New York City Luxury Rental Blog

Nearly a year ago, we discussed the future of real estate for 2013, and our estimates were pretty much spot on. Now that this year is coming to a close, take a look back at the most popular articles that we published in 2013.

If you’re looking to move your Bitcoins into a more stable market, perhaps you’d be interested in renting a one bedroom at 99 John Deco Lofts, which just so happens to accept the digital currency as rent.

Designer of super-tall, super-skinny 432 Park Avenue, Rafael Vinoly, has taken his architectural talents Downtown. In his newest design, Vinoly adhered to the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” revealing yet another tall and thin tower for 22 Thames Street, which could potentially be the tallest residential building in Lower Manhattan.

HAP Investments, the mid-size real estate investment group responsible for new construction apartment buildings in Manhattan such as HAP 6 and HAP 4, has released plans for a new apartment building in Chelsea. The building, which is being called HAP 8, is located at 215-219 West 28th Street.

People will do crazy things to get their hands on a rent controlled apartment, from pretending to be someone’s relative to pretending their dead relative that owned the home is in fact, still alive and kicking. A book by Robert Fogelson entitled The Great Rent Wars: New York 1917-1929, explains the tumultuous story of the many attempts to fix a terrible housing situation before rent control. Enacted 70 years ago, the story of rent regulations started with a government that could care less about the issues happening with housing.