Upper West Side Real Estate Development: Glassy Tower Coming To Riverside Boulevard

Thanks to relaxed zoning laws, the newest tower rising on Riverside Boulevard will be considerably glassier than its siblings to the north. The building is part of a residential cluster originally proposed almost a decade ago to rise at the former Pennsylvania rail yards between West 59th and West 72nd streets along the West Side [...]

Upper West Side Unattainable Apartment Of The Week: $37.5 Million Penthouse At 535 West End Avenue

It’s been a while since the last “Unattainable Apartment” listing, but today’s is a doozy that makes up for lost time…

Another Celeb Moves Into The Rushmore

Extell must be offering some “celebrity package” for potential residents of their new luxury building, the Rushmore… in the past couple of weeks, A-Rod purchased a condo in the $5.5 to $6 million price range, Robin Williams is renting an apartment for $15,000 per month while he makes his Broadway debut, and now, a famous [...]

Attorney General Delivers More Bad News for Extell in Ongoing Case

The Real Deal reports that the state attorney general’s office delivered more evidence in a court filing against Extell Development in the ongoing Rushmore case.  Last year, Extell and Carlyle Realty Partners (CRP) lost a ruling and were ordered to pay back 41 buyers of homes in the Rushmore Condominium (64th and Riverside) after the [...]

Extell’s Newest Amenity Space Days from Opening

Two Extell Development residential buildings on the Upper West Side are close to completion, and word on the street is that their shared amenity space is gearing up to open.  The Ashley, a rent-stabilized rental building, and The Aldyn, a building with both sales and rentals, are slated to get their fitness center/spa on Monday, [...]

Extell Continues Fight to Return Deposits Despite Loss in Court

The Wall Street Journal reports that Extell Development Co., the developers behind the Rushmore condominium building (among many other Upper West Side residential buildings), is not giving up the fight to keep deposit money despite a loss in court.  The developers were ordered by the Second U.S. Court of Appeals to return $16 million in [...]

Community Board 7 Gives a Wag of the Finger to Riverside Center

Community Board 7 held a special meeting on Thursday night to exclusively discuss the eight-acre Extell Development project, Riverside Center (59th to 61st, west of West End Avenue), and members were sure to express their dissatisfaction with Extell’s current plans.  The New York Observer reports that the board voted 36 to 2 to disapprove of [...]

Now Inhabited: The UWS’s Newest Luxury Rentals, The Ashley

In the midst of a fight between Upper West Side preservationists (including many sitting on Community Board 7) and Extell Development over the Riverside Center development (on the Hudson River between 59th and 61st), Extell has moved forward with its latest residential opening.  The Ashley, Extell’s building of rental apartments on 63rd near West End [...]

Alleged Typo Becomes a Costly Mistake for Rushmore Developers

Crain’s reports that Extell Development, the developers of the luxury Rushmore condominium at 64th and Riverside, are paying up big after angering buyers.  Extell must release 41 buyers from their contracts because the developer failed to meet the projected closing date in the offering plan, according to a ruling from New York’s attorney general.  The [...]