Residents to vote on HAP’s East Harlem building colors
East Harlem residents can now paint the town red. Or they can go with purple, or turquoise. The colors on HAP Investments LLC’s residential development at 329 Pleasant Avenue will be decided by popular vote. The developer is giving residents of the area the chance to...
Should Locals Have a Say in Their Neighborhood’s Architecture?
Residents of Pleasant Avenue in Manhattan’s East Harlem were more than displeased upon seeing renderings for a new Karim Rashid-designed building in their neighborhood: A slender, modern dwelling adorned with bright blue and pink balconies, sandwiched between two...
HAP Investments Seeks Community Input on 329 Pleasant Ave Façade
HAP Investments, a New York-based international real estate investment and development company, is seeking community involvement through a unique poll to determine preference for the facade colors on its under-construction HAP 5 development at 329 Pleasant Ave. in New...
Real Estate Wire: Atlantic Yards Modular Tower Contract Terminated; New Colors for HAP 5?
Skanska has terminated its contract with Forest City Ratner to construct a prefab modular tower at the Atlantic Yards. The news brings a close to the seemingly never-ending dispute between builder and the developer. [NYDN] Red Apple Group is building a 32-story...
HAP Investments Gives Locals a Say in New Project’s Design
Neighbors Upset With Balcony Colors Get Vote From Developer By JOSH BARBANEL Sept. 22, 2014 9:58 p.m. ET Neighbors along a block of century-old buildings on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem weren't pleased when a developer broke ground in April on a narrow...
Hasid named chief investment officer at HAP
New York, NY According to HAP Investments LLC, a New York based international real estate investment and development company, the company co-founder Amir Hasid will assume the position of chief investment officer. In his new role, Hasid will oversee and manage the...
HAP files plans for 11-story building at 247 East 117th Street
The developer who’s bringing pink, blue and purple apartment buildings to Harlem is at it again. It’s unclear what color HAP Investments will choose next, but the developer filed plans for a new apartment building at 247 East 117th Street, according to documents...
Another deal in Harlem as HAP buys lot on 121st Street
UPDATED, 2:55 p.m., June 16: In yet another residential transaction in Harlem for HAP Investment Management, the firm bought a vacant corner lot on Third Avenue and 121st Street for $13 million. Tahl Propp Equities previously owned the 17,661-square-foot site, which...
SELLING POINTS: $50M Hudson Yards sale; HAP buys another East Harlem site; Roadrunners selling townhouse
●MASSEY KNAKAL Hudson Square site sells for $50M A development site at 537-545 Greenwich Street, located between Charlton and Vandam Streets in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood, was sold in an all-cash transaction valued at over $50,000,000. The site consists of...
Inside Two of Karim Rashid’s Insane East Harlem Developments
Considering what the outsides of Karim Rashid's HAP 5 and HAP 6 in East Harlem are going to look like, it would be difficult for the interiors to be in any way shocking. And, in that sense, they aren't, but they're still pretty out there. An Architectural Record...