Cara Eisenpress

Managing features editor, @trdny. Prof @newmarkjschool and @lehmancollege. Cookbook author, @crainsnewyork alum

[Caroline Spivack @CarolineSpivack]

NYC building owners can now buy renewable energy credits through the state — offsetting emissions over Local Law 97 limits while helping fund the city’s clean-energy buildout. Here's what to know:
https://t.co/vDJqJKchDm

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

As an editor, I usually avoid stories about bill introductions. But as a parent—I'm glad this news is out!! Schools will not cut back on computer work so long as they have state tech requirements to follow. https://t.co/hI86ohp5KX

[The Real Deal @trdny]

New York’s “Commie Corridor” is a stronghold of the city’s ascendant left. It was also built, in part, by real estate capitalists.

Nearly 100,000 homes came to market across the corridor from 2010 to 2024. Watch how a development boom helped reshape the politics of Brooklyn and Queens, then read @indurskyjake and @benmiller_NYC's full analysis at the link.

[Lilah Burke @lilah_burke]

Suit to roll back New York City's rent freeze will be MOVED from Staten Island to Manhattan. story tk

[Spencer Davis @spencerdaviis]

Scoop: Industrial real estate giant Dov Hertz sold a massive 53-acre outdoor storage site on Staten Island for $167 million to real estate investment firm Jadian Capital, marking the largest IOS sale in New York City history.

[Kathryn Brenzel @katiebrenzel]

Council spox told me on Thursday that the administration was going to testify. 👀

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

The fraud at South Florida's largest HOA https://t.co/awkPRh1vfZ

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

Zara to Williamsburg https://t.co/S4UXBD2EP7

It'll be fun to see whether the product mix and merchandising feel like 2026 Williamsburg or try to evoke like 2001 Williamsburg.

[The Real Deal @trdny]

Everybody wants to be a cowboy. In Big Sky, billionaires are spending up to $100M to live out the fantasy.

https://t.co/TuIInzllfL

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

Poolside reading from @trdny

[Jake @indurskyjake]

I asked agents where in the city LeBron might live.

They all suggested the same couple of buildings that have a common problem — there's no availability.

Read about potential LeDestination's and how LeBron might navigate the city's competitive luxury rental market here:

[Amir Korangy @mrkorangy]

If you want to understand the Israeli bond market, @TheKeithLarsen delivers: Why reforms in the Israeli bond market didn’t stop the Shabselses https://t.co/RlqCQC00G4

[The Real Deal @trdny]

Aby Rosen bought a $1M Manhattan condo — not for the apartment, but for the leverage. Watch @byRichBockmann explain how one modest unit became a chess piece in a much bigger Midtown feud.

[The Real Deal @trdny]

"There are too many darn agents." In this month's edition of #TheClosing, @JasonHaber tells @SheridanLWall what’s wrong with real estate.

Tap to read the Compass broker and American Real Estate Association co-founder talk reform, private listings and why "coffee is for cheaters."

[Kathryn Brenzel @katiebrenzel]

Staten Island Judge Wayne Ozzi just granted a temporary restraining order seeking to halt the rollout of the pied-à-terre tax, after homeowners filed a lawsuit Friday

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

Found deep in the documents by Liz Cryan

https://t.co/2ZwbCREUJ0

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

New information about Brandon Miller
-how he & team were rethinking use of his Bowery property post-Covid (it's now pitched as affordably and awaits supposed rezoning)
-alleged issues with a brokerage statement; he pledged the brokerage as collateral for a loan)

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

And not just Westchester — western Bronx too.

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

Not to mention, if you’re coming from the west side of Westchester and going to the west side of Manhattan, your transfer from Metro North to the subway is this. (The way home involves crossing three lanes of Broadway.)

[Jamie LeFrak @Jamie_LeFrak]

Moreover, NJ workers use of NYC commercial buildings generates tremendous property tax revenue for NYC while costing NYC not even one more public school user or one more dollar of social services spending. Here's a thought experiment, move the entire CBD of the Penn Plaza district to the Hoboken terminal area and watch what happens to the municipal finances of JC+Hoboken vs NYC.

[The Real Deal @trdny]

David and Michael Shabsels’ bankrupt summer camp empire just produced a surprisingly strong result: 22 camps sold for $368 million, beating their appraised value by about 7 percent, @thekeithlarsen reports.

https://t.co/Tva95qnd5K

[Cara Eisenpress @EisenPress]

@davidgarten @erik_engquist @SoBendito Thank you! This one is all @JoyBergmann