New York

The New York City-based real estate investment firm has acquired a 50,000-square-foot lot—55 Buena Vista Ave.—for $18.3 million. The 400,000-square-foot rental apartment development it plans to build at the site will feature 361 rental apartment units.

The developer was charged in federal court with defrauding investors in luxury real estate projects in Manhattan, the Hamptons and Westchester.

Wildflower is building the Brooklyn Logistics Center.

The global search engine company is reportedly looking to increase its square footage that would allow a near doubling of its New York City staff.

The college and seminary hope to secure state approval so that their operations will be housed solely at its Manhattan campus at 2 Washington St. by the fall of 2019.

The financial news and information company has moved its New York headquarters from Hudson Square to Times Square.

The social media company signed an extension until 2030 of its lease at Columbia Property Trust's office building in Chelsea.

In some ways the New York City retail scene is grappling with the same issues that have been bedeviling the industry nationally. In others ways, the city's uniqueness makes it a story unto itself.