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Retail Rents Up on the Lower East Side

Posted 30/Apr/2008 23:20:00 by Gromco in Lower East Side, The Ludlow

Retail rents have been going up on the Lower East Side as the neighborhood gentrifies, writes Claire Wilson (NYTimes).

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New Residential Projects On Norfolk Street

Posted 07/Jan/2006 by Gromco in Lower East Side

The latest issue of "The Real Deal" [talks about transformations] of a single block on the Lower East Side - namely, Norfolk Street between Rivington and Delancey. The block will soon have three new residential buildings: the sixth-story Switch at 109 Norfolk Street, which will contain five floor-through condos, 16-story 32-unit Blue at 105 Norfolk Street, and the unnamed building on the 115-119 Norfolk Street site.


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New Avalon Buildings On The Way

Posted 05/Dec/2005 by Gromco in AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Lower East Side, East Village

According to a recent [article] in "The Villager", more Avalon buildings are on the way in Downtown Manhattan: one (~200 apartments, due end-2006) on Bowery and East Houston, and another one (~100 apartments, due early-2008, currently in the design phase) on Second Ave and East 1st Street.

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