Dear Friend, New York can launch a global brand overnight, but it still takes years to approve a new apartment building. Experts say we need 50,000 new homes per year to stabilize rents. Most years, we build half that. The real drag isn’t ideology or land - it’s the approvals process. Built in the 1970s, when New York was shrinking, the system assumes housing is risky and rare. Add decades of procedural layering and the result is slow, uncertain, and expensive. 2026 could mar

Manhattan’s luxury residential market continued its upward momentum in Q3 2025, driven by cash buyers and a select group of high-profile developments. Projects like the Flatiron Building conversion, 800 Fifth Avenue, and 80 Clarkson Street are redefining design and exclusivity, even as new construction slows across the city.

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