A man was charged with arson after allegedly setting a fire inside a Manhattan building that houses Google offices, police said. Yahoo News New Zealand
An 18-year-old died in a fire at a NYCHA building, officials said, renewing questions about the authority's fire-safety conditions. NBC New York
City filings show a plan to tear down a 10-unit Upper East Side apartment building and put up a single mega-mansion in its place. Patch
Construction has started on the 53-unit Port Jefferson housing project near the LIRR station, an update on a project The RFI Wire covered earlier this month. Long Island Life & Politics
Governor Hochul's office says the 2026 FIFA World Cup generated $3.5 billion in regional economic impact, a figure that touches the stadium and transit work built around it. Governor Kathy Hochul (.gov)
A new industry analysis pegs data-center construction spending up 46%, growth that's pulled building-trades unions into lobbying alongside Big Tech. Business Model Analyst
Developers unveiled the finished amenity package at The Greyson, a 25 Cottage Street residential tower in Jersey City. newyorkyimby.com
A new permit application surfaced for 115 Cooper Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, adding to the neighborhood's active filing pipeline. newyorkyimby.com
New York's rents are closing the gap with San Francisco's even as the city's housing pipeline keeps thinning, a mismatch that squeezes future multifamily bid volume. The Real Deal
A Staten Island investor quietly assembled most of one neighborhood's parcels for $12 million — the kind of land banking that usually precedes a permit wave, worth watching for a future filing. SILive.com
Valley Hospital filed plans for a new medical wing at its Paramus campus, another New Jersey healthcare build-out to track for future subcontractor packages. newyorkyimby.com
A run of low-rise residential buildings is going up in East Williamsburg — small-footprint work that never touches an agency bid feed but keeps local GCs booked. newyorkyimby.com
Commercial Observer's weekly wrap points to a still-sluggish office-to-desk return shaping how landlords are budgeting capital improvements this fall. commercialobserver.com
A Brooklyn man was charged in connection with a New York City building fire, according to a report from The American Bazaar. The American Bazaar
New York is moving to tighten cooling tower inspection requirements, a compliance issue HVAC and building-management contractors should start tracking, per Cooling Post. Cooling Post
NYC posted a hiring listing for a project manager over its Inclusionary Housing and Universal Affordability programs, a sign the housing-incentives office is staffing up. NYC Government Jobs (.gov)