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Hale House’s former Harlem HQ to be converted into apartments

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 30, 2014

Hale House, founded in 1969 by Clara McBride Hale, provides services for children and families in need.
FENDI Château Residences is the world’s first FENDI-branded condo project

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 29, 2014

The 58 condos range in size from 3,300 square feet to more than 7,000 square feet.
Pricing details for Tribeca’s 443 Greenwich Street

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 28, 2014

The 53-unit condo conversion will have two-bedroom to five-bedroom residences.
12 beautiful homes that used to be other things

Livabl July 27, 2014

Who wants to live in an old Nazi bunker?
535 Flushing Avenue is due for new six-story, six-apartment building

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 25, 2014

The vacant lot traded for $852,000 in 2009.
What iconic architecture looks like in cartoon-form

Livabl July 24, 2014

As colorful as it is delightful.
New mixed-use project at 385 Broadway in Williamsburg

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 24, 2014

Marin Nanca Architects is the architect of record for the 24,421-square-foot structure.
Here’s the Starbucks that replaced the original Bleecker Street Records

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 23, 2014

Bleecker Street Records, which spent more than 20 years at the location, was forced to decamp in April 2013 by rising rents.
New four-story hotel proposed for 489 Baltic Street in Boerum Hill

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 21, 2014

Listed on the new building permit as a general partner is Alec Shtromandel, who built the Union Hotel in Gowanus.
Leaving NYC: Where New Yorkers move when they ditch the city

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 21, 2014

Twenty-one percent of the households that moved in 2012 moved within New York State.
19 breathtaking photos of daredevils (and one celebrity) hanging out on tall structures

Livabl July 20, 2014

This will make your palms sweat.
498 West End Avenue in UWS will be converted into condos, after all

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 17, 2014

The century-old rental building sold to Samson Management for $52.5 million in 2012.
Mixed-use building at 461 DeKalb Avenue available for $4.65 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 14, 2014

The 9,300-square-foot building was acquired in March by Silvershore Properties for $2.3 million.
18 hammocks you want to chill out in

Livabl July 13, 2014

Nothing says ‘I take lounging seriously’ like a suspended bed made of rope.
A $6.8 billion price tag for a giant climate-controlled indoor city in Dubai

Livabl July 12, 2014

The mega-structure is poised to break a slew of records including the world’s biggest mall.
Warehouse in the Bushwick Collective graffiti hub to be converted into eatery

Joyce Chen and Livabl July 11, 2014

The property sold for $341,000 in 2010.