The City Council signed off on a 14-story Staten Island residential building that gets away with just four parking spots — a small case study in how parking minimums are loosening borough by borough. (https://www.silive.com/news/2026/08/nyc-city-council-approves-14-story-staten-island-development-with-just-4-parking-spots.html)
A developer is lining up three separate 99-unit buildings in Downtown Brooklyn — worth watching for foundation and site-work packages once permits actually land. (https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/08/18/developer-planning-trio-of-99-unit-buildings-in-dobro/)
A Chinese insurer is reportedly shopping its Sixth Avenue office tower at a $1.4 billion valuation, another sign that trophy Manhattan office assets are still trading even as the broader market struggles. (https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/08/19/china-life-insurance-group-to-sell-1285-sixth-avenue-stake/)
Grid Properties' Harlem shopping center is facing a default warning again, per The Real Deal — worth tracking for any GC or sub still owed money on tenant build-outs there. (https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2026/08/20/grid-properties-harlem-usa-again-facing-default-warning/)
The 1,568-unit office-to-residential conversion at 111 Wall Street in the Financial District is now underway, per New York YIMBY — one of the largest conversion jobs in the city's current pipeline. (https://newyorkyimby.com/2026/08/1568-unit-residential-conversion-underway-at-111-wall-street-in-financial-district-manhattan.html)
The Wall Street Journal mapped Manhattan's full office-to-residential conversion wave this week — useful context for anyone estimating on that side of the market right now. (https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/a-flyover-map-of-manhattans-office-to-residential-conversions-3b40b83c)
A 12-story Port Chester tower rising on a former bowling alley site has a $147.5 million financing package behind it, per Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business — Westchester permit records should confirm the GC once they post. (https://multifamilyaffordablehousing.com/developers-secure-147-5m-for-12-story-development-in-port-chester-n-y/)
The old Fillmore East rock hall in the East Village is being converted into housing with a 16 Handles retail slot on the ground floor — another adaptive-reuse job to watch downtown. (https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2026/08/20/fillmore-east-105-2nd-ave-housing-conversion.html)