Developer Ailanthus Files Plans to Build 400 Apartments at 424 Hoyt Street in Gowanus
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. New York continues to bifurcate sharply: trophy office leasing at record rents, commodity Class B in conversion discussions or court-supervised processes. Rent-stabilized multifamily remains supply-constrained and tightly held. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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Residential towers grow in Brooklyn. Affordable and mixed-income housing developer Ailanthus has filed a rezoning application with the New York City Department of City Planning to build a 17-story, 175-foot-tall mixed…
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