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Olbos Studio www.olbosstudio.com announces the completion of a new project in SoHo. The office space, at 41 Wooster Street, has been reimagined as a space for the cultivation of mystery and opportunity. The renovation features a dynamic interplay of color, space, and image to disorient and disrupt a traditional understanding of an office space. Each space is meant to shock, to delight, and to disorient for the production of a memorable space.

From the outside, this townhouse condo at 62 Beach Street looks to be every bit the historic loft building. Built in 1860, the former coffee, tea, and spice warehouse known as the Fischer Mills Building is right at home on the cobblestoned Tribeca street. Within, the classic restored warehouse conceals a 4,600-square-foot triplex that brings the loft aesthetic into the 21st century for a $10,995,000 buyer. Loft bones frame luxuries like a home gym, and the whole package includes a private garden with a hot tub.

A Gilded Age townhouse that has been recognized for being immaculately preserved has hit the market in Brooklyn for $16 million. The rivers-edge Brooklyn Heights brownstone, a 1899 building on Grace Court with eclectic interiors including a red-room home theater, was listed Tuesday with Brandon Bogard at Serhant. Its brick facade, restored in the early 2000s, won the New York Landmark Conservancy Lucy G. Moses award. Its seller, and 30-year owner, used a 1940s tax photo as a reference for the facade—including cornices, brick and bay windows—completed by architect Ron DiDonno, according to Bogard.

We asked Manhattan real estate agents: How have buyer preferences shifted in the post-pandemic era, and what types of properties are in highest demand right now in New York City? Mallory Bogard BOGARD NEW YORK TEAM SERHANT. In NYC, you probably remember the post-lockdown trend: buyers prioritizing as much private outdoor space as possible. But lately, I’m noticing more people are comfortable with shared outdoor space or smaller private areas, to meet their outdoor needs—much more so than in the years immediately following COVID. Kitchen storage is trending mission critical… kitchenettes just aren’t cutting it—people need real space for all the sourdough starters, air fryers, and mocktail kits they bought during downtime. Another of my favorite trends in NYC: The returnees—people coming back to the city. A lot of them took advantage of remote work and bought outside the city, but now that they’re commuting more frequently, the trek is starting to wear on them. Plus, let’s be real—so many of them just miss the city. Another growing trend I’m seeing is the desire to keep family close—literally. More condo owners are looking for additional studio or one-bedroom units within their own buildings to accommodate parents, grandparents, or adult children. I’m also seeing increased interest in townhouses that can work for multi-generational living, or setups where each adult child or grandparent has their own apartment, within arm’s reach of each other.