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  1. October 7, 2026 The landmarked American Bank Note Company Building at 70 Broad Street sold for $9.35 million after once asking $88 million.
  2. September 29, 2026 A permanent Jobs NYC walk-in center opens Oct. 5 at 2 Lafayette St., with the city carrying 14,391 vacant positions.
  3. September 29, 2026 The 100 Gold St. plan near the Brooklyn Bridge grew to 4,000 homes, a quarter permanently affordable, with a public hearing coming in October.
  4. September 25, 2026 Public review began on 100 Gold Street, three towers with about 4,000 homes, roughly 1,000 permanently affordable, with ULURP expected in 2027.
  5. September 24, 2026 The city now plans 4,000 apartments at 100 Gold Street, up from 3,700, with a scoping hearing next month.
  6. September 23, 2026 The 100 Gold Street office-to-housing plan grew to 4,000 apartments, 1,000 of them permanently affordable.
  7. September 20, 2026 Northwind Group lent $219 million to convert floors 2 through 11 of 100 Wall Street into 168 rental apartments, with the upper floors staying office.
  8. September 10, 2026 No vehicular traffic will be allowed south of Canal Street to Battery Place between Broadway and West Street starting at 6 a.m. Friday for the 25th anniversary ceremony.
  9. August 31, 2026 The NYPD is still hunting the man who swung a large gardening tool at a 49-year-old rider on a northbound A/C train near Fulton Street on Aug. 9.
  10. August 28, 2026 Disney Cruise Line returns to New York in fall 2027 with seven sailings, five to Bermuda plus a New England and Canada foliage run; booking opens to the general public Sept. 8.
  11. August 12, 2026 The vacant 111 Wall Street office tower's conversion into 1,568 apartments is underway, with a quarter of units reserved as affordable housing.
  12. July 15, 2026 MetroLoft closed on a second office tower at 1 Whitehall St. days after two columns buckled at its Pfizer HQ conversion, as DOB inspectors fan out to the developer's other sites.
  13. July 11, 2026 Silverstein Properties broke ground on 2 World Trade Center, the final tower on the 16-acre site, with American Express signed as anchor tenant for up to 10,000 workers.

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