the record we've got — here's what did.August 25, 2026
80 Clarkson Nears the Finish, and Out-of-Town Money MovesWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 24, 2026
$55M Just Cleared for a Multifamily Job in Rockland County — And Ramapo's Already on Our BoardDwight Mortgage Trust closed a $55 million construction loan in Kaser, NY — the same Rockland County town where a public contract is due on our board today.August 24, 2026
A Brooklyn School Site Trades, and 485-x Keeps Projects Under 100 UnitsWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 23, 2026
Extell Just Closed on a Midtown Office Tower Everybody Figured Was ComingThe building had been rumored as the missing piece of an assemblage for months — now it's Extell's, and that usually means something bigger is being drawn up behind closed doors.August 23, 2026
Long Island City Just Hit Six Construction Milestones in Eighteen DaysBetween August 4 and August 18, Long Island City logged a completion, a topping-out, a near-completion, a superstructure at 75 percent, a skyscraper a quarter of the way up, and a public school with its steel done. Read them in order and you're reading the trade schedule for the next eighteen months.August 22, 2026
East 125th Street Is Turning Over All at Once — and One Piece of It Is Still Up for GrabsAcross two tax blocks at the top of Manhattan, a 711-unit tower is past the halfway mark, an 828-unit filing is in plan review, and the city is taking proposals on the last empty lot of a deal it approved in 2008. Roughly 1,700 apartments, one corridor, one October deadline.August 22, 2026
The Conversion Boom Got Big Enough for DOB to Start Walking the FloorsAn $867 million loan on Wall Street, an order at 750 Third that got lifted and re-imposed the same day, a partial stop-work order still on the books at 222 Broadway, and a 180-site sweep. Four items, one story — and a checklist for anybody welding a splice on a conversion job this week.August 22, 2026
A Harlem Church Conversion, Buckling Beams in Midtown, and Zara Lands in WilliamsburgWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 22, 2026
Kings Capital Buys a $30M FiDi Apartment Building — Conversion Trades Should Take NoticeThe deal closed this week, and it's the third conversion-flavored story to cross the desk in ten days.August 22, 2026
Ninety-Nine-Unit Math in Brooklyn, 111 Wall's Conversion, and a $1.4 Billion Ask on Sixth AvenueWhat else broke ground or closed financing today, in one place.August 21, 2026
Ken Griffin Threatened to Walk. He Wrote a $4.5B Check Instead.A run of reporting this month confirms Citadel's 350 Park Avenue tower closed a record $3.3 billion loan and locked in structural steel work — the clearest sign yet that one of the city's biggest trophy towers is heading to a real jobsite.August 21, 2026
A $6.2 Billion Tower, Three Fresh Filings — and Not One GC NamedThe private wire had a loud week: Vornado, Rudin, and a Griffin affiliate locked in the 350 Park Avenue joint venture, and three ground-up residential filings hit the DOB in Queens and Brooklyn. Every one of them shares the same blank line — and that blank is the story.August 14, 2026