Tag: New York City

NYC Local Law 33

Energy Score Deadline Approaching

In December 2017, the New York City Council passed Local Law 33. The administrative code and a subsequent amendment require owners of buildings over 25,000 square feet to post the building’s energy usage and efficiency scores on the premises. The Oct. 31 deadline for building owners to post their Energy Efficiency Rating Label for 2022 […]

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Attracting Renters

In New York City

The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island: together, they make up the most vibrant city in the world. But New York needs no advertising. Any New Yorker will tell you that each of the five boroughs has its own unique charm. So, what do renters expect when looking for an apartment in NYC? We […]

Energy, News

NYC Climate Law

Yardi Coaches for Compliance

New York City’s Local Law 97, part of a package of legislation comprising the Climate Mobilization Act, was enacted in May. It’s designed to drastically reduce carbon emissions by imposing stringent carbon emission limits for most commercial properties over 25,000 square feet. Impacting more than 57,000 buildings and aiming to reduce carbon emissions 80% by […]

News

Manhattan

A Renters’ Market?

For the first time in four years, average rents in Manhattan are decreasing across the board. In the past, rents occasionally declined in one or two floor plans. Larger units demonstrated the most notable price fluctuations. Highly sought-after studio units were most likely to maintain consistent or climbing value. Yet according to a recent Bloomberg […]

News

Neighborhood Match

Finding a perfect fit

With so many options to choose from, it can be hard for renters to know when they have found the perfect neighborhood to call home. A new portal makes relocation a bit easier by combining ILS, reviews, and neighborhood matching services. Place I Live Portal offers neighborhood matching for those seeking rentals or home ownership […]

Technology

LinkNYC

Free WiFi in the City

Ever wonder what the future looks like for New York City’s payphones? Well, you won’t be seeing them for too long as they disappear like the extinct species they’ve become. But a new public utility kiosk is coming along to take their place. LinkNYC, a consortium of experts in technology, media, user experience and connectivity […]

News

New Kind of Cozy

My Micro NY

What can you get for less than 400 square feet? How about a gym, a roof terrace, stainless steel appliances and the chance to finally ditch the roommates and lay claim to your own slice of paradise. That’s the option currently being offered by Carmel Place, New York City’s first ever micro-unit development. Originally called, […]

News

NYC Liberty Bridge

Headed toward reality?

For many Jersey City is “the sixth borough,” even though at times it feels like it’s a world away from New York City. There are only a few miles from Manhattan to Jersey with the Hudson River crossing of about a mile. Yet, moving from one side of the Hudson to the other means taking […]

News

Under Delancey Street

New York's Lowline Project

With a planned debut in 2020, the LowLine project promises to create a calm, cultivated woodland atmosphere in an abandoned trolley terminal sprawled out beneath New York City's Delancey Street.

Technology

Daylighting Technology

Emerging Underground Lighting

Beneath the cobblestones of New York’s Lower East Side, technology is about to present a curious lesson to the world—plants and trees can live a healthy life. We’re not talking about some new lab-modified plant hybrid, but rather about the possibility to light the underground with sunlight through an intricate system of solar panels. The […]

News

Water + Trash

Creative vision in NYC

New York City has more miles of waterfront than Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, and Portland combined. In fact, the City’s stature grew directly from its connection to the water, but at times throughout its history, the citizens turned their back on the waterfront, both literally and figuratively. That is about to change. Under Mayor Bloomberg’s […]

News

Apartments Get Arty

Museum-like lobbies

A man’s home is his castle. But a person’s apartment community could be her gym, business center and social lounge. And, in some cases, a gallery. That’s right; some property managers are setting up art installations so that residents can view beautiful works of art from famous and local artists right in their very own […]

News

Managing a Menagerie

NYC Parks and Rec Uses Yardi

New York City’s Central Park is a place where millions of memories have been made. The iconic mid-city oasis has captured the hearts and imaginations of New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. Whether rowing a boat across The Lake, observing Gus the polar bear at the Zoo, or enjoying a burger at the […]

People

45 Years Strong

Manhattan Valley Dev. Corp.

The Manhattan Valley Development Corporation will mark 45 years of providing affordable housing in Manhattan at the end of 2013. As part of the celebration of this milestone anniversary, Yardi client MVDC will award the first Leah Schneider scholarship in honor of the organization’s former director who passed away in 2001. Since 1968, MVDC has […]