Amazon shops for Manhattan office space, NYC's vanishing diners, & more

By Emily Myers | May 28, 2019 - 11:00AM

After the deal fell through in Queens, Amazon is shopping for office space on Manhattan’s West Side (NY Post)

Meet the founder of Inside Airbnb, a site which uses the startup’s own data to highlight illegal listings in cities, including NYC (Bloomberg)

A 1880s waterfront factory in Red Hook has been demolished to make way for a UPS facility—in spite of pleas from local preservationists to repurpose part of the building (Gothamist)

New York’s vanishing diners—they're under siege from rent hikes as well as developers who see value in the unused development rights above them (New York Times)

The city is facing a legal challenge after taking over the long-delayed Willoughby Square Park remodel in Downtown Brooklyn from a developer (Brownstoner via Crain’s)

Get ready for Wednesday’s Manhattanhenge (EV Grieve)

Emily Myers

Senior Writer/Podcast Producer

Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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