NYC DOT broke ground on protected bus lanes along Manhattan's 116th Street, a corridor its own count puts at 65,000 daily riders. amNewYork

Hochul's office announced service and infrastructure upgrades for the LIRR's Montauk Branch, adding another Long Island rail package to the state's active pipeline. governor.ny.gov

The state broke ground on the redevelopment of the N.D. Peters public housing complex in Utica, one of two affordable-housing starts Albany announced the same week. governor.ny.gov

Tupper Lake also got a groundbreaking this week — an 80-unit affordable development, part of the same statewide push as the Utica and Suffolk County starts. governor.ny.gov

National GC JE Dunn stood up a dedicated power-generation unit and named a leader for it, a sign more primes are chasing the energy work data centers and grid upgrades demand. constructiondive.com

An industry tally cited data-center construction spending up 46% — the growth that's now pushing Big Tech to lobby statehouses directly, including New York's. businessmodelanalyst.com

Swig and La Caisse signed 182,000 square feet of new leases at 1411 Broadway, filling out a Garment District tower that's been a bright spot in a soft office market. therealdeal.com

Manga Hotels closed on a $50 million buy of a second NYC hotel, at 158-162 West 25th Street, betting on the city's lodging market even as new supply stalls. commercialobserver.com

Insurer Aegon took 21,000 square feet at 125 West 57th Street, another sign Midtown's better-positioned towers keep landing tenants that Class B buildings can't. commercialobserver.com