Brooklyn luxury contracts stayed busy over Thanksgiving

December 1, 2025 / no comments

Brooklyn’s luxury market managed to dodge for a surprisingly strong holiday week.  The borough saw 19 contracts — 10 for condos, one co-op and eight townhouses —between Nov. 24 to Nov. 30 for a total contract volume of $56 million, according to Compass’ weekly report of contracts for homes asking at least $2 million.  Last year, Thanksgiving week saw 11 contracts signed in the borough for $38 million. In 2023, just seven luxury contracts were signed during the holiday week.  The median asking price for homes that entered contract was $2.8 million and homes spent an average of 102 days […]

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Lions Group lands $200M construction loan for Jersey City high-rise

December 1, 2025 / no comments

As the end of the year approaches, Jersey City’s residential construction boom shows no signs of a holiday break. Lions Group NYC landed $200 million in construction financing to fund work at Homestead Gateway, Bloomberg reported. The 360-unit project is being developed at 701 Newark Avenue in the city’s Journal Square neighborhood. Goldman Sachs provided the financing for the 34-story development through its Urban Investment Group. The financing takes the shape of a construction loan, bridge facility, low-income housing tax credit equity and other public capital. A JLL team including Jimmy Cochran, Nicco Lupo and Jillian Grzywacz advised on the […]

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Manhattan’s November office leasing hits speed bumps

December 1, 2025 / no comments

The Manhattan office market pumped the brakes in November. Leasing activity dipped nearly 18 percent from October, despite a handful of big deals. Tenants inked deals for 2.99 million square feet, down about 12 percent year over year, according to a new Colliers report. Still, demand exceeded the borough’s 10-year monthly average and pushed year-to-date activity to 36.7 million square feet, already ahead of last year’s total.  If December holds pace, Manhattan could top 40 million square feet of leasing for the first time since 2019. A handful of headline-grabbing deals anchored the month, led by Millennium Management’s 438,000-square-foot renewal […]

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Manhattan’s luxury market beat Thanksgiving week average

December 1, 2025 / no comments

Even as Manhattan’s luxury market cooled in the run-up to Thanksgiving, it rang in the holiday with an above-average week. Buyers inked deals for 19 homes in the borough asking $4 million or more between Nov. 24 and Nov. 30, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The total was down from 29 contracts signed in the previous period, but it beat the decade norm of 17 pending deals logged during the holiday week.  A sponsor unit at 53 West 53rd Street, asking $23 million, was the priciest to snag a signed contract in the holiday week. The condo spans 3,700 […]

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