There were 197 transactions totaling $299 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was for a condo at Extell Development’s 50 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side. A trust tied to Uttara P. Marti, managing director at Evercore, purchased a 3,900-square-foot pad from 50W66 NY LLC for $13.4 million. The seller purchased the unit one year ago, for $11.8 million. The condo has five bedrooms and five and a half baths. The latest deal works out to roughly $3,400 per square foot.

🏆 Commercial: Soho has the top commercial deal recorded in the city. Two neighboring, five,story, mixed-use properties at 65 and 67 Greene Street traded for $31.8 million. The seller was an LLC tied to Robert Zeisel, whose family had owned the properties for decades. The buyer was a company named after the buildings’ addresses. Both buildings have clothing stores on the ground floor and a combined seven residential units.

📊 Residential: Everett Weinberger, a financial advisor, purchased a newly built penthouse at 720 West End Avenue on the Upper West Side for $8 million. The sponsor unit, a duplex, spans 2,700 square feet, pricing the transaction at just under $3,000 per square foot. It has four bedrooms, four and a half baths and a terrace. Its asking price was $8.3 million. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group is handling sales at the property, which was developed by Glacier Equities and InterVest Capital Partners.

📊 Residential: In Hudson Square, Ekalape Corp. scooped up a sponsor unit at Bizzi & Partners Development’s 565 Broome Street for $6.3 million. The unit measures 2,200 square feet and has two bedrooms and two and a half baths. Its most recent asking price was $6.8 million. Douglas Elliman’s Marc Palermo, Andrew Anderson and M. Monica Novo had the listing.

📊 Residential: Scott Ferber shed a condo at The Plaza at 1 Central Park South for just under $5 million. Ferber had owned the pad since 2008, when he purchased it for about $5.1 million. The buyer was an LLC managed by Nancy Zarcadoolas. The unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and its last asking price was $5.9 million. Compass’ Connor Ramage had the listing.

By the Numbers: Affordable housing construction surges nationwide, led by Seattle

Affordable housing construction skyrocketed across the country over the prior five years, with one metro taking the cake for building the most units: Seattle.

Developers completed about 310,000 new affordable apartments from 2020 through 2024, a 73 percent surge compared to the prior five-year period of 2015 to 2019, according to a report from RentCafe.

---

Source: The Real Deal

New York Build (March 18-19, Javits Center) is the largest construction & design show for New York and the Tri-state region. The show features 45,000+ registered visitors, 550+ world class speakers across 14 conference tracks and AIA CES accredited workshops, Government Hub, exclusive networking events, 500+ exhibitors and the Tri-State’s biggest Festival of Construction.
Register free ticket
https://forms.reg.buzz/new-york-build-2026

We welcome anyone of any gender who is passionate about driving change in the AEC industry to get involved as an Ambassador. Our mission is to ensure that everyone in the industry has the opportunity to thrive.
Join our Ambassador Community!