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The Highline at Union Market will be a 315-unit project with urban-industrial flair

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 30, 2015

The project will have warehouse-style windows and a boxy, industrial-framed facade, incorporating riveted steel supports from old rail cars.
At $63 million, the Pierre Hotel penthouse is totally a steal now

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 29, 2015

The 12,000-square-foot, five-bedroom trophy pad occupies the entire 41st to 43rd floors of the hotel and co-op building.
Snow falling on demolition sites: Aerial shot of TF Cornerstone’s 606 West 57th Street

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 26, 2015

The $550 million 80/20 rental project will measure nearly 1 million square feet, with more than 1,000 units.
Five-alarm fire at Edgewater apartment complex leaves 1,000 people homeless

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 22, 2015

Edgewater Fire Chief Tom Jacobson said that the blaze was able to move quickly because of the building’s “lightweight” wood construction with truss-style roof.
On the market: ODA-designed 51 Jay Street rears its Dumbo head

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 21, 2015

The 74-unit warehouse conversion offers studio to four-bedroom residences, including six penthouses and a townhome.
22 ingenious home designs guaranteed to make your life easier

Livabl January 18, 2015

Or at least more fun.
Rendering to reality: Exoskeletal 170 Amsterdam in UWS to open in spring

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 14, 2015

The 20-story, 239-unit rental by Handel Architects topped out last spring.
New intel on Toll Brothers’ The Sutton at 959 First Avenue

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 12, 2015

Sales are scheduled to start in early 2015, with pricing from about $850,000 to more than $6 million.
Warm up to winter with the 25 coziest rooms ever

Livabl January 11, 2015

So welcoming you hope the polar vortex stays all year.
See this house turn from colorful canvas into an all-black derelict

Livabl January 9, 2015

And then finally, a modern art gallery.
Construction update: First phase of Bethesda luxury project Quarry Springs

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 6, 2015

The 13-acre property by 1788 and IHP Capital Partners will have 97 units spread across four buildings when complete.
Astoria development site at 30-11 12th Street on market for $8 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl January 5, 2015

The site has 34,700 square feet of development rights and comes with proposed plans for a five-story, 38-unit building.
Lose yourself in the 14 coolest maps of 2014

Livabl December 28, 2014

Including instructions on how to sail from Norway to Antarctica in a straight line without hitting land.
11 miniature city models that are absolutely huge

Livabl December 21, 2014

The detail in these dioramas will blow you away.
Williamsburg development site at 76 North 6th on market for $10 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl December 18, 2014

The 25′ by 100′ lot has 10,250 buildable square feet and comes with approved plans for a four-story mixed-use building.
Here’s the new project replacing the White Castle in Clinton Hill

Joyce Chen and Livabl December 17, 2014

A White Castle will make way for the new 27-unit building, which is slated for completion in 2016.