#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners

#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners

“#Glamorous, trendy Times Square hotel tower has new owners” A Natixis-led lenders group won control of 20 Times Square in a Jan. 26 public foreclosure auction when outside bidders failed to top their offer, Realty Check has learned. The brightly lit, 42-story tower at Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street is home to the marquee-name Times Square…

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#Manhattan skyscraper snags its own builder as a tenant

#Manhattan skyscraper snags its own builder as a tenant

“#Manhattan skyscraper snags its own builder as a tenant” The Spiral is adding a large new tenant who won’t have to ask where the elevators and the bathrooms are when it moves in. That’s because Turner Construction Company, which just signed a 13-year, 75,000-square-foot lease, is actually building the new Tishman Speyer tower on the…

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#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection

#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection

“#Grand Central skyscraper would bring new LIRR connection” Modern dance, film screenings and perhaps knitting classes will enliven the outdoor scene at 175 Park Ave., the cloudbusting skyscraper that’s proposed to replace the widely unloved Grand Hyatt Hotel on East 42nd Street. The fun fests are planned for public-accessible terraces on three sides of the tower….

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#ViacomCBS selling its CBS studio for .8 billion: report

#ViacomCBS selling its CBS studio for $1.8 billion: report

“#ViacomCBS selling its CBS studio for $1.8 billion: report” ViacomCBS is selling its CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles for $1.8 billion to a pair of acquisitive real-estate firms, according to a report. Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management had the winning bid, beating out roughly a dozen parties, The Wall Street Journal…

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#Stunning but bankrupt NYC hotel gets second chance

#Stunning but bankrupt NYC hotel gets second chance

“#Stunning but bankrupt NYC hotel gets second chance” Call it the phoenix of Greeley Square. The landmarked, but empty and construction-marred Martinique Hotel will soon rise from the ashes, thanks to a just-closed, hard-won leasehold purchase of the long-troubled property at Greeley Square. The previously bankrupt hotel will reopen in stages starting as early as…

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