Urbanize NYC

08/31/2026

NYC Real Estate, Architecture, and Urban Planning news from the past week

Here's what we're reading this week:Mamdani Will Rebuild the BQE to Last Until 2080 Despite Calls to Tear it Down "While the city and the state must right the wrongs of Robert Moses with the BQE and other infrastructure plowed through urban communities, decades of political paralysis have left us ou...

08/30/2026

24-Story Residential Wrapping Up in Yorkville

https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/24-story-residential-wrapping-yorkville

08/29/2026

Introducing: The Orchard Now Leasing in Long Island City

https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/introducing-orchard-now-leasing-long-island-city

08/28/2026

Construction Commences on Narrow Luxury Condos Along Broadway

https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/construction-commences-narrow-luxury-condos-along-broadway

08/28/2026

75 Units Replace Five-Story 15-Unit Residential Building

Alchemy Properties | Leeding Builders Group | Hill West Architects

Work is underway on a final phase of construction as the pavement plan firms up at 288 E. 88th Street where a 270-foot-tall tall mixed-use residential tower is a few weeks away from its anticipated turnover on the Upper East Side.

08/28/2026

Studio for $1,800 at 80% Area Median Income

The housing lottery is now open at 132 Brown Place in the southern tip of the Bronx, for 9 units earmarked for 80% Area Median Income. For those who earn between $68k-147k/yr, rental rates are posted at $1,812/mon. in studio configurations, $2,283/mon. for 1-bed and $2,713/mon. for 2-bed within a ne...

08/27/2026

Cladding Rises for 19-Story Condominium Development on Upper West Side

https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/cladding-rises-19-story-condominium-development-upper-west-side

08/27/2026

V.A.N. Construction Corp. is responsible for building the 13-story, luxury condominium project with design coming from ZARchitecture

Construction crews are on-site preparing for foundation work to begin at 2160 Broadway where a 150' structure will soon rise on a narrow lot along Broadway on the Upper West Side.

08/27/2026

Queens’ tallest building rises 823' at the intersection of Orchard & Jackson

BLDG Management Co., Inc. | Perkins Eastman | McCartan, Inc.| HMWhite.

Queens’ tallest building and newest skyline icon, The Orchard, rises 70 stories and 823 feet at the intersection of Orchard Street and Jackson Avenue in the heart of Long Island City.

08/26/2026

19-Story Mixed-Use Condo Tower Approaches Finish Line

https://nyc.urbanize.city/post/19-story-mixed-use-condo-tower-approaches-finish-line