Carlyle buys luxury rental building for $32M in break from self-storage shopping spree

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 4/22 9:41A Julianne Cuba

Private-equity giant the Carlyle Group has acquired a luxury rental building in Gowanus, records show. Amid a monthslong stint snatching up at least half a dozen self-storage facilities throughout the five boroughs, the Washington, D.C.-based...

Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill top Redfin list of hottest U.S. neighborhoods to buy in

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 3/28 9:45A Lilah Burke

Central Brooklyn is on the rise, according to data released Thursday by real estate firm Redfin. The ZIP code covering Prospect Heights and Clinton Hill topped the company’s list of hottest neighborhoods in the United States in which to buy a...

Prospect Lefferts Gardens apartment building sells at 40% loss

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 3/25 12:33A C. J. Hughes

A Prospect Lefferts Gardens building at the heart of a fierce gentrification battle over an ice cream shop has changed hands at a big loss. The building, 616-624 Flatbush Ave., a mixed-use site whose storefronts include the popular Scoops, which...

Brooklyn startup sees growth by helping get unsightly, rat-prone trash bags off the curb

CrainsNewYork.com (Real Estate) 3/3 1:03A Caroline Spivack

In 2022, when New York City began exploring ways to gather mountains of garbage bags off the curb and contain them in attractive, rat-proof bins, Brooklynite Liz Picarazzi was ready. She had seen the writing on the wall and primed her company,...